College and Research Libraries 272 College & Research Libraries mended that several copies be added to your shelves. The book purports to ''fill the need for a comprehensive and current resource for understanding accreditation" and the writers say it is ''designed to serve both as a general reference and as a training tool'' for those who make or are influenced by decisions regarding the accreditation of educational institutions. One will find here a full accounting of the various ac- creditation agencies and their purposes, noting relationships and even conflicts that exist between and among them. The self-study process is analyzed, as welt with guidelines offered as to how it can be more constructive and less threatening. The accreditation process in higher edu- cation cannot be likened to a holiday plea- sure, a factor that is well recognized by the writers of this volume. One university president is quoted in the book as saying that administrators ''are tired of having the educational and financial policies of their institutions dictated by a horde of ir- responsible outsiders, each representing a separate selfish interest. II The chief editor of this volume calls accreditation ''a strug- gle over standards, 11 noting that various interest groups within the institutions contend with one another and that inevi- tably accreditation "feels the force of those pressures and also bears the brunt of criticism from those whose interests are not served. II As a title in the Jessey-Bass Higher Edu- cation Series, Understanding Accreditation was in process for a period of at least four years by the chief editor, Kenneth E. Young. Dr. Young, executive director of the National University Continuing Edu- cation Association and past president of the Council on Postsecondary Accredita- tion, is qualified to write on the subject and to seek out others to assist him in issu- ing this volume. Charles M. Chambers and H. R. Kells, whom Editor Young de- scribes as "two of the nation's most knowledgeable students of accredita- tion, II contribute a sizeable share of the content of the volume, but we were im- pressed with the astuteness of other chap- ter authors as well. They can be credited with covering a broad spectrum of topics May 1985 related to the accreditation principle and process, from its complexity to details about specific aspects, and from govern- ment controls to the protection of students from consumer abuse. The importance of encouraging administrators to view ac- creditation as a helpful tool rather than as a threat is pointed out by one of these writ- ers. Another speaks to the need for self- regulation, one of the principles of accred- itation, and yet another writes of the importance of voluntarism as a concept in the accreditation process. Eighteen chapters and an epilogue make Understanding Accreditation a com- plete work on the subject. The experience of the contributors is evident in their writ- ings and the balance in their views is a credit to the work. This title can be recommended as au- thoritative, readable, and current. Every academic library should own a copy, and the price is right.-Roscoe Rouse, Jr., Okla- homa State University. Rare Books 1983-84: Trends, Collections, Sources. Ed. by Alice D. Schreyer. New York: Bowker, 1984. 581p. $39.95. LC 84-174331. ISBN 0-8352-1756-6 . The first in a proposed series, Rare Books 1983-84 surveys the main areas of interest to the field in nineteen essays, which com- prise the first 159 pages, then provides a set of directory listings, covering more than 400 pages, followed by an index. The essays are split into three groups, the first seven surveying the sale of books and manuscripts during that year to private collectors and institutions in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Other than references to the sale of the fake Hitler diaries and the Gospels of Henry the Lion, Europe and the rest of the world are scarcely mentioned. Within this limita- tion, however, the events in the rare-book world in 1983-84 are adequately and inter- estingly surveyed by authors including Kenneth W . Rendell (dealer); Katherine Leab, and Daniel Leab (American Book Prices Current); Robert Nikirk (Grolier Club); and William Matheson (Library of Congress). The review of research and publishing in part two contains essays by G. 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Van Wingen on relevant serials. This section is especially useful in providing a summary listing with critical comments for librarians and others wishing to keep up on current liter- ature. Van Wing en includes lists of period- icals by subject and alphabetically by title, with subscription information. Current issues and programs make up the third group of nine essays, with en- tries on automation (Stephen Paul Davis); preservation (Carolyn Harris); theft (Marie E. Korey); and taxes and donations (Carol C . Henderson). Five programs or organizations are described: Columbia's Rare Book School, the American Anti- quarian Society's Program in the History of the Book in American Culture, the Li- brary of Congress's Center for the Book, ACRL' s Rare Books and Manuscripts Sec- tion, and the Society of American Archi- vists. The essays in this group are brief fac- tual surveys. Appended to Carolyn Harris's article on preservation is a list, with addresses, of selected preservation materials suppliers and conservation facil- ities. The second major section of the book contains the lists and directories. The brief section on educational opportunities could and should be expanded. A reader unfamiliar with individual programs in the listed library schools, except for the entries covering Columbia's library school and that for the University of Denver, would be unable to determine from the entries whether the various programs would allow for significant specialization in the rare books and manuscripts field. The other lists are: associations, auction- eers, appraisers, libraries, and dealers. There is of course some duplication from lists available elsewhere, and the 210 pages devoted to dealers is, perhaps nec- essarily, unwieldy. The separate listing of appraisers is an especially useful direc- tory. In discussing periodicals for the rare book trade, Peter Van Wing en points out that these types of publications often set standards in fine printing and graphic de- sign. Unfortunately, this book, intended May 1985 for the rare book enthusiast, fails in both those areas. All purchasers of reference books can empathize with efforts to keep production costs down, but reading the textual sections of this book, interesting as they are, will make most readers cry out for larger and darker type. The contents of a valuable reference book deserve better presentation.-Stephen H. Cape, Indiana University, Bloomington. Magrill, Rose Mary, and Doralyn J. Hickey. Acquisitions Management and Collection Development in Libraries. Chi- cago: American Library Assn., 1984. 241p. LC 84-9288. ISBN 0-8389-0408-4. Library Acquisition Policies and Proce- dures. Ed. by Elizabeth Futas. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1984. 2d ed. 615p. $38.50. LC 82-42925. ISBN 0-89774-024-6. It is a good time to reexamine the rela- tionships between acquisitions and collec- tion development work . Closely allied, these two areas form the heart of the li- brary. And it is especially appropriate to turn attention to collection development at a time when available resources do not appear to be keeping pace with the costs of purchasing materials, paying salaries, and providing adequate equipment for the li- brary staff and users, hence interfering with libraries' ability to provide for the varied needs of their patrons. The two books reviewed here are both revised ver- sions of earlier works, updated precisely because libraries of all types have been ex- periencing both new economic constraints and, ironically, the pressures of techno- logical advances, which are rarely inex- pensive. It is the task of collection devel- opment, at times frustrating, to reconcile these conflicting demands in careful, ra- tional, and creative ways. An excellent work from nearly every an- gle, Acquisitions Management and Collection Development in Libraries builds on Stephen Ford's 1973 The Acquisition of Library Mate- rials, also an ALA publication. Acquisi- tions work has become more complex since Ford's book appeared, and Hickey and Magrillleave no stone unturned in de- scribing and reviewing the ways in which this aspect of library work can be man- aged. The book's premise is that "without