College and Research Libraries 88 College & Research Libraries reading. Although many topics are closely related, there is almost no overlap among the papers. Considering their historical fo- cus, all seem remarkably relevant to the concerns of today. This item is highly recommended for any library with more than a minimal col- lection in library science, no matter what system of classification may be used. It should be of special interest to any librar- ian or system designer considering the place of classification in the future of li- braries and library catalogs, both as secu- rity considerations inspire flirtation with closed stacks, and as computer capabili- ties allow reconsideration of the possibili- ties for providing library users with en- hanced access to information via subject.-Janet Swan Hill, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Advances in Library Administration and Organization, V.2. Ed. by Gerard B. McCabe and Bernard Kreissman. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1983. 373p. $45. ISBN 0-89232-214-4. Like its predecessor, volume 2 of Ad- vances in Library Administration and Organi- zation appears to be schizophrenic in its approach to topics of interest to those who manage, or hope to manage, libraries. One wishes that rather than being so de- fensive about the seemingly haphazard way in which the various essays got into the volume, the editors had considered giving some focus and structure to this volume (as they also should have done in volume 1 and should be planning to do for future volumes). While it is noble to give ''conscientious and congenial consider- ation of articles and research papers which either by their length or their nature would find other publication sources un- receptive'' (B. Kreissman's introduction), it makes it difficult for the reviewer to rec- ommend this volume to any but those whose collections of library literature are truly comprehensive. Volume 2 would be a much better buy if the authors had focused on a topic that is represented in five of the twelve essays that appear: managing change. The five essays all show different faces of the plan- January 1985 ning and evaluation process and succeed in various degrees in enlightening or in- spiring the manager. The best of the bunch are "The Librarian as Change Agent'' by Tom G. Watson and ''Strategic and Long Range Planning in Libraries and Information Centers" by Michael E. D. Koenig and Leonard Kerson. Watson dis- cusses the differences between change agents, whom he defines as integral and continuing parts of the library operation, and consultants, whom he sees as provid- ing advice but no follow through. Most importantly he provides excellent guide- lines for shepherding change in a library organization. Koenig and Kerson have provided a thorough review of opera- tional research techniques for long-range planning, tying each technique to an ex- ample of a library planning issue. In addi- tion, they provide a substantive reference list to the literature of strategic and long- range planning which would be of interest to libraries. While not quite up to the excellence of the aforementioned articles, Robert White contributes some very useful how-to in- formation in ''Project Management: An Effective Problem Solving Approach." This essay focuses on group problem solv- ing, with the group selected for the skills they bring to the problem, and with the charge, objectives, and responsibilities of the group clearly defined: Murray Mar- tin's ''The Organizational and Budgetary Effects of Automation on Libraries" is dis- appointing. The essay really does not talk about budgetary impact (a subject on which e~ightenment is needed) but in- stead focuses on what has gone wrong in existing automation efforts (which is not as helpful to a manager as would be what has gone right). "Evaluation and the Pro- cess of Change in Academic Libraries'' by Del Williams also fails to fulfill its promise. It provides information on conducting evaluations in a library with lots of help from the MBA-operations research litera- ture. It doesn't offer very much in the way of practical advice for linkage between the general literature and library issues. Of the remaining articles, two articles on the organization of the library and its ac- NEW FROM NOYES Available Early 1985 ADHESIVES FOR WOOD-Research, Applications, and Needs edited by Robert H. Gillespie : ISBN 0-8155-0997-9 ; $36 . ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EXPERT SYSTEMS, COMPUTER VISION, AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING by William B. Gevarter: ISBN 0-8155-09944; $36. 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He suggests that a subject- oriented organization of library services would revitalize librarianship. "Toward a Reconceptualization of Collection Devel- opment" by Charles B. Osborn is an inter- esting philosophical article concerning the evolving role of collection development as it becomes collection management andre- sponds to the demands of technological change. The two key concepts that emerge in the new conceptualization are the ideas that collection development is a system (a dynamic whole composed of flexible, in- terchangeable parts) and that it is a decision-making process (the learning ex- perience which drives the system). On a practical level, Richard G. King, Jr.'s, research, "Deterioration of Book Pa- per,'' provides the library manager with a procedure for studying his/her own col- lections but more importantly provides data from the work already done with the massive University of California system, which should indicate for any library where the greatest danger to their collec- tions occur. Deanna B. Marcum gives a good overview of existing programs and a good summary of the critical management issues facing library education in ''Man- agement Training for Research Librarian- ship.'' A weakness of the essay is that it is descriptive rather than prescriptive and is tied too closely to the current programs. The last three essays all seem rather tan- gential to the operation and administra- tion of libraries and out of place in the vol- ume. Michael B. Binder's report on "Videotext Development in the United States" is a general primer on the video text industry, but only references to OCLC tie it to libraries, and the author re- ports only the status of the industry and does not suggest how libraries might be affected by these developments. '' Satel- lite Cable Library Survey'' by Mary Dieber is much too technical in its description of the surveys and does not provide much information that would be of interest to li- January 1985 brary managers . Finally, Michelle M. Reid's lengthy bibliography, ''A Prelimi- nary and Selective Survey of Two Collec- tions of Juvenilia in Florida,'' belongs in a source where it would come to the atten- tion of those library scholars interested in children's literature. This series has potential to contribute to the library administration literature, how- ever, to do so it must find a clearer focus. An annual which reviewed advances in li- brary management, but eliminated the ex- traneous material found in volume 2, would be a worthwhile investment, espe- cially if it could be priced somewhat more reasonably.-Dale S. Montanelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Management Process: A Selection of Readings for Librarians. Ed. by Ruth J. Person. Chicago: American Library Assn., 1983. 423p. $20. LC 83-3788. ISBN 0-8389-0381-9. In this book of readings, Person has at- tempted to bring together articles and parts of books that are both descriptive of management processes and prescriptive of ways to enhance such processes and that provide information about new ap- proaches and future trends in these man- agement areas. The former is achieved but not the latter. The twenty-four articles (thirteen from management literature and eleven from library literature) are interest- ing and both descriptive and prescriptive in nature. The seven chapters: Manage- ment in the Library Setting, Decision Making & Planning, Control, Organizing, Communicating, Staffing, and Directing touched on most management processes, though budgeting or financial planning are least effectively covered. Given the date of the book (1983), I would have preferred seeing more recent articles included. The three most recent articles were dated 1980 with the rest be- ing from the 1970s except for one from 1967. A number of the articles mentioned in the additional readings sounded very interesting and future oriented. New ap- proaches and future trends could have been more evident through the inclusion of such items as "Quality Circles, a Tool for the '80s" and "Library Managers: Can