College and Research Libraries the appendixes. Chapter nine, on resource sharing, is a completely new addition on an important topic in view of budgetary con- strictions among most, if not all libraries. The authors have replaced the foreword and long introduction with a brief preface, outlining what they have changed this time-chapter by chapter. There is little doubt that the fifth edition is a significant improvement over the previous editions of Building Library Collections. They have followed through in their an- nouncements of the previous edition by adding bibliographic annotations and listing the NICEM multisubject update service as in operation as of the fifth edition. NPAC (the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging) is another previously unmen- tioned organization that is now included. Nonbook categories have been upgraded or broadened to include maps, with recordings divided into audio and video recordings, slides added to films and filmstrips, and pe- riodicals changed to serials. Automation is mentioned along with the latest on OCLC, Inc . This title continues to be an excellent textbook that will be used frequently by students and teachers and by anyone who wishes to have a handy selection guide that is objective and thorough. In addition, the useful appendixes cover such important top- ics as selection principles, intellectual free- dom, and controversial problems facing libraries. The second edition of the Background Readings in Building Library Collections has condensed the two-volume set of the first into a single volume . The topics of sev- eral articles in the first edition have either been merged with other topics or dropped. The scope, organization, and arrangement of the second edition should overcome some of the objections found with the first. The previous brief table of contents is now an updated eight-section heading list with the title and author of every article listed under its respective category heading. There are three parts to every chapter or section: an introductory overview of the selections, the body of readings, and "rec- ommended readings. " There are brief bio- graphical sketches of the contributing au- Recent Publications I 579 thors. The alphabetical index includes en- tries for authors , subjects, and titles. The title references, however, refer only to pages where the title is mentioned in the text rather than to the beginning page of the reading itself. While it is no great hard- ship to refer to the table of contents for ar- ticle page numbers, they could have been included in the index as well for complete- ness and convenience. This is a s~lection of articles with interest to students and professionals who might need a review of the subject.-G. Robert McLean , University of Toledo Libraries, Toledo , Ohio. Knight, Nancy H. "Theft Detection Sys- tems Revisited: An Updated Survey," Li- brary Technology Reports 15:221-409 (May-June 1979). Single Issue $40. ISSN 0024-2586. (Available from American Li- brary Assn. , 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.) The theft of library materials is an issue that has plagued libraries through the years. A.N.Z.A.AS. CONGRESS Contributions in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Between 400 and 900 indiv- idual papers each year, most not published anywhere else! Now indexed in Chemical Abstracts and APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service). Proceedings of Annual Congresses of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, now available: • from 1970 (42nd Congress) onwards, on diazo microfiche at 24x reduction • with author index ( 1970-76) ewith author, title and KWOC indexes (1977 - ) eby standing order or singly Contact : Technical Services Librarian University of New South Wales P.O. Box 1, Kensington.N.S.W. Australia . 2033 580 I C allege & Research Libraries • November 1979 Today, with inflation eroding aquisition budgets at an astounding rate, libraries can- not afford to continually replace books in lieu of acquiring new materials. Libraries must find methods that will noticeably re- duce loss and theft rates. Not. since the Middle Ages when scholars chained the books to the stacks has one single solution surfaced that will totally alleviate this prob- lem for libraries. Instead , during the past fifteen years a number of theft detection systems have emerged. Current theft detec- tion systems on the market will not com- pletely eliminate the unlawful removal of li- brary materials , but depending on the indi- vidual library and its specific problems, noticeable changes in the loss rate of mate- rials · can be realized in a relatively short span of time. Nancy Knight's "Theft Detection Systems Revisited: An Updated Survey" is the fourth in a series of Library Technology Reports on this subject dating back to July 1970. Knight , who has been monitoring library security systems since the 1960s , can be considered an acknowledged expert. Her latest . study of theft detection systems ex- pands upon her earlier report and offers the reader a more comprehensive and detailed examination of individual systems, both from the manufacturer's and from the user's point of view. . In this updated report Knight examines five major theft detection systems: Checkpoint System, Inc.; Gaylord Brothers; Knogo Corporation; 3M Company; and Sen- tronic International. Each manufacturer has answered a series of questions that enable the reader to understand the mechanics of each system. Illustrations and photographs of various equipment models are supplied as well as a list of institutions, by state, which are using the system. Two areas of particular concern to all readers will be cost information and analysis of system success. The author includes in- formation on the cost of each system, and costs of associated equipment such as secu- rity labels and the installation of these labels. In addition, she examines by institu- Has your library tried Midwest Library Service's University Press Approval Plan? It's comprehensive, automatic and very timely! 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The reader who is contemplating acquir- ing a theft detection system will want to use Knight's report as a companion to Bahr's Book Th eft and Library Security Systems , 1978-79. Bahr offers informative advice on conducting various inventories to help de- termine the needs of the system and the loss rate , while Knight's survey will be in- dispensable when it comes to gathering comparative information on individual man- ufacturers. If Knight can be faulted for any de- ficiency, it would be that further editing of the manufacturers ' responses would have been helpful. As it is presented , the infor- mation tends to become very tedious ; a more resourceful presentation of this infor- mation would be helpful in her next report. All librarians who want to gain insight into particular theft detection systems should consult this work.-George Charles New- man , Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio Editor's Note: Papers presented at the 1978 ACRL national conference in Boston have recently been published in the 583- page volume , New Hori zons for Academic Libraries, edited by Robert D . Stueart and Richard D. Johnson (New York: K. G . Saur, 1979. $29. LC 79-12059. ISBN 0-89664- 093-0). The volume includes the seven theme papers first published in the March 1979 issue of this journal as well as the sixty-six contributed papers presented at other con- ference sessions. They are grouped into the following sections: administration and man- agement , bibliographic control and automa- tion , bibliographic instruction, cooperation , economic aspects , the librarian's role , re- sources , and services. Many of the contrib- uted papers include revisions and updatings not present in the microfiche copies distrib- uted at the conference. Recent Publications I 581 ABSTRACTS The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, School of Educa- tion, Syracuse University. Documents with an ED number here may be ordered in either microfiche (MF ) or paper copy (PC ) from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service , P.O . Box 190 , Ar- lington , VA 22210. Orders should include ED number, specify format desired , and in- clude payment for document and postage. Further information on ordering docu- ments and on current postage charges may be obtain e d from a recent issu e of Re- sources in Education. A Survey of User Attitudes Toward Selected Services Offered by the OISE Library. Ontario Inst. for Studies in /Education, Toronto. 1978. 75p. ED 168 464. MF- $0.83; PC-$4.82 . A survey of faculty and students to assess user needs and satisfaction with collections and selected library services is described, and the re- sulting data are reported . Questionnaire construc- tion, sampling and di stribution , and response rate and factors are discussed. Data analysis is broken into major categories, which include responses to general questions regarding libJary use and gen- eral questions about the OISE library collection . The second category is further broken into the rating of books and periodicals in the specific fields of adult education , applied psychology , cur- riculum , educational administration and planning, higher education, history and philosophy, mea- surement , evaluation and computer applications, sociology , and special education. General ques- tions about the library focus on satisfaction with library hours , difficulty in locating material , ref- erence and information service (including satisfac- tion with reference services), interlibrary loan use , orientation effectiveness , circulation services, special collections (including audiovisual and cur- riculum resource materials), and library facilities . Conclusions are itemized from the results of each major subdivision of the questionnaire . Appen- dixes include copies of the questionnaires used. Criteria for Collection Analysis in the Academic Library. By Catherine Yan- cheff. 1978 . 29p. ED 168 496 . MF- $0.83; PC-Not Available from EDRS. An assessment of literature from journals , re- ports, and monographs on criteria for the analysis of academic library collections reveals that there