College and Research Libraries 280 I College & Research Libraries • May 1976 of efficient use. Her book can be highly recommended as a basic text for both class and self-instruction.-Mary W. George, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Univer- sity of Michigan. Oluwasanmi, Edwina; McLean, Eva; and Zell, Hans. Publishing in Africa in the Seventies. Proceedings of an Internation- al Conference on Publishing and Book Development held at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 16-20 December 1973. Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Univ. of Ife Pr., 1975. 377p. cloth $16.50; paper $10.50. This volume is not merely concerned with publishing in the narrow sense but also writing, reading, and librarianship. Most of the contributors to the. volume are from Nigeria. The conference recommendations, eight in all, follow the brief introduction; there next appear summaries of conference pa- pers, twenty-six of them; the contributed papers, presumably in full (twenty-one in all); appendixes of more or less formal speeches; and, £nally, a good index. To most readers of this journal, only a few of the names will be familiar in a list of one hundred participants which included the distinguished novelist, Chinua Achebe. The discussion, rather repetitious, deals with the history of missionary presses, state publishing houses, and academic presses. Particularly noteworthy is the lengthy essay by S. I. A. Kotei of the Department of Li- brary Studies, University of Ghana, on "Some Cultural and Social Factors of Book Reading and Publishing in Africa." Unfortunately, there is no explicit discus- sion of the economic role of expatriate pub- lishing houses in Africa. Keith Smith in "Who Controls Book Publishing in An- glophone Middle Africa?" Annals af the American Academy of Political and Social Science 421:140-50 (Sept. 1975), provides preliminary data on his investigations. The signi£cant result of this conference on publishing in Africa in the 1970s was the start of two serial publications, both edited by Hans Zell in England: the bian- nual African Books in Print (London: Man- sell, 1975- ) , updated by the quarterly The African Book Publishing Record. This volume is well produced and will be read and referred to in years to come, not only by students of librarianship and publishing (for example, see Thomas Lask, "Program Is Established at Hofstra [Uni- versity] to Teach Courses on Book Publish- ing," New ·York Times, Oct. 21, 1975, p.40), but by persons concerned with de- velopments in the Third World.-Hans E. Panofsky, Curator, Melville ]. Herskovit~ Library of African Studies, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois. Beeler, Richard J., ed. Evaluating Library Use Instruction: Papers Presented at the University of Denver Conference on the Evaluation of Library Instruction, De- cember 13-14, 1973. Library Orientation Series, no. 4. Ann Arbor: Pierian Pr., 1975. 97p. (LC 75-677) (ISBN 0-87650- 062-9) That many librarians are involved in pro- grams of library instruction, and are experi- menting with a wide variety of approaches, is evident from the many articles, confer- ences, and workshops devoted to the sub- ject. However, less readily available is in- formation about program evaluation. This collection of seven papers provides a step toward remedying the situati.on. There is general agreement among the papers' authors that objectives are a pre- requisite for evaluation design and develop- ment and that accountability to manage- ment is an important function of evalua- tion. Of interest to readers as well will be the range and diversity of topics covered. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation of in- structional, and not orientation, programs. The first paper is by Thomas Kirk, sci- ence librarian at Earlham College and chairman of the ACRL Bibliographic In- struction Task Force. Although structurally flawed, the paper is one that should be read by all who are, or will be, involved in the evaluation of instructional programs. He reviews past research, provides critical dis- cussion of evaluation attempts and studies of selected instructional programs, and pro- vides some practical suggestions. The second paper, by Richard R. John- son, experimental psychologist and program manager for the Exxon Education Founda- tion, deals with the purposes and method- ology of data collection. ., t The remammg papers-with the excep- tion of the one by Rowena Weiss Swanson dealing with questionnaire design-provide summaries of specific instructional program studies. These papers were presented at the conference by a group of panelists which included Patricia Culkin, Betty Hacker, Richard Stevens, John Lubans, and Marvin Wiggins. Their findings will be helpful to those who are planning programs of library instruction or instruction evaluation. For ex- ample, one item worthy of note is the stu- dents' apparent preference for mediated in- struction to asking librarians for help (Kirk, p.7; Culkin, p.43; Lubans, p.76). The reader will also find helpful the oc- casional citations to selected readings, sam- ple questionnaires, and tabulated study re- sults that accompany the papers in this anthology.-Peter P. Olevnik, Head of Ref- erence, Drake Merrwrial Library, SUNY College at Brockport, New York. Foster, Donald L. Managing the Catalog Department. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1975. 209p. $6.50. (LC 75-19081) (ISBN 0-8108-0836-6) The reader of this "how-to-manage" vol- ume may feel that there is more here than he or she wanted to know, but there is scarcely a word that the manager does not need to know. The book is packed with in- formation on modern management, theory and practice, appropriate to the large or small library department. While the catalog department is oft~n considered the most structured department in the library, and the author does consider the traditional department, the elements in its administration differ very little from those in other areas of technical and read- ers' services. The title could well have been Managing a Library Department with Spe- cial Reference to the Cataloging Operation. In the past, many believed that an effi- ciently operating How of work from receipt to shelf-readiness of materials, with appro- priate bibliographic records prepared and distributed, constituted good management. Of course, there was concern for the peo- ple performing the work, but it involved some mixture of biddable staff members with an innate or somehow-learned ability Recent Publications I 281 in human relations on the part of the man- ager. With revision in attitudes toward work, life-style, and commitment resulting from the realization of the individual's legal and moral rights and psychological needs, the organization of the work-How has become relatively simple in comparison to the com- plications of the human elements to be reckoned with in its accomplishment. The department head, responsible to the library administration, the staff, the work, the patrons, the profession, and to himself, must "delegate authority, motivate others, maximize skills, and upgrade performance standards," while making it clear to every- one in and outside the department who is in charge. Mr. Foster, in terse phraseology and a near-absence of jargon considers all the elements of leadership, from staff re- cruitment through adjustment to change, in seven of the ten chapters. Along with the first three chapters on the modem depart- ment, the department head, and current is- sues in cataloging, Mr. Foster has managed YOU WILL HAVE- ' "CONFIDENCE" In Our Complete Periodicals Service- All American and Foreign Titles Prornptne•• i1 a Traditional part of McGretor Service . , . •• well as: • EXPERIENCE • TRAINED PERSONNEL • FINANCIAL STABILITY • AMPLE FACILITIES • RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT An atfrocfivo ltroclturo i• ayailaWe for rite ali;,,. OUR 43rd YEAR MOUNT MOIIIS, IlLINOIS 61054