College and Research Libraries 268 I College and Research Libraries • May 1980 Although Olle renders definite service in his accurate picture of the state of the art, he fails on two other accounts by omission. He should have mentioned several of those published works that he believes represent the weaker side of library history ("see ourselves in print as we see ourselves in life" comes to mind here); he could have engaged in a lengthier discussion on the utility of the library history. The reader would have benefitted from both. Still , the shortcomings are minor ; the book comes highly recommended especially for the library history neophyte , but sea- soned library historians would not be hurt by a generous perusal of its pages.-Wayne A. Wiegand , University of Kentucky , Lex- ington. Team Librarianship. Papers Given at the Library Association Northern Branch/ Association of Assistant Librarians North Division Joint Annual Weekend School at Otterburn Hall, October 13th, 14th, 15th 1978. Edited by R. M. Major and P . M. Judd. Newcastle upon Tyne: Association of Assistant Librarians (Northern Divi- sion), 1979. 112p. £1.50 (not including postage) . Available from: P. M. Judd, Publications Officer, AAL Northern Divi- sion, Polytechnic Library, Ellison Build- ing, Newcastle upon Tyne , NE1 8ST. These papers, delivered at a 1978 British workshop, provide an introduction to the origin, purpose, and merits of "team librar- ianship." Team librarianship involves the assignment of professionals to small special purpose teams that develop goals and poli- cies through consensus rather than through the traditional hierarchical approach. Teams operate in the community rather than inside libraries . Emphasis is on ex- ploitation of resources rather than on their management . Nonprofessionals supervise daily library operations, while professionals spend most of their time in the community with their various constituencies . Six of the papers describe the experiences several British public library systems have had with team librarianship . The seventh paper, by an academic librarian who seems somewhat perplexed by the public librarians IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM WE'RE JUST A (FREE) PHONE CALL AWAY! Shelley and Linda are just two of Midwest Library Service's Personal Customer Ser- vice Representatives who are specially trained to solve any book ordering problem your library may encounter. Linda and Shelley are thoroughly knowledgeable in all facets of the library jobber business, and if ~~~~~-ill you are ever in need of their service~!_~ou HELLMANN MARKET can reach them by using our TOLL-FREE WA TS Line, 1-800-325-8833 (Missouri customers please call COLLECT: 0-314-?39-3.100) for help in solving any problem. 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Predictably, there are pitfalls : too many meetings , too little contact between librar- ians and patrons in the library , support staff coming to believe that librarians are super- fluous to the library's operation. American public librarians have dealt with comparable situations in some similar ways , but academic librarians generally have not. This book could be very helpful to academic librarians , however , since , if only by indirection , it raises questions about means of improving services in academic libraries. Should academic librarians trans- fer their offices to faculty office buildings? Should they cruise dormitories , student un- ions, and dining halls, seeking out potential users? Should they hire (and pay well!) administrative professionals to handle routine elements in ILL, binding, and over- dues? Though "team librarianship" may be only a new phrase for some old ideas, this par- ticular book, whatever its flaws in style and content , raises some important questions about what we librarians should be trying to accomplish. It's a volume that would spark ideas in librarians in any kind of institu- tion .-Peter Dollard , Alma College, Alma , Michigan. "Emerging Patterns of Community Service." Margaret E. Monroe and Kathleen M. Heim , issue editors. Library Trends 28 :123-337 (Fall 1979) . $5. ISSN 0024- 2594. Available from: Univ. of Illinois Pr., Urbana, IL 61801. Each decade presents libraries with chal- lenges and problems , each problem seemingly more difficult than the last. Recent Publications I 269 Librarians respond to such situations in a positive, goal-oriented manner. Very often the solution to a problem or the answer to a challenge is the formulation of new services. The turbulence of the sixties and the seven- ties altered many of the traditional percep- tions of library service. Increasingly, librar- ians base their services on the needs of the community, rather than on traditions . Margaret Monroe and Kathleen Heim have compiled and edited a collection of articles that trace the emergence of com- munity-oriented services. The core article , "Emerging Patterns of Community Ser- vice," by Monroe, ties the issue together: providing an insight into the history of var- ious evolutions in service as well as de- scribing the elements of a typical service pattern. Thomas Shaughnessy continues the groundwork for the issue in " Library Administration in Support of Emerging Ser- vice Patterns ." Rather than concentrating on the patterns of community services, he focuses on the systems within which the patterns function. The third leg of the tripod on which this issue is based is Leigh Estabrook's " Emer- ging Trends in Community Library Ser- vices." Estabrook synthesizes Monroe and Shaughnessy, relating the question of the failure of many community services that emerged in the sixties and seventies with the question of the relevance of the tradi- tionally accepted goals of librarianship. The balance of the issue investigates indi- vidual instances of emerging services. With rare coordination, each article deals with those services from a societal, professional, or organizational point of view. The eleven articles deal with many aspects of librar- ianship. Because of the theme, " Emerging Pat- terns of Community Service, " the majority of the articles deal with the prime center of community-based service-the public li- brary. Each article contributes to the over- all impression that libraries do not stand alone or aside from society as cultural de- positories, but interact with their environ- ment. Articles such as "Literacy Education as Library Community Service," by Helen Ly- man, "Uses of Bibliotherapy," by Rhea