College and Research Libraries 270 I College & Research Libraries • May 1981 There is surely a role for librarians in more fully integrating the library into the institu- tion's faculty development goals, particular- ly to ensure equal consideration with other contenders for a piece of the faculty de- velopment action (e. g., computer literacy programs). Library involvement in depart- mental review and institutional accreditation proceedings might also be considered. Symbiosis implies a close association of two OJ:"ganisms that is not necessarily mutually beneficial. The conference partici- pants have illustrated the opportunities for librarians to enhance the faculty develop- ~ent movement, but the "growth opportu- nities" are generally one-sided. The ques- tion of faculty participation in the library/li- brarian development process is unanswered. This volume, the eleventh in Pierian' s Li- brary Orientation series, does provide some interesting think pieces and useful ex- amples for librarian involvement. In com- parison to its predecessors in the series, however, it lacks some of the earlier enthu- siasm and conviction-perhaps a sign that the honeymoon period for library instruc- tion has ended.-Wendy Pradt Lougee, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Is- land. Renford, Beverly, and Hendrickson, Lin- nea. Bibliographic Instruction: A Hand- book. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1980. 192p. $14.95 plus $1 postage and han- dling. LC 80-12300. ISBN 0-918212-24-3. It is an ironic fact of librarianship that major movements take an inordinately long time to appear in the monographic litera- ture or as textbooks. Bibliographic instruc- tion is a case in point: interest, activity, and innovation continue to gain momentum while BI journal literature, conference announcements, and continuing education blurbs swamp one's desk. Yet to date there has been only one attempt to codify the full range of principles and practices, the Bib- liographic Instruction Handbook published by ACRL in 1979 (reviewed in College & Research Libraries 41:82 [Jan. 1980]). The present volume, despite its nearly identical title, is very different in intent and arrange- ment and should be welcomed by everyone in the field of academic library instruction, whether veteran or novice. Whereas the ACRL publication, a spiral- bound committee effort of the Bibliographic Instruction Section, consists of a series of useful checklists, charts, model statements, and assorted papers on setting up a BI program, the Renford-Hendrickson volume provides a much more complete picture of library use instruction. Renford and Hendrickson have organized their work according to the principal modes of BI with chapters on planning, orienta- tion, the printed word, course-related in- struction, library skills workbooks, credit courses, computer-assisted instruction, and AV materials and equipment generally. Each chapter addresses the appropriate situation for the teaching m.ethod under consideration, with a thoughtful review of the advantages and disadvantages inherent in that approach. Then follows a discussion of how one would go about designing and carrying out that form of BI, giving solid advice, full-page examples, and warnings of pitfalls . Chapters conclude with footnotes and suggested readings, all of which are rel- evant and up to date. A list of additional sources (including clearinghouses and orga- nizations), a brief glossary, and a subject in- dex appear as back matter. Throughout their book, Renford and Hendrickson provide the sort of practical in- sights that only seasoned BI librarians can offer. Especially astute are their observa- tions on the politics of Bl; and on the critical importance of flexibility, of communicating through channels, of involving as many staff and faculty as possible, and of keeping the program visible . The degree of detail varies, however, from chapter to chapter. For in- stance, much is said about how to structure a printed self-guided tour but there is very little discussion of how to put together an audio or A V tour that would accomplish the same end. Evaluation is admittedly a dif- ficult problem ; for just that reason more space might have been given to it. Despite occasional cursory treatments, virtually ev- ery surface aspect of BI is covered with suf- ficient emphasis so that readers can extrapo- late ideas to their own situations. The reviewer has only one serious res- ervation about this long-needed book: that is, that the concepts and content of effective instruction are scarcely mentioned. No- New scholarly and professional titles from I P.o~;he!.u·e Junk Publishers A Kluwer Company NITROGEN AND CARBON METABOLISM Symposium on the Physiology and Bio-chemistry of Plant Productivity J.D. Bewley, University of Calgary Development in Plant and Soil Sciences 3 This is the third volume of the Development in Plant and Soil Sciences series and covers a · symposium sponsored by the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and the International Associa- tion of Plant Physiologists. The symposium dealt with various aspects of nitrogen and carbon l~~;~al~~~~;their interrelationships and ·inter-The topics covered in the chapters various interesting and important lines of research that are in progress. Selected Topics: - Plant Physiological Research - Nitrate Metabolism and Nitrogen Fixation -Carbon and Nitrogen Interrelationships - Seed Storage Proteins, Their Synthesis and Genome Organization ISBN 9Q-247-2472-4 CIP Available $39.50 WATER IN PLANTS BIBLIOGRAPHY Volume S: 1979 Edited by J. Pospisilova and J. Solarova, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Water in Plants Bibliography, Vol. 5 This comprehensive annual includes papers in all fields of plant-water relations research. Volume five covers the work done in 1979. Topics included are: theoretical consideration about the state of water in cells and its transport, drought resistance of plants, physiological significance of irrigation, plant hydration level, water vapor efflux rate of water uptake, and water transport. The bibliography is indexed by author, plant genera, and subject matter. ISBN 9Q-619-3905-4 CIP Available $39.50 ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA Allen Keast Monographiae Biologicae 41 This three volume work is an update of a well received review of Australian biota, its origins, evolution and adaptations. It reflects the tremen- dous growth in research of the last twenty years and includes the contributions of 62 experts in various fields. Contents: Part One: The development of the Australian environment Part Two: The flora of Australia Part Three : The terrestrial invertebrates of Australia Part Four: Biogeography of inland fresh waters Part Five: Biogeography of poikilothermic vertebrates Part Six: Biogeography of homeothermic vertebrates Part Seven: Origins and ecology of aboriginal man Part Eight: Integration ISBN 90-6193-092-8 CIP Available 21'138 pp. $495.00 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL VISUAL FIELD SYMPOSIUM 1980 edited by E. L. Greve and G. Verriest Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series Volume 26 The main themes of this symposium were comparison of classified perimetry with visual evok.ed response, comparison of classical perimetry with special psychophysical methods, and optic nerve pathology. New techniques and equipment were presented. Lectures on several diseases were included such as optic nerve disease, glaucoma, chiasma! lesions in pregnancy and cerebrovascular accident. Contents: Part One: Computer assisted perimetry Part Two: Psychophysical and visually evoked electrical responses. Part Three: Special psychophysical methods Part Four: Color perimetry Part Five: Instruments and strategies. Part Six : Optic Nerve Part Seven : Visual field defects in various diseases Part Eight: Varia ISBN 90-6193-165-7 CIP Available 416 pp. $89.00 Please use ISBN when ordering these Dr. W Junk books-from youf library jobber, or direct from our North American distribution center: 272 I College & Research Libraries • May 1981 where do Renford and Hendrickson discuss what topics or titles can best be covered in any particular form of instruction and why. For example, in the section on the presen- tation aspects of the single lecture, they suggest ways of organizing material so that students are interested and engaged by it, but they never touch on pure BI theory: why certain concepts are appropriate to cer- tain levels of users , how concepts should be sequenced, and how to present a versatile search strategy that can be transferred by the student to other disciplines and institu- tions. This omission is regrettable , but to cover these areas the text would need to be twice as long. Perhaps we should be grate- ful that the book has appeared at all-and not a moment too soon for most of us. Bibliographic Instruction : A Handbook is most highly recommended , in fact should be required, anywhere academic BI is seriously undertaken. Together with the ACRL volume (which, by the way, is cur- rently being revised by a committee chaired by Beverly Renford) , it provides an excellent what-to-consider manual for the practitioner.-Mary W. George, Princeton University Library , Princeton , New jersey. The Library and Information Manager's Guide to Online Services. Edited by Ryan E. Hoover. Professional Librarian Series, V. 12. White Plains, N.Y. : Knowledge In- dustry Publications, 1980. 270p. $29.50 hardcover; $24.50 paper. LC 80-21602. ISBN 0-914236-60-1 hardcover; 0-914236- 52-0 paper. . A distinguishing feature of The Library and Information Manager's Guide to Online Services is the depth of documentation cited for every major topic covered. The citations reflect the relative maturity of online ser- vices at the start of the 1980s. Anyone new to the field today faces information over- flow, when a decade earlier the newcomer had only a few personal accounts to read. In a thorough manner, this Guide succeeds in focusing attention on key managerial issues and in presenting both valuable factual data and various viewpoints on controversial topics. The Guide consists of ten individually au- thored chapters. Two chapters by Ryan E. Hoover-"Overview of Online Information Retrieval" and "The Mechanics of Online Searching"-are excellent introductions for any uninitiated searcher. Databases , their producers, and vendors of services are con- cisely reviewed in two chapters by Kathleen Sheton and Alice Bahr. Management con- cerns and questions of service policies are summarized by Donald T. Hawkins , while specific areas are further explored in three subsequent chapters. John C. Blair's paper focuses on measurement and evaluation of various aspects of online services and their management; promotion is covered with helpful hints and illustrative examples in a chapter by Alice Bahr; and Kristyn Kuroki discusses the range of available training modes for searchers. A chapter by Mary Berger and Barbara Quint is devoted to the growth and role of online user groups, a topic not as yet extensively documented in the literature. The final chapter, by Ryan Hoover , presents a view of the future in which a greater reliance on electronic stor- age and retrieval of information will permit _the information specialist to provide in- formation on demand , without the need for physical library buildings and collections. The reference use of the Guide is en- hanced by a glossary of more than eighty online phrases , a short selected bibliogra- phy, numerous citations footnoted at the end of each chapter, and a detailed index. The Guide is the twelfth title in the pub- lisher's Professional Librarian series, which emphasizes practical information about tech- nological developments , supported by oper- ational examples. It is an easily usable pack- age of practical information to aid those in- te.rested in online services. Topics discussed are of universal interest to any type of li- brary . However , as noted in the text , academic libraries have not met yet the full potential to use such services, and thus this Guide may be of particular interest to their users and staff.-Danuta A . Niteeki, Uni- versity of Illinois , U rbaf!a-C hampaign. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 15, 1980. Edited by Martha E. Williams. White Plains , N.Y.: Knowledge Industry Publications, 1980. 413p. $42.50. LC 66-25096. ISBN 0-914236-65-2. ISSN 0066-4200. It is no exaggeration to say that the ARIST volumes have received more praise than any other information science publica-