College and Research Libraries than those of Senegal. Finally, the story ends at 1975, leaving the reader with natu- ral questions about more recent develop- ments. The book is strongly recommended for research collections covering developing countries, West African, and library history.-John F. Haroey, International Li- brary and Information Science Consultant, Lyndonville, Vermont. Davies, Helen. Libraries in West Africa: a Bibliography. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String, 1982. 170p. ISBN 3-598-10440-5. This is a selective bibliography of Cen- tral West African librarianship . A third edition, with library history newly added, it covers the period through 1979. The book's objective is to provide access to in- formation on West African library activi- ties, with emphasis on practice, not gen- eral theory. Very little information is included on culture, scholarship, publish- ing, or related subjects. All scholarly lev- els are included, and most items are pa- pers or short reports, not books. In total, Recent Publications 153 1,398 items are listed. Davies is a College of Librarianship-Wales faculty member with West African experience. Following a section on West African li- braries in general, arrangement is alpha- betical by country, then classified by kind of library or library activity. Within sub- headings, arrangement is in inverse chronological order. Item duplication is minimized. Libraries in general, library history, legislation, associations, libraries, buildings, collections, processes, surveys, national bibliography, reading, and ar- chives are covered. Benin, Cameroun, Cape Verde Islands, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Si- erra Leone, Togo, and Upper Volda are in- cluded. A list of twenty-seven West Afri- can library periodicals, conference index, and name index conclude the book. The page division is Nigeria, 46 percent; West African libraries in general, 23 per- cent; Ghana, 8 percent; Senegal, 4 per- cent; Sierra Leone, 4 percent; and the re- maining twelve countries, 15 percent UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS Publications Catalogue sent free on request BASIC TOOLS FOR LIBRARIANS Current Bibliographical Information. Monthly listing of publications as well as articles selected from some 900 worldwide periodicals on cur- rent topics of interest to the United Nations. Annual subscription : $60.00 Single issues: $6.00 UNDOC Current Index (United Nations Documents Index). Issued in 10 _ . monthly issues, plus one annual cumulation, giving a comprehensive -:::;:.:. coverage of UN documentation , with a checklist, full bibliograph~i:_c .~--~~~ descriptions and subject, author and title indexes. Annual subscription : $120.00 Single issues: $14 :00 The above reference sources as well as many others may be ordered individually or by plac- ing a Standing Order with UN Publications. Please request our latest Publications in catalogue and Standing Order brochure free of charge . SPECIAL ALERT FOR LIBRARIANS COMING TO SLA ... Plan on attending a special United Nations documents training workshop sponsored by the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library . Also, plan on visiting the eight booths of the UN Family of Specialized Agencies (Booths Peninsula C and 211-212 , 219-220) and get our new Library Publications brochure . UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS Room DC2-853, New York, N.Y. 10017 Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland 154 College & Research Libraries (averaging less than two pages apiece). Nigeria occupies almost as much space as all other countries and the general section combined. The following have many name index listings: S . B. Aje, A. Akinhotu, R. Benge, J. Harris, S. Kotei, D. Obi, and F. Ogunsheye. This bibliography is a relatively large and useful piece of work, at least for Nige- ria and multination papers. In the intro- duction, its frank appraisal of general li- brary science bibliography usefulness is helpful. Further, a bibliography for which a third edition is required has obviously been more useful than most. However, the search for items was not comprehensive but was limited to titles March 1984 which Davies saw in British libraries. She admits that this eliminated many other- wise useful listings. So the work has a Brit- ish slant and is weak in items which might have been found in France, the United States, and other European countries, and in the African countries themselves. Even within the United Kingdom, she seems not to have searched thoroughly the Brit- ish Library, School of Oriental and African Studies Library, Library Association Li- brary, or any other library school library. Nor did she search extensively for theses, government reports, or other unpub- lished materiaL-John F. Harvey, Interna- tional Library and Information Science Consul- tant, Lyndonville, Vermont. ABSTRACTS The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse of Infor- mation Resources, School of Education, Syra- cuse University. Documents with an ED number here may be ordered in either microfiche (MF) or paper copy (PC) from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service, P.O. Box 190, Arlington, VA 22210. Orders should include ED number, specify for- mat desired, and include payment for docu- ment and postage. Further information on ordering documents and on current postage charges may be obtained from a recent issue of Resources in Educa- tion. Art Libraries Section. Special Libraries Division. Papers. International Federa- tion of Library Associations (IFLA), The Hague, Netherlands. 1982. 162p. ED 229 035. Papers on art libraries, librarianship, and doc- umentation presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) con- ference include: (1) "The Tyranny of Distance : Art Libraries in Canada,'' a description by Mary F. Williamson of Canada's regional art libraries that serve qoth art students and the general public; (2) ''A Checklist of Some Art Bibliogra- phies Not Included in Arntzen and Rainwater' s 'Guide to the Historical Perspective and Sum- mary of Recent Developments' "; (3) "Cana- dian Art Publications: A Historical Perspective and Summary of Recent Developments" by Loren Singer; (4) "Popular Religious Images: A Many Faceted Subject Which Could Benefit from an Automated Approach" by Michel Al- baric (France); (5) "AGAP' ART : A Cooperative Automated Catalogue of Art and Archaeology Journals Held in the Art Libraries of Paris and the Paris Area" by Denise Gazier (France); (6) "Visual Resources : The State of the Art," a de- scription by Nancy De Laurier (United States) of methods of slide conservation and the train- ing and activities of slide curators; (7) "The In- divisibility of Art Librarianship" by Wolfgang M. Freitag (United States), which advocates co- ordination between book and visual resources librarians; and (8) "Documentation of Design History: Past, Present and Future" by Anthony J. Coulson (United Kingdom), which discusses reference sources for design history, particu- larly industrial design. School Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. Ohio Educational Library/Media Asso- ciation, Columbus. 1982. 33p. ED 225 545. MF-$0.83; PC-not available from EDRS. Compiled by the Intellectual Freedom De- partment of the Ohio Educational Library Me- dia Association (OELMA), this booklet contains varied materials related to issues of intellectual freedom, including an eight-point statement of the purpose of the department, the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, and guidelines for writing a materials selection pol- icy . Policies, guidelines, and procedures state- ments for two city school districts, a rural school district, and a parochial school are also