College and Research Libraries 230 I College & Research Libraries • May 1978 helpful as an introduction to the field. Even those dealing mainly with children and ado- lescents who have such disabilities as hemophilia, muscular dystrophy, and spina bifida would be valuable in understanding the background of the handicapped college student. For others, however, the book is one to be skimmed, since only a few articles are relevant to academic libraries. -Lucille Whalen, State University of New York at Albany. Conference on Resource Sharing in Librar- ies, University of Pittsburgh, 1976. Li- brary Resource Sharing. Proceedings of the 1976 Conference on Resource Sharing in Libraries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By Allen Kent and Thomas J. Galvin. Books in Library and Information Science, v.21. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1977. 356p. $29.75. LC 77-5399. ISBN 0-8247- 6605-9. Many librarians and administrators have considered resource sharing a partial answer to the escalating cost of library staff and ma- terials. Encouraged by government and pri- vate foundation support, library consortia have multiplied to the point where the li- brary without a consortia! affiliation is the exception. With so much interest and in- volvement in cooperative library arrange- ments, it was to be expected that the Pittsburgh Conference on Library Resource Sharing held from September 29 to October 1, 1976, would attract outstanding con- tributors and participants, and that the pa- pers presented would provide, not only a better understanding of the state of library cooperation, but also a look into its future. Through prior distribution of position pa- pers contributed primarily by members of the University of Pittsburgh faculty, confer- ence participants were encouraged to focus on the goals of resource sharing, progress towards goals, problems needing attention, the economies of libraries, telecommunica- tions, and the future. The varying quality of these key papers is reflected in the re- sponses of the principal speakers or reac- tors. Some papers, such as Allen Kent's dis- cussion of "The Goals of Resource Sharing in Libraries," stimulate thoughtful and ap- posite responses, while others appear to be politely disregarded by the respondents. Transcripts of discussions following the pre- sentation of each major topic provide useful additional information. The strength of this collection of papers is in the contributions of some of the outside principal speakers. Connie Dunlap's consid- eration of the cost of cooperation and our tendency to see it as the solution to all our problems; Allen Veaner' s well-developed statement on progress and growth in re- source sharing; William Axford's examina- tion of obstacles to resource sharing; James Rush's contention that "pride in collection has got to be supplanted by pride in patron- age (users)"; and John McDonald's plea for the establishment of a national periodical li- brary are among the most thought-pro- voking essays. One could only wish that Allen Kent had expanded his limited com- ments on "Directions for the Future" at the conclusion of the conference. Unfortunately, the quality of the editing leaves much to be desired. In view of the price of this volume, one would have hoped for more care in its preparation for publica- tion. Despite its shortcomings, Library Re- source Sharing is a valuable book that should be read by librarians, most of whom find themselves involved in cooperative li- brary programs.-Willis Bridegam, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. Louis Round Wilson Centennial Day. "Li- brary Education in the Southeast Since World War II" and "University Libraries and Change." Proceedings of Two Sym- posia Sponsored in Honor of Louis Round Wilson's 100th Birthday by the School of Library Science and University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, December 2, 1976. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977. 65p. The Responsibility of the University Library Collection in Meeting the Needs of its Campus and Local Community. A sym- posium in Honor of Melvin J. Voigt upon His Retirement as University Librarian of the University of California, San Diego, Friday, September 17, 1976. La Jolla, Calif.: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1977. 52p. $3 if check accompanies order. (Order from Friends of the UCSD Li- brary, The University Library, C-075, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.) Two small publications recently issued honor two outstanding librarians, Louis Round Wilson and Melvin Voigt. Their con- tents parallel the lives of the two men in dealing with library education and univer- sity library management. The pamphlet honoring Wilson is indeed a worthy tribute to the centenarian. In its ' two parts we have a creditable job of por- traying the evolution of library education in the Southeast by Ed Holley, Jack Dalton, Virginia Lacy Jones, and Mary Edna Anders and a thought-provoking paper on research libraries by Herman Fussier. Some of the history and thoughts expressed have been stated before in other publications, but there are "proposals" and "prospects" that give them meaning for today. A proposal, made near the end of Dal- ton's paper, is worthy of our close attention, particularly in view of the demise of the ALA Library Education Division. It is his suggestion that library educators in the Southeast call another invitational working conference to consider the complexities and problems of the changing library profession that today attempts to serve the nation's populace. If the reviewer may be so presumptuous, he would broaden Dalton's proposal and suggest a nationwide conference or several regional conferences. It just may be that we as librarians, collectively, are outmoded, but the technology that can be applied to our profession is not, and we should make an effort to rectify the situation. Fussier leaves history out, picks up the university library where it is today with its multitudinous problems, and proffers some possible solutions. His paper is a minicourse in research library problems for advanced practitioners. The terminology will be difficult for uninitiated library science r stu- dents, but even so the work should be re- quired reading for prospective academic li- brarians. This is a profound paper of thoughtful content. It is unfortunate that its editing was obviously hurried and that the evidence of proofreading seems totally lacking. The California symposium brought to- Recent Publications I 231 gether some outstanding librarians and scholars. Professor Andrew Wright and Basil Stuart-Stubbs dealt with a definition of the parameters for a university library collec- tion. Here a "working scholar" and a uni- versity librarian have at it, the scholar ask- ing for his "bread and butter" collection close at hand and the librarian predicting a day of reckoning with the absolute satura- tion of all available library space. The matter of research library cooperation was treated in another session of the sym- posium. In his paper, Russell Shank spoke of cooperative collection development as often being less than satisfactory: "We do not always get the anticipated payoff from cooperative collection development schemes." Robert M. Hayes, in his description of li- brary networks, said we do not have to wait any longer on the technology for resource sharing, only the funding. For a successful sharing endeavor, he would favor endowing the large libraries to become larger. Clara Jones described the new informa- tion and referral service now in use in many large public library systems, delineating in particular the program now operational at the Detroit Public Library, a system that incorporates information from beyond the walls of the library and the backs of books. Handsomely produced by the Friends of the UCSD Library, the small paperback is as attractive as it is thought-provoking- Roscoe Rouse, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Thompson, Godfrey. Planning and Design of Library Buildings. 2d ed. London: Ar- chitectural Press; New York: Nichols Pub- lishing Co., 1977. 189p. $25. LC 77-137. ISBN 0-89397-019-0. The first edition of Planning and Design· of Library Buildings appeared in 1973. It was indeed a wonderful addition to the lit- erature, for it gave a complete overview of then current construction practices, standards, and descriptions of library build- ings in Britain. But, one must question, as this writer indeed does, "Why a repeat edi- tion in just four years?" And at $25 per copy, too. One praised ~he comprehensive- ness and organization of the first edition and appreciated its illustrations and photo-