College and Research Libraries 466 I College & Research Libraries • September 1980 comparisons show your library is doing much better than others. The astute library director appreciates the highly individualistic, sometimes eccentric, and always political nature of budget appropriation and allocation. To support the library's funding requests, the director uses whatever arguments and data allow him or her to make the best case for the library. Certainly the comparative data which the council's services and products help a li- brary generate have a place in rationalizing budget requests. Such data constitute one implement in the library director's armamentarium.-Albert F. Maag, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. Lane, Alfred, H. Gifts and Exchange Manu- al. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980. 12lp. $15. LC 79-7590. ISBN 0- 313-21389-5. Alfred Lane, longtime head of the gift and exchange division of Columbia Uni- versity Libraries, clearly explains the pur- pose of Gifts and Exchange Manual in his preface. "The book is not intended to be a treatise or a scholarly examination .... Nor does it attempt to examine the state-of-the- art." Rather, it is a how-to book, a hand- book of procedures, a manual-as the title suggests. As such, its usefulness is probably limited to those who have a gift and ex- change operation as a major portion of their responsibility. The need for such a book is subject to de- bate. Of 121 pages, about half are text and half are appendixes. In the 121 pages are numerous blank pages and others that have great amounts of white space, including substantial margins. The net result is perhaps 20,000 original words constituting the text. Nevertheless, the procedures de- scribed have been tried and proven by the author and by others and should provide considerable help to persons with little gifts and exchange experience. In chapter one Lane discusses the place of gifts and exchange in the library's organi- zational structure along with some of the qualities needed in personnel and typical responsibilities. Most of the comments are so elementary that they could go without saying. He presents a very weak argument in favor of the gifts and exchange librarian needing a basic background in one or more foreign languages. However, he does emphasize the characteristics that provide the sine qua non of every gifts and ex- change librarian-the public relations role and the ability to grasp the collection de- velopment trends in a specific library. Chapters two and three are devoted to library exchange procedures, particularly those of academic libraries. Noted is the in- fluence on the growth of exchanges of both UNESCO and the International Exchange Service of the Smithsonian Institution. Con- siderable discussion is given to specific kinds of materials, procedures, agreements, and records that are common to library ex- changes. It is apparent that the costs associ- ated with exchange operations may be sig- nificant, and both the obvious and hidden costs are frankly discussed. According to the author, "The economics of exchange have not been thoroughly studied, and certainly they should be." While the jury may still be out, a recent study by ·Mark Kovacic, "Gifts and Exchanges in U.S . Academic Libraries" (Library Resources & Technical Services, Spring 1980), tends to support Lane's feel- ing that gift and exchange programs can be a cost-effective means of acquisition. The chapter on gifts to libraries offers a realistic look at the pros and cons in relation to library gifts. The importance of gifts to academic libraries should not be minimized because of the problems they can produce. There is substantial comment about library policies on estimates and appraisals and on the acceptance and disposition of gifts. The importance of having such policies can hard- ly be overestimated, as they will prevent subsequent misunderstandings. Reference is made to two basic documents: Valuation of Donated Property (IRS Publication no.451) and the ACRL Statement on Appraisal of Gifts (C&RL News, March 1973). A couple of brief chapters are devoted to the activities related to selection from among the gifts received, specific utilization in the collections of a library, and disposal of unneeded items. A final chapter of two pages is concerned with rare books and manuscripts, appropriate for a gifts and ex- change manual but contributing very little here. The remainder of the book-almost half---consists of appendixes and a brief in- LIBRARY ISSUES: Briefings for Academic Officers A new publication that will keep you. informed about important library issues~ • which are likely to be important to academics • which will affect library budgets • which will affect service to faculty and students • which are important to campus librarians The bimonthly Briefings wilt describe in succinct fashion the essence of an issue, what are the pros and cons, and why the issue is important to an institution's administration. Each Briefing will be prepared by an experienced contributing editor. It will also appear as the center 4 pages of the Journal of Academic Librarian- ship so that librarians can keep informed. you need to know! ONE YEAR $25 TWO YEARS $45 (Each additional subsgiption is $10 per year.) 468 I College & Research Libraries • September 1980 RECENTLY PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT IN LffiRARIES: A Treatise Robert D. 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It will in c lude section s on se lection and ac q.ui s ition, organization of microforms within the library , techniques of providin g convenient access. maintenance of viewing equipment , and established standards for software and hardware. It will also dis- cuss in orne detail relev a nt areas of conc'ern to the librarian and method s of coming to grips with the mi - croform revolution. MANAGEMENT OF A PUBLIC LffiRARY Harold R. Jenkins, Director, Kansas City Public Library August 1980 $28 . 50 This work is intended for those perso ns who manage public libraries, aspire to the management of public li- braries or who se lect top managers of all s ize s of public libraries everywhere . It deals with the basic thinking that may be applied in every situation that can come to the attention of the top executive, without regard to the s ize of the library or the community it serves. JAI PRESS INC. P.O. BOX 1678 165 West Putnam Avenue Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 Telephone: 203-661-7602 dex. Two of the appendixes are made up of the IRS and ACRL documents mentioned previously. Another is a list of appraisers. The others give a few examples of gift policy statements and record forms. The biblical author exclaimed, "There is no new thing under the sun" (Eccles. 1:9). This statement appears quite true of library gift and exchange operations. Maurice Tau- ber in his text Technical Services in Librar- ies (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1953) devoted thirty-two pages to gifts and exchange. Tauber acknowledged Alfred Lane's contribution to that book, referring to Lane's Staff Manual of the Gifts and Ex- change Division (Columbia Univ. Library, 1949) and to his master's essay, "Exchange Work in College and University Libraries" (1950). The value of this present work rests not in the new material presented but in the convenient organization of the text and accompanying appendixes.-Don Lanier, Northern Illinois University, DeK.alb . Manual of General Searching Procedures. 2d ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Libraries, 1980. 1v. (var. pag.) $8. (Avail- able from: Budget and Accounting Office, Cornell University Libraries, 234 Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853.) This is the search manual of the Preorder Search Section of the Acquisitions Depart- ment of the Cornell University Libraries. As such, it consists of local instructions, and definitions of terms and abbreviations. Obviously, many practices could be trans- ferred to any other acquisitions department with minimal adaptation; others would re- quire extensive changes before becoming useful, particularlx to a smaller library. Be- cause it covers monograph searching only, its scope is limited, but it is exhaustive for the area it does cover. How the introduction of AACR 2 will affect searching has no answer yet, but is a consideration for any department estab- lishing new procedures or considering the revision of present ones. Cornell's manual, being a manual for current use, naturally does not attempt to predict any changes. Neither does it anticipate the introduction of computerized network acquisition sys- tems, such as OCLC' s subsystem, under development, or a commercial system such