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the school library (val. 1) to censorship 
(val. 2) and from academic library build-
ings (val. 3) to productivity measures 
(val. 6) . All volumes in this series will be 
wanted in academic and research libraries 
and should be considered basic reading for 
serious students of library and information 
science.-Fred Blum, Director, Center of 
Educational Resources, Eastern Michigan 
Urniversity, Ypsilanti. 

Grogan, Denis. Science and Technology: 
An Introduction to the Literature. 3rd 
ed. rev. London: Clive Bingley; Hamden, 
Conn.: Linnet Books, 1976. 343p. 
$12.50. LC 76-43272. ISBN 0-85157-
223-5 Bingley; 0-208-1534-5 Linnet. 

It may be convenient to categorize all 
books of this sort as "guides to the litera-
ture." However, the present author aptly 
distinguishes between two types. The "ref-
erence book" type strives for comprehen-
siveness in its listing and annotations; 
Malinowsky's Science and Engineering Ref-
erence Sources and Jenkins' Science Refer-
ence Sources are familiar examples. The 
"textbook type," on the other hand, empha-
sizes the function which each type of pub-
lication performs in the overall pattern of 
information transfer; and illustrative ex-
amples are then incorporated in the text. 
The Grogan volume is a "textbook" type in-
tended for students; Parker and Turley's 
Information Sources in Science and Tech-
nology is another but in its case is designed 
for the working scientist or engineer. 

While the second edition was enlarged 
about 10 percent over the first, this third 
edition is some 35 percent larger than its 
predecessor. Whole new chapters have 
been added on "Computerized Data Bases" 
and "Microforms." Three chapters have 
each been expanded by 50 percent: "The 
Literature," "Periodicals," and "Books in 
the Field." In nearly all instances, growth 
is not due to added examples; many of 
these are carried over from the preceding 
edition, though there is a good salting of 
later dates as well. Enlargement derives 
from discussion of additional aspects of sci-
entific information and dissemination (oral 
communication, user studies, cost implica-
tions to libraries, prospect for alternative 
modes of publication, etc.). 

Recent Publications I 431 

A particular excellence is the care with 
which Grogan tries to develop the reader's 
capacity to make distinctions. Students are 
repeatedly cautioned not to be misled by 
titles (e.g., "Encyclopedia of ... ") and re-
minded that needed forms of literature are 
often buried in other forms (e.g., bibliogra-
phies published in journals). It is quite im-
portant to read the whole book, since items 
relevant to a given factor occur in unex-
pected chapters. 

Of caveats and shortcomings there are 
few. The British origin influences the ap-
proach of certain sections, such as that of 
patenting procedures. Discussion of com-
puterized data bases reflects the relative ab-
sence at the time of writing of on-line 
services familiar to U.S. readers. The chap-
ter on "Indexing and Abstracting Services" 
is perhaps the least satisfactory; some of the 
information on the Bibliography of Agricul-
ture and the defunct Pandex is out of date, 
and differentiation between printed and 
machine-readable formats is occasionally 
blurred. 

The index intentionally excludes any 
mention of individual titles, since they are 
said to be "examples" only. Nonetheless, 
the reader will often wish to look up the 
treatment of a known example and to find 
it embedded in a section on similar works. 
Finally, there is scanty documentation for 
the scores of supporting and illuminating 
statements and for the well-chosen quota-
tions and other included intelligence. The 
author considers "excess of bibliographic 
scruple is out of place in a textbook for 
students." Perhaps he underestimates how 
intriguing his references are, or the number 
of "keen" readers who might wish to pursue 
them. 

Writing in an eminently readable style, 
Grogan provides the reader with the ft.Ill 
flavor and feel of the literature and qf the 
scope and variety of the "information prob-
lem." Not only students will find illumina-
tion, but experienced librarians; scientists, 
and engineers will benefit from reading this 
book.-Irma Y. Johnson, Science Librarian, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Hebrew Printing and Bibliography. Studies 
by Joshua Bloch and Others, Reprinted 
from the Publications of the New York 



432 I College & Research Libraries • September 1977 

Public Library on the Occasion of the 
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Estab-
lishment of the Jewish Division of the 
New York Public Library. Selected and 
with a preface by Charles Berlin. New 
York: New York Public Library and Ktav 
Publishing House, 1976. 518p. $35.00. 
LC 72-12075. ISBN 0-87068-204-0; 
0-87104-515-X, NYPL. 
The expanded title gives-in a nutshell 

-all the important facts of this publica-
tion. All of the reprinted articles and works 
have some bearing on the Jewish Division, 
by authorship, subject matter, or source, the 
majority having been reprinted from the 
New York Public Library Bulletin. 

Among the articles selected are such 
classics in Hebrew printing history as 
Joshua Bloch's "Early Hebrew Printing in 
Spain and Portugal," "Venetian Printers of 
Hebrew Books," "Hebrew Printing in Riva 
di Trento," "Hebrew Printing in Naples," 
and "The Library's Roman Hebrew In-
cunabula." 

Other authors represented are Isaiah 
Sonne with his article on the nonconverted 
Jews behind the expurgation of Hebrew 
books, Abraham Berger ·with his account 
of the Jewish Division and its work, and 
Aron Freimann with the "Gazetteer of He-
brew Printing," now very much in need of 
revision. The omissions and outdated in-
formation m·e most felt in this tatter item. 
Not only must the list of places which used 
Hebrew printing be expanded (it is hardly 
conceivable that Jewish communities in, let 
us say, a city of the size and importance of 
Marseilles have not utilised Hebrew type, 
even up to 1946 when the gazetteer was 
first revised and published separately), but 
also the information furnished can stand 
correction, sometimes with little effort. 
Thus, a brief examination of the editions 
of Bernhard von Breydenbach Peregrina-
tiones in T erram Sanctam proves that the 
earliest date of a Speyer edition to contain 
a Hebrew alphabet is not November 24, 
1502, but rather July 29, 1490. Similarly, 
examination of early cognate materials of-
ten leads to unsuspected Hebrew printing. 
Thus in Spey' s Epistola Pauli ad Galatas 
(Heidelberg: M ylius, 1583) one finds Rab-
binic type used on title page and passim, 
which documents the usage of Hebrew type 

in Heidelberg four years before the Biblia 
Sacra Hebraice, Graece, et Latine of 1587, 
which in the author's own words was "prob-
ably non-existent." Other statements, such 
as "probably contains Hebrew type as in 
later editions," are in need of attention. It 
should not be too difficult with the aid of 
the readily available short title catalog films 
to clear up questionable entries for this 
period. 

Mention should also be made of the re-
production in this work of the exhibition 
catalog, "The People and the Book," on 
Jewish life in America, the illustrations of 
which are poorly reproduced, and Joshua 
Bloch's classification schedule peculiar to 
the New York Public Library which may 
be of interest to the user. 

In general, the work is valuable because 
it brings together in one volume materials 
of interest to the bibliographer and other 
interested individuals who may not have 
easy access to it otherwise. It is a fitting 
memorial to the library and its staff, espe-
cially Joshua Bloch, who headed the Jewish 
Division for more than a quarter of a cen-
tury.-Miroslav Krek, Brandeis University 
Library. 

Marchant, Maurice P. Participative Man-
agement in Academic Libraries. Contri-
butions in Librarianship and Information 
Science, Number 16. Westport, Conn.: 
Greenwood Press, 1976. 260p. $17.50. 
LC 76-8740. ISBN 0-8371-8935-7. 

Maurice P. Marchant identifies two spe-
cific objectives for this book. First, it at-
tempts to "test the application of participa-
tive management theory to academic 
libraries." Second, it is "a pioneer work in 
the construction of a mathematical model 
of an academic library [which] can be used 
for future decision-making and planning." 

With regard to Professor Marchant's first 
objective, one may legitimately turn to 
chapters 6-10, which Edward Holley's 
foreword describes as "the heart of the 
book." In two of these chapters (those deal-
ing with planning and circulation) Profes-
sor Marchant concludes that no relationship 
can be found between management style 
and effectiveness in either activity. His 
analysis of staff satisfaction concludes that 
it is "a function of many things," including