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California Conservation Center." 

A CLASS Colloquium on Conservation 
held in December 1977 discussed topics 
such as conservation education, a clearing-
house for supplies and information, and 
cooperative preservation through the United 
States Newspaper Project and microfilming 
of books. The twenty-three participants also 
recognized that conservation activities 
would include lobbying the legislature and 
identifying other funding sources. Their 
total plan of action for a California Docu-
ment Conservation Program is outlined, in a 
series of steps that could serve as a model 
for any region. 

This report emphasizes the necessity of a 
regional document conservation facility for 
California. Potentially, the regional center 
would carry out many facets of the docu-
ment conservation program. It would pro-
vide preservation information and disaster 
assistance and carry out conservation and 
restoration procedures. There are recom-
mendations for quantitative and qualitative 
surveys of California library collections that 
would determine the specific nature of the 
regional center. 

Overall, this is a valuable resource for re-
gions that hope to have the type of conser-
vation program pioneered by the New En-
gland Document Conservation Center.-
Catherine Asher, Indiana University, 
Bloomington. 

Making Cooperation Work. LJ Special Re-
port #9. New York: Bowker, 1979. 56p. 
$5; cash with order, $3.95. ISBN 0-8352-
1191-6. ISSN 0362-448X. 
Edited by Karl Nyren, this Library jour-

nal offspring contains fourteen brief articles 
on cooperation within local areas and re-
sembles its parent in format and style. Con-
tributed by fifteen librarians and two public 
relations specialists, these previously unpub-
lished writings range from essays of the 
"How I Run My Library Good" variety to a 
summarized doctoral dissertation complete 
with footnotes. Of special interest to 
academic librarians are the following items: 
( 1) "A Total Responsibility for Service," 
Joseph Boisse's essay ~m library outreach ac-
tivities at the University of Wisconsin-
Parkside; (2) .. The Forgotten Stepchildren: 
Branch Campus Libraries," a study by Ed-

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ward Jennerich; (3) "SLIC in the Sierra 
N evadas," Maureen Trimm's description of 
an interstate cooperative of academic, pub-
lic, and special libraries; (4) .. Coordinating 
Collections in the Milwaukee Area" by 
Robert Haertle of Marquette University; (5) 
"A Sub-Network for Western Illinois," 
Ronald Rayman's discussion of a local inter-
library loan system that is part of a mul-
titype, statewide network; (6) "ILL Can Be 
Cost-Effective Today," by R. Dean Gallo-
way of California State College, Stanislaus; 
and (7) "WEBNET, a Full-Service Net-
work," a progress report on an experiment 
in resource sharing among academic librar-
ies in western Pennsylvania. 

This publication is not for those librarians 
seeking information about collaborative ef-
forts at the statewide, national, and interna-
tional levels. Nor does it provide material 
on the joint use of facilities by academic and 
public libraries. Similarly, although it con- . 
tains three articles on alliances between 
school and public libraries, this work does 
not include any descriptions of programs 
linking school libraries to academic, public, 
and special libraries, such as the pilot proj-
ects currently being undertaken in New 
York. Nevertheless, this attractive, read-
able, and informative paperback clearly 
demonstrates that libraries of all types ahd 
sizes are cooperating at the grass roots 
level. -Leonard Grundt , Nassau C ommu-
nity College , Garden City , New York. 

Hunter, Eric J. AACR 2: An Introduction to 
the Second Edition of Anglo-American 
Cataloguing Rules. London: Clive 
Bingley; Hamden, Conn.: Linnet Books, 
1979. 148p. $12.50. LC 78-23933. ISBN 
0-208-01684-8 Linnet; 0-85157-282-0 
Bingley. 
Eric Hunter, who served on the Library 

Association-British Library Committee on 
Revision of AACR, guides (and sometimes 
chides) both practitioner and student 
through the principles underlying AACR 2. 
Lessons and problems are divided into 
frames. Beginning with an excellent flow-
chart and continuing through frame 216, 
this workmanlike programmed text permits 
the reader to proceed independently at his 
or her own pace. 

Only forty-seven of the frames are de-



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voted to part I of AACR 2, "Description." 
Stressing the point that the second edition, 
like the first, is based upon a set of "condi-
tions" rather than "cases," but also that 
media in libraries have proliferated since 
1967, Hunter demonstrates the application 
of the principles of description to an art re-
production, a sound recording, a chair, a 
film, etc. 

By far the larger number of frames are 
devoted to part II, "Headings, Uniform Ti-
tles, and References," with attention on de-
termination and establishment of headings, 
or "access points." The reader should be 
aware, however, that the form of heading 
prescribed in the text may not be the form 
ultimately chosen for catalog display by the 
Library of Congress, and therefore by li-
braries dependent upon it as their standard. 

For example, frame 103 asks the reader 
to choose the correct form of heading from 
among "Herbert George Wells," "H __ _ 
G_ Wells" (implying intention of filling in 
forenames when ascertained) , and "H. G. 
Wells." Frame 125 yields the answer 
"H. G. Wells," under the provisions of rule 
22.1, which states that a personal name 
should be one by which the author is com-
monly known. 

LC has announced, however, that it will 
adopt the options on forenames and dates in 
rules 22.16A and 22.18 "in cases where the 
necessary information is readily available" 
(LC Information Bulletin, July 21, 1978, 
p.426). Catalog librarians must be aware of 
LC practice in addition to the rules, or the 
catalog may have separate files under 
"Wells, H. G." and "Wells, H. G. (Herbert 
George), 186&--1946," without even consid-
ering how the pre-AACR form of "Wells, 
Herbert George, 186&--1946" will be related 
to the newer form. 

To cavil: Discussion of analytics, in part I 
in AACR 2, is inexplicably placed at the 
very end (did Moses challenge Higher Au-
thority by transposing Commandments Two 
and Ten?). Too, this slender volume carries 
a rather hefty price, especially considering 
its limited use. 

Nevertheless, the paraphrased repetition 
of rules, the emphasis on principles outside 
the formal rule structure, and the conversa-
tional tone are all valuable for learning. 
Catalog librarians will find this text a model 

of clarity that makes the revised rules much 
less intimidating. Public service librarians, 
since they can ignore with impunity the au-
thor's admonitions to return to square one 
when their answers are incorrect, should 
find that even skimming the text without 
AACR 2 in hand will facilitate their under-
standing of the emerging structure of the 
catalog. Both groups may well have fun 
doing it!-Eleanor R. Payne, University of ~ 
California, Davis. 

Grosch, Audrey N. Minicomputers in Li-
braries, 1979-80. Professional Librarian 
Series. White Plains, N.Y.: Knowledge 
Industry Publications, Inc., 1979. 142p. 
$24.50. LC 79-11134. ISBN 0-914236-
19-9. 
Audrey N. Grosch states in the preface to 

Minicomputers in Libraries, 1979-80, that 
the purpose of the book is largely instruc-
tional or tutorial. It is designed as a basic 
resource for current information on 
minicomputer systems and presumes some 
familiarity with beginning data processing 
concepts. 

The book is timely, expensive, and 
virtually impossible to read straight 
through. The timeliness may compensate for 
the cost, since this book is jam-packed with 
very useful information for comparison of 
systems and descriptions of existing installa-
tions and seems to be quite extensive in 
coverage. If a library is seriously con-
templating the investment of time and 
money in any automated system, be it with 
mini-, micro-, midi-, or macrocomputers, 
the cost of this book is a small down pay-
ment. And this small book is so densely 
packed that t.he data per page may indeed 
be cost-efficient. 

The great advantage of such a detailed 
survey approach to library computer sys-
tems is that the librarian or library manager 
can acquire the background needed to begin 
shopping. Comparative information is sel-
dom available from commercial vendors, 
and even installations by not-for-profit in-
stitutions are unlikely to provide a system-
atic approach for the potential user to con-
sider. 

This volume is divided into nine chapters 
in two sections. The first group of chapters 
describes existing and available minicompu-