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initating and could have been easily re-
paired by a good editor. 

But I do not mean to be overly critical. 
In spite of its defects, the book is clear and 
easy to understand. It provides a general 
frame of reference which is applicable to 
any type of library. In expanding on the 
principles presented, -the authors draw on 
examples from recent academic library 
management literature as well as that of 
public and school libraries. The book does 
not duplicate other library management 
publications such as Lowell's Management 
of Libraries, Rogers and Weber's University 
Library Administration, or Hamburg's Li-
brary Planning and Decision Making Sys-
tems. It is a practical and useful guide to 
the world of library management.-Dale 
B. Canelas, Assistant Director for Public 
Services, Stanford University Libraries. 

Magrill, Rose Mary, and Rinehart, Con-
stance, comps. Library Technical Ser-
vices: A Selected, Annotated Bibliogra-
phy. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 
1977. 238p. $14.95. LC 76-27130. ISBN 
0-8371-9286-2. 

Anyone needing quick, easy access to the 
major literature of current, general interest 
on technical services will find this new bib-
liography useful. The serious researcher will 
still need to use Library Literature, but the 
person wanting to become familiar with a 
topic probably will find sufficient entries in 
this book without struggling through excess 
material. The authors promise a supple-
ment, which will be necessary if the book 
is to remain topical. 

Most of the 1,27 4 entries have dates 
within the past ten years. Those with 
earlier dates are bibliographies and reviews 
of a year or are concerned with general 
principles and topics of historical interest, 
such . as the emergence of approval plans, 
or do not date readily (e.g., repair and 
preservation of materials). Foreign material 
is not included, but selected ERIC docu-
ments are. Each entry is briefly annotated, 
and bibliographies in the material are men-
tioned with pages or number of references 
listed. 

The book is divided into seven broad 
subject headings with each heading sub-
divided into several smaller areas and ar-

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ranged in chronological order. The topics 
included are organization of technical ser-
vices and management and administration 
of the acquisition, organization, mainte-
nance, and circulation of materials, serials, 
and special materials. There is a name in-
dex and a separate subject index. 

Most technical services librarians and 
teachers of technical services courses will 
want a copy. Others without access to Li-:-
brary Literature or without the time to use 
it adequately also will find this book help-
fuL-Martha Willett, Technical Services 
Librarian, Indiana State University, Evans-
ville. 

Advances in Librarianship. Volume 7. Edit-
ed by Melvin J. Voigt and Michael H. 
Harris. New York: Academic Press, 1977. 
348p. $22.50. LC 79-88675. ISBN 0-12-
785007-4. 

Volume 7 of Advances in Librarianship 
reflects the changing world of librarianship. 
Five of the contributions deal with the con-
tinuing traditional concerns of librarianship, 
such as classification ( Ingetraut Dahlberg's 

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