College and Research Libraries 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- book of practice but as the briefest sum- mary of contemporaneous information on all aspects of cataloging, with special highlight granted to subject indexing and compu- terized accomplishments. Particularly de- serving of note, however, is the brilliant chronological chart depicting under various headings the historical course of cataloging from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day . The large chapter on subject access to materials, commenting on the wide array of precoordinate and postcoordinate indexing systems, types of catalogs, kinds of indexes and thesauri,' and the logic of searching strategy, must appear as a wonderment to those who received their library education in times gone by. The section on networks unfortunately was written too early for recording the formation of RLIN and for judging its pro- found import for American research institu- tions. It must be remarked finally that the general orientation of the text as well as its many examples and descriptions are reflec- tive of librarianship on the British scene. The knowledge and pedagogical sense displayed by the authors of this book are sufficiently impressive to balance out their apprehension (totally justified in certain re- spects) that their little piece may soon be dated. For there is no doubt that, at least for some years , it will remain the informa- tive and attractive model of a rudimentary text. In the meanwhile, therefore, the stu- dent of librarianship should profit from such a pertinent and commendable achieve- ment.-Paul Schuchman , St. John 's Uni- versity, Jamaica , New York . Women's History Sources: A Guide to Ar- chives and Manuscript Collections in the United States. Edited by Andrea Hind- ing. Ames Sheldon Bower, associate edi- tor. Clarke A. Chambers, consulting edi- tor. Suzanna Moody , index editor . In association with the University of Minne- sota. New York: Bowker, 1979. 2v. $175 plus shipping and handling. LC 78-15634. ISBN 0-8352-1103-7 (set). V.1: Collec- tions. V.2: Index. Women's History Sources is a modest title for a monumental reference book The hefty two-volume set provides bibliographic con- Recent Publications I 385 trol of primary source materials for the his- tory of women in America from colonial times to present. The idea for this "grand manuscript search," as Anne Fi:r:or Scott characterized the survey, developed at the 1972 Organization of American Historians. Historians at that meeting expressed the need to have archival sources for the study of women identified and indexed. Inspired by the enthusiastic support for this idea and funded by grants from the National Endow- ment for the Humanities and the University of Minnesota, the Women's History Sources Survey was begun in 1976. The information included in this book was gathered by a mailed questionnaire. The mailing list was compiled with the help of the American Association of State and Local History, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission , the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections staff, as well as oth e rs . In all , more than 11 , 000 repositories were asked to survey their collections and to identify those that contain " material by or about women's lives or roles ." Repositories were asked to com- plete a questionnaire for each appropriate collection , with some repositories submit- ting as many as 600 individual collections . Book collections were specifically excluded. The final result of the survey is the descrip- tion of more than 18,000 collections held by 2,000 repositories . This incredible wealth of sources is arranged by state and then alphabetically by city. Each collection is identifiied by the type of record (papers , records , oral history , or phonotape), size, the dates of the collec- tion, and access to it (open, closed, re- stricted, or partially restricted). If a guide to the collection exists, that is noted . A brief description of the content of the collection is included for each entry. The index, volume 2 of the set, is exem- plary. Names have been checked against standard reference sources and cross- references abound. Subject headings exist for such narrow topics as deaf-blind authors , but broad topics such as diaries and journals also are included. Although the questionnaire technique of gathering information has resulted in an excellent list, some inconsistencies have naturally resulted from numerous archivists ----------------------------------------------------------------------------