College and Research Libraries experts, in interview or essay fashion, dis- cuss Americana, autographs, children's books, illustrated books, press books, maps and atlases, manuscripts, science fiction, etc. Some readers will find the listing of book fairs helpful. Barry Scott answers pertinent questions on twentieth-century literary manuscripts. The chapter on bibliography discusses progress on Blank's moimmental work, The Eighteenth Century Short-title Catalog, and the Wing STC. More careful editing would have eliminated the few minor errors noted. On page 40, we have the word to when do must have been intended. Again on page 99, we have acquiant for acquaint. One learns that libraries bought more in- dividual items than collections, that they now buy less and select more carefully. To- day every library needs an angel or a well- heeled friends group to purchase expensive rare books or manuscripts, as book budgets are becoming tighter. Many great collec- tions were first gathered by private collec- tors, and they should be credited with the growth and founding of most of the finer public collections of today. Of course, the private collector, the deal- er, and the library are all in the rare book field together, and some cooperation or understanding is necessary. There are in- dications that the dealer and the collector may not be too happy with a library's being the final stop of the "great collections." Dealers are, perhaps, more content to sell to private collectors, because then the books may pass their way again. I recognize that with smaller budgets libraries may be buying less, but they do buy and they also preserve. The program of conservation .at R. R. Donnelley & Sons is of real interest to those readers just beginning to be aware of such work. As Robert Hiest comments, it is a "comfort to know that such techniques and facilities as their water damage program exists." Yale's guidelines for the treatment of books are also listed. Kenneth Rendell's all too brief essay on autographs, manuscripts, and documents, Milton · Reissman' s "Children's Books," David ·and Anne Bromer' s "Press Books," and George Bixby's discussion on "Signed and Limited Editions," with examples and Recent Publications I 4 77 prices, are well worth reading. Prospective librarians especially should read Lawrence McCrank' s report on library school programs in rare books before ap- plying to a particular school, if they hope to learn anything in this field. I know from ex- perience and from talking with others that some schools are reluctant to give any expo- sure to rare books and manuscripts. Special collections education is sadly lacking, and it is time that professional associations, bibliographic societies, and library school directors take steps to correct the problem. There is no reason for further neglect when rare book and manuscript collections are often available on the same campus where the school is located. This report is certain to be useful to librarians, archivists, auctioneers, historians, book dealers, and bibliographers. It should also find heavy use in library schools and archives.-David E. Estes, Emory Universi- ty, Atlanta, Georgia. Warren, Mary Anne. The Nature of Woman: An Encyclopedia & Guide to the Literature. Inverness, Calif.: Edgepress, 1980. 708p. $20. LC 79-55299. ISBN 0-918528-07-0. (Available from: Edge- press, Box 69, Point Reyes, CA 94956.) Warren Brings together a wealth of in- formation from the social sciences and phi- losophy on "the nature of woman." The work is divided into two major sections: "Authors and Topics" and "Anthologies & Source books." These are followed by a list- ing of periodicals, a bibliography, glossary, and index. The "Authors and Topics" are presented alphabetically in concise entries, ranging from short paragraphs to several pages. En- tries for authors give "arguments and con- clusions about the nature of woman of a wide range of Western thinkers" from Aquinas, Wollstonecraft, and Engels through Sanger and Millett. One has dif- ficulty locat~ng some authors; for example, de Beauvoir is the entry rather than Beauvoir. Other names are omitted entire- ly-Irene Frieze (Women and Sex Roles: A Social Psychological Perspective), Matilda Gage (Woman, Church, & State), Julia Ward Howe, Aleksandra Kollontai, and Simone Weil to name but a few. 478 I College & Research Libraries • September 1980 Included in the subjects are androgyny, birth control, economic role of women, god- desses, marriage, philosophy of woman, rape, socialism and feminism, and the women's movement. There are see refer- ences within entries as well as references from names and topics not treated in sepa- rate entries . Bibliographical references and/ or other notes are given after some entries. Cited titles are in bold italics. Entries for both authors and topics exclude fiction, his- tory, or biography unless · ~containing explic- itly formulated theories about sex roles or the sexual dichotomy." "Anthologies & Sourcebooks" is divided into broad categories such as art and litera- ture, history of feminism , the other sex (men), and women outside the United States. Within each area, listings are alphabetical by title and include full de- scriptive annotations . These titles include a broader scope and cover literature, history, and the legal status of women as well as the sociological and philosophical spheres . The brief list of journals and periodicals is limited to those that generally contain arti- cles relating to the philosophy of women . The bibliography, arranged by author , covers every work referred to in the first section (identified by an asterisk ), the anthologies section (identified by number) , and additional works of interest. Joint au- thors are listed separately with a reference to the full entry under the main author. The glossary contains only unfamiliar terms or those used in a sense different from the most usual meaning. A comprehensive index of all names, ti- tles (italicized), and topics (along with cross- references) increases the usefulness of this work. The Nature of Woman is a compendium of information on the religion , language , politics, anthropology, psychology, and sociology of women. As such, it will en- hance reference collections in all libraries which serve women .-]eanette Mosey , OCLC Western , San Francisco , California. Geoscience Information: A State-of-the-Art Review. Proceedings of the First Interna- tional Conference on Geological Informa- tion, London , 10-12 April, 1978. Edited by Anthony P. Harvey and Judith A. Diment. Heathfield, Sussex: Broad Oak Press, 1979. 287p. $35. ISBN 0-906716- 00-4. (Available from: Broad Oak Press, Ragstones, Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 BUD, England.) Geoscience Information is a collection of thirty-one papers presented at the First In- ternational Conference on Geological In- formation. The purpose of the conference as stated in the introduction was to assess the current state-of-the-art in geoscience in- formation from both the regional and func- tional points of view. Any collection of pa- pers may have something among them that one can use , but often this is not the case. A welcome exception is this work, in which there is little duplication with previously published sources. The numbers and quality of the papers presented at the conference attest to the thoroughness of the organizers. The papers are arranged under five broad divisions : (1) review of geological documentation ; (2) aspects of geological documentation ; (3) ap- plication of information handling to applied geology; (4) documentation in specialized areas; and (5) user viewpoints. Papers are accompanied with references. The first section, " Review of Geological Documentation, " is essentially a survey ·of the state of bibliographic documentation in the United States, Canada, West Germany , France, United Kingdom , India, Brazil , and the Australasian area. There is also a sum- mary of the international aspects of geo- documentation by S. van der Heide, past secretary general of the International Union of Geological Sciences. A recurrent theme surfaces in these papers: the diversity of documentation sources available to the geoscientist, and the need for government incentives to encourage bibliographic control at all levels of national activity. It is regrettable, however, that a paper was not included on geological documentation in the Soviet Union, a significant producer of geological data. Six papers are included on " Aspects of Geological Documentation." The paper by Wendell Cochran, editor of Geotim,es, touches on the problems that small societies face from the tamperings of the U.S. Postal Service and the IRS. Cochran predicts hard times, unsure futures , and death for some