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on his application of the checklist. Draw-
backs to what might. otherwise be a helpful 
exercise are that the problems are geared 
almost exclusively to elementary and secon-
dary educators and librarians and the an-
swers are based on the author's interpreta-
tions of the fair-use section of the law, in-
terpretations with which some will disagree. 

Discussed, .also, is limited application of 
the fair-use criteria in the areas of perfor-
mance materials, display materials, repro-
duction of display materials, and fair use by 
nonclassroom educators. Off-air copying of 
television programs, an unresolved issue of 
considerable concern to librarians, 
educators, film producers, and the broadcast 
industry, is briefly addressed. 

Soon after submission of the manuscript 
for publication, a group representing these 
interests was formed under the aegis of the 
House Subcommittee on the Courts, Civil 
Liberties, and the Administration of Justice 
and the Copyright Office to develop 
guidelines for off-air taping by nonprofit 
educational organizations. This group is still 
at work on its task. 

The library photocopying chapter is di-
vided into two parts: identification of ten 
basic elements or requirements that can be 
distilled from section 108, and an applica-
tion of section 108 to types of materials and 
types of services . The author receives 
plaudits for stepping over the "middle 
ground" into justifiable liberality in the area 
of copying for reserves and a recognition 
that both sections 107 and 108 give photo-
copying rights and privileges to libraries. In 
one of his most memorable quotes, he calls 
the CONTU guidelines "a model of opaque 
legal language." 

Librarians should disagree, however, with 
his interpretation concerning unsupervised 
reproducing equipment, that "until the 
courts provide better guidance, it may be 
safe to assume that a self-service copier lo-
cated near and in sight of a staff work sta-
tion is not truly an unsupervised machine." 

For librarians who may need to seek 
permission after the limits of the fair-use or 
photocopying sections of the law have been 
exhausted, the chapter on obtaining permis-
sion will be helpful. Suggested request 
forms are provided, including those for re-
questing permission to duplicate copyrigh-

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ted materials and those for copying out-of-
print sheet music. Of particular interest is 
the discussion on purchase conditions set by 
either the purchaser or the supplier. 

In general, this paperbound volume pro-
vides forms, a checklist, do-it-yourself exer-
cises, and some useful explanations for a 
complex law of the land. It is regrettable, 
however, that the publisher did not take the 
opportunity to make clear that the interpre-
tations are those of the author and do not 
necessarily reflect endorsement by the 
American Library Association.-Nancy H. 
Marshall, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Maizell, Robert E. How to Find Chemical 
Information: A Guide for Practicing 
Chemists, Teachers, and Students. New 
York: Wiley, 1979. 261p. $17.95. LC 78-
23222. ISBN 0-471-56531-8. 
As chemistry and chemical engineering 

change, the author says, "so do the sources 
of information chemists and engineers use. 
New and improved information tools are 
constantly being introduced, and, concur-
rently, older tools become less valuable, be-
come obsolete, or are discontinued." This is 
the main rationale for the current work, a 
reference guide in the genre of W oodbum' s 
Using the Chemical Literature: A Practical 
Guide (Marcel Dekker, 1974) and Bottle's 
Use of Chemical Literature (Butterworths, 
1971). 

Maizell, who is manager of information 
services for a large corporation and has both 
chemistry and library degrees, has essen-
tially resurveyed this familiar field. The 
more significant newer tools are brought in 
for inspection with quite a solid chapter on 
computer-based on-line and off-line retrieval 
systems. Then the enduring classical chemi-
cal information reference tools are trotted 
out again and their basic features and struc-
tures reviewed. To enrich the mixture still 
further, the author deals at some length 
with information flow and communication 
patterns in chemistry, with search strategy, 
and with keeping up to date with current 
awareness programs. 

Above and beyond this standard format, a 
considerable amount of very practical advice 
is successfully incorporated into the easy-
flowing and readable text. Maizell' s sugges-
tions on how quickly and efficiently to get ac-



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cess to articles, books, patents and other 
documents strike very close to what is prob-
ably the most frustrating experience of daily 
librarian-scientist interchange. And his 
comments on the most likely future outlook 
of the many chemical publishers' services 
are valuable to the budget-conscious librar-
ian. 

The work does make a significant and au-
thoritative advance over the older refer-
ences in this field. While its individual 
treatment of each chemical information 
source is not quite so complete as say Bot-
tle, for example, it more than makes up for 
this in recency of coverage and valuable 
supplemental material. 

Maizell has succeeded in what is often 
very difficult for the technical writer: or-
ganize it well and make it practical and at-
tractive and say just enough to truly inform. 
This should prove to be a solid item for the 
science reference shelf.-David Kuhner, 
Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California. 

Bibliographic Instruction Handbook. 
Chicago: Association of College and Re-
search Libraries, Bibliographic Instruction 
Section, Policy and Planning Committee, 
1979. 69p. $5 ACRL members; $6 non-
members. 
In 1971 a Bibliographic Instruction Task 

Force was established within ACRL to 
facilitate the development of instructional 
programs in college and university libraries. 
Six years later this task force was succeeded 
by the ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Sec-
tion. Its Policy and Planning Committee, 
which was chaired initially by Thomas G. 
Kirk and later by Mary W. George, recently 
issued a Bibliographic Instruction Hand-
book to assist libraries in making use of an 
ACRL policy statement formulated by the 
Task Force, "Guidelines for Bibliographic 
Instruction in Academic Libraries" (College 
& Research Libraries News 38:92 [April 
1977]). 

This spiral-bound publication contains the 
"Guidelines," a needs assessment checklist 
for gathering data to be used in preparing a 
profile of information needs in an academic 
community, and a discussion of administra-

. tiv~ matters-such as staffing, budgeting, 
facilities, and organization structure-to be 
considered in planning a library instruction 

program. In addition, it provides a model 
timetable for the implementation of a pro-
gram, an ideal statement of program goals 
in terms of terminal objectives and enabling 
(behavioral) objectives, and a chart showing 
the pros and cons of various instructional 
methods. Also included are a brief glossary, 
a "Pathfinder" on bibliographic instruction 
(in lieu of the usual list of reference 
sources), and-to improve the next edition 
of the Handbook-an evaluation sheet to be 
returned by the reader to the ACRUBIS 
Policy and Planning Committee. 

The authors have done a fine job of clarify-
ing and illustrating the steps involved in 
planning for an effective bibliographic in-
struction program, although they have not 
dealt with the question of how to "sell" li-
brary instruction to academic administrators 
and classroom faculty. Nor have they de-
voted a section of this booklet to the essen-
tial topic of program evaluation, as they 
readily acknowledge in their introduction. 
Nevertheless, until a new edition is re-
leased, this work deserves to be read and 
commented upon by all college and univer-
sity librarians interested in bibliographic 
instruction.-Leonard Grundt, Nassau 
Community College, Garden City, New 
York. 

Bollier, John A. The Literature of Theology: 
A Guide for Students and Pastors. 
Philadelphia: Westminster, 1979. 208p. 
$5.95. LC 78-10962. ISBN 0-664-24225-1. 
"Of making many books there is no end 
. . " (Ecclesiastes 12: 12). This significant 

work attempts to give the reader some bib-
liographic control of the mass of publications 
in the g~neral area of theology. John Bollier 
writes in his preface that the volume is in-
tended for "the theological student, the 
parish pastor, the layperson, or the librar-
ian, all of whom must be generalists in this 
age of increasing specialization" (p.18). 

John Bollier, acting divinity librarian at 
Yale Divinity School, is well prepared for 
compiling this volume, being an experi-
enced pastor of eighteen years' service and 
a reference librarian for the past seven 
years. This book grew out of research spon-
sored by a grant from the Association of 
Theological Schools and was tested by fire 
in a course in theological bibliography and