College and Research Libraries rating scales, etc., which offer the reader systems that could be adapted to local situa- tions. At the end of each chapter, the au- thor has included a list of key organizations which develop or assess materials as well as pertinent literature reviews. Today, perhaps more than at any other period in time, selection of instructional materials has become more than a school system issue. Community groups and spe- cial interest organizations are seriously questioning the inclusion of certain types of reading and instructional materials. The concerns of parents, educators, and em- ployers about teacher preparation, instruc- tional style, test scores, and basic compre- hension ability directly affect the debate over the proper selection of materials for classroom or individual use. As Woodbury illustrates throughout, selection is a complex decision-making process involving many factors and criteria. This book is a comprehensive, readable, contemporary assessment of the issues and policies involved in materials selection (in- cluding references to the effects of Proposi- tion 13 in California). The author's practical experience in the field, coupled with the attempt to integrate research models with basic factual information and examples, makes this work most valuable as an intro- duction to the field of materials selection.- George Charles Newman, Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio. Robinson, A.M. Lewin. Systematic Bib- liography: A Practical Guide to the Work of Compilation. 4th ed. rev. With an additional chapter by Margaret Lodder. London: Clive Bingley; New York: K. G. Saur, 1979. 135p. $10. LC 79-40542. ISBN 0-85157-289-8. This work is an introduction to the "main principles involved in the practical work of compiling bibliographies" and is intended for the nonlibrarian and student of librar- ianship. Any work on bibliography must attempt to define the nebulous boundaries in that realm, and chapter one, in a very short space, does this quite well. The tech- niques described in the next three chapters are limited to systematic, or enumerative, bibliography. The emphasis is on the practical decisions Recent Publications I 383 to be made in compilation: how to collect material, how the field is to be limited, what form of entry to use, the place of annotations, and methods of arrangement and layout. The last chapter, by Margaret Lodder, briefly surveys the role of com- puters in both compilation and retrieval. Twenty plates provide pages from as many preeminent bibliographies and are very use- ful in illustrating points made in the text. There is a highly selective list of recom- mended books and an index. First published in 1963 by the University of Capetown School of Librarianship, suc- ceeding editions have seen very little change other than the added chapter on computer applications in 1971 (3d ed.). The major improvements have been in type size and legibility. This is not a style manual, nor a treat- ment of bibliographic history or theory; but for the person faced with a task of compila- tion, the book has immediate value. In one sitting the subject is introduced and the va- rious alternatives outlined. The presentation is scholarly and the advice sound. Enough references are given to the work of analyti- cal bibliographers to spark further investiga- tion on the part of the reader. Although the few changes may not have warranted a new edition, this remains a useful, perhaps unique, discussion of the "preparation of lists of books. "-Douglas Birdsall, Idaho State University, Pocatello. Warren, G. Garry. The Handicapped Li- brarian: A Study in Barriers. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1979. 147p. $7.50. LC 79-21811. ISBN 0-8108-1259-2. The purpose of this book is to present in- formation about the career structures, work- fig conditions, personal characteristics, edu- cational preparation, interests, attitudes, and motivations of handicapped librarians and to examine the psychological and physical barriers, including policies, affect- ing their careers. The book is the outgrowth of the au thor's dissertation. Warren indi- cates that the experiences of his own speech impediment gave special insight into the preparation of the eleven-page question- naire used for the study. It is hoped that once the physical and psychological barriers are identified, the profession and the hand- 384 I College & Research Libraries • July 1980 icapped librarians will have a common foun- dation for eliminating those barriers. This study was based on a survey of forty- two handicapped librarians working in thirty southern libraries , employing at least twenty professionals. It was reasoned that the greater degree of specialization in large libraries would allow more opportunities for employing the handicapped. Of forty-eight handicapped librarians identified, forty-two responded (thirty from academic and twelve from public libraries ). A wide range of handicaps was included, the largest category (eleven ) was those with hearing loss , fol- lowed by ambulatory disabilities (eight) and multiple handicaps (seven); others were cerebral palsy, speech impediment, and car- diovascular and upper extremity disabilities. One out of five of these librarians re- ported having been denied positions be- cause of the handicap, and for the hearing impaired job discrimination was doubled. Most did feel accepted by their co-workers ; I for one , however, wish that the author had asked another question: whether these librarians felt that their co-workers' percep- tions had been changed by the experience of working together. An interesting finding, less obvious than the much-discussed architectural barriers, concerned the frustration frequently experi- enced by the hearing impaired at meetings and as participan~s in committee approaches to problem solving. In our present partic- ipative mode of governance, simple things like written agendas, speaking clearly, and facing the hearing-impaired person could alleviate one significant barrier for this group. Ninety percent of the handicapped librar- ians did not consider themselves handi- capped in the performance of their jobs, and most considered themselves as produc- tive as or more productive than their co- workers. Regarding physical alterations to their li- brary buildings, more than 80 percent indi- cated they needed none. Those mentioned were entrance ramps and telephone am- plifiers. The conclusion that physical bar- riers are easily remedied should not be drawn from this sample, which included only people who have already overcome them. Unemployed handicapped librarians might provide additional views on the matter. This book's significance lies in the fact that there are a growing number of handi- capped persons, many of whom will be reaching the job market in the coming years . An understanding of those barriers preventing handicapped librarians from making their fullest professional contribu- tion is essential for library administrators, especially for those making policy decisions , for their co-workers , and , certainly, for those of us who are handicapped librar- ians .-Sara D. Knapp , State University of New York at Albany. Hunter, Eric J. , and Bakewell , K. G. B. Cataloguing. Outlines of Modern Librar- ianship . London: Clive Bingley ; New York: K. G. Saur, 1979. 197p. $10. ISBN 0-85157-267-7. The stated purpose of this introductory work is "to provide a comprehensive over- view of cataloguing and some alternatives." These alternatives lie in the sphere of in- dexing , and it is this wider domain that seems to define the framework in which cata- loging, traditionally understood , is pre- sented. To have broadened the horizon in which cataloging must henceforth be grasped is perhaps, educationally speaking, the distinctive merit of this professional and excellent little book. The work begins with a brief list of abbreviations and acronyms which are used in the text, followed by a glossary. Twelve chapters then divide the principal content, treating in turn catalogs and bibliographies, a short history , standardization (including some pages on AACR 2), the " subject approach" (the largest chapter in the book), analysis, filing, physical forms of the cata- log, networks (a further lengthy section), other indexing techniques , testing and eval- uation of information retrieval systems, book indexing, and the management of cata- loging . The volume concludes with an appendix which schematizes the cataloging . and indexing systems used in 334 libraries in Britain and Ireland in 1976/77, followed, as one might expect, by a very adequate index. As the content sketch should demon- strate, this work is intended not as a hand-