College and Research Libraries 618 College & Research Libraries the product presented here seems to show that the doctors and saints of this event, like Omar of yore, went out by the same door where in they went. Nevertheless, there is plenty of worth- while reading in this book for academic li- brariai)s who take their profession seri- ously. The six background papers that fill most of the pages provide, collectively, a treasure of carefully considered, even in- spired, organization and interpretation of information bearing on the future of uni- versities and their libraries. The papers are by three university presidents: William Gerberding (University of Washington); John Brademas (New York University); and Steven Muller (Johns Hopkins Uni- versity) and three vice-presidents: Gerald Stevens (Yale); William Schaefer (UCLA); and Howard Resnikoff (Harvard). Their presentations overlap in scope, but they focus on different aspects of the outlook for universities: economic and political en- vironments, future student population, information technologies and their im- pacts, and prospects for academic pro- grams and organizational structures. The panorama suggested by this group of presentations is one in which we will see universities adapting, perforce and clumsily, to: continuing technological and social revolution, fairly static instructional volume and older students, proportion- ally more foreign students, uneven prog- ress in accommodation of minorities, un- likely restoration of generous government support for students or institutions, grow- ing demand for vocational instruction, shrinkage in areas of liberal arts and social science, aging faculties, competition from commercial providers of vocationally ori- ·ented instruction, increased cooperation with industry as a way C?f securing sup- port, increased conflict of interest be- tween faculty and institution, and slowed growth of basic scholarship and research. Universities will need to revise dramati- cally their instructional methods and adapt their organizational structures in or- der to coordinate broad information activi- ties based on technology. Academic li- braries, if they are perceptive and adaptable, can avoid sliding into irrele- November 1986 vance by becoming the multifaceted infor- mation hub of the emerging university. These prospects, and what can be done about them by universities and libraries, are elaborated to different degrees in the several papers. So far, in the passage of time since origi- nal presentation of these papers, no im- portant surprises or omissions have turned up to diminish the authors' credi- bility. Their insights are of the kind that trigger creative thinking about useful courses of action for education and aca- demic librarianship .' Readers must depend on their own in- genuity for integrating related passages from the several papers. Expect no help from the subject index, which is vapid and usually fails to link discussions of similar concepts when the speakers used differ- ent phraseology or contexts, but the name index could conceivably help some readers.-Ben-Ami Lipetz, School of Informa- tion Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany. International Librarianship Today and Tomorrow: A Festschrift for William J. Welsh. Comp. by Joseph W. Price and Mary S. Price. New York: K.G. Saur, 1985. 174p. $32.50. ISBN 3-598-10586-X. In his preface to Index to Festschriften in Librarianship, J. Periam Danton character- izes festschriften and provides the basis on which to judge this genre. A festschrift is meant to honor "a more or less distin- guished individual'' with a volume of con- tributions //by the honoree/s friends and colleagues who are also usually promi- nent in their fields,'' and to have lasting significance. A biography of the honoree is usually present; a bibliography of his or her work is always present. Danton adds, however: "In the field of librarianship, at least, there is a considerable number of works in which both are lacking. Indeed in a few Festschriften there is no indication whatever, either on the title page or in the preface, introduction, dedication, fore- word, text, or appendix-of who the hon- oree is, where he was active, or in what field!" The compilers of this volume have not been quite so neglectful, but readers must look elsewhere for both a biography and a bibliography. This is a pity, because Wil- liam F. Welsh's career at the Library of Congress, which now spans thirty-nine years and is far from over, is incomparable in the annals of American librarianship for its impact and vision. One or the other would have added to the lasting qualities of this volume. In 1970 Danton lamented the absence of bibliographic control accorded festschrif- ten and the resulting obscurity of the con- tributions. Practice has not changed. Un- fortunately, only the few serendipitously blessed will be able to find the provocative and stimulating thoughts_ embedded in this volume, thoughts contributed by some of the most eminent and distin- guished practitioners of and thinkers about international librarianship, whose life work is dedicated to making knowl- edge accessible. William 0. Baker, of AT&T Bell Laboratories, observes that the information age is unlike previous ''ages'' that were rooted in natural phenomena, all of which exist independently of hu- mankind. Products of the information age, in contrast, are artifacts of the human brain and only partly, if at all, derived from natural phenomena (p.9) . Martin M. Cummings, director emeritus of the Na- tional Library of Medicine, concludes that ''The Library of the future should serve as the principal node in the information sys- tems of universities" (p.40) . Franz George Kaltwasser provides an absorbing per- spective on the development of German libraries and points out the contrasting na- tionallibrary philosophies. The Library of Congress, for example, allows individuals unhindered admission but is basically ali- brary of reference only. European li- braries, on the other hand, restrict admis- sion but lend their materials freely. In Germany, the lack of a national library and the existence of a liberal interlibrary loan policy led to the planning and devel- opment of union catalogs that were to compensate for the lack of a national li- brary. Hermann Liebaers' overview of Eu- ropean research libraries is written with insight and charm. Some contributions, Recent Publications 619 such as Elsa Granheim's "Special Prob- lems of Libraries Serving a Linguistic Mi- nority: The Norwegian Experience," may appear too specialized but do present gen~ uinely interesting and thought-provoking problems. The view of international librarianship presented in this volume, perhaps not surprisingly considering the nature of the genre, favors developed countries, English-speaking countries, and western European countries. The exceptions are Kenya and the USSR. Most of Africa, and all of South America, Asia, and the Indian subcontinent are absent. Also, the past and the present loom larger than the fu- ture in the majority of the papers. A more accurate title might have been" Aspects of International Librarianship Today and Day After Tomorrow." The compilers might have taken more care. How can it be that we who spend so much time describing books do so poorly at making them? Copy editing might have been better. The typos are many, but have The Academic Librarians' Choice with CLASS • Over 18 Million Records • Subject Access/Boolean Capabilities • Choice of Accounts: • Search Access • Online Cataloging • Acquisitions • Interlibrary Loan Contact: CLASS, Dept. AC, · 1415 Koll Circle, Suite 101, San Jose, CA 95112 408/289-1756 620 College & Research Libraries a certain international flavor: ''about 66% of the total working populations ist doing information handling services" (p.13); and "National Library of Medecine" (p .108). An index would have been useful. And so would a foreword acknowledging the fifteen contributors by title and pro- viding some context about the preparation of this work. The book was presented to Welsh at a special reception sponsored by the publisher, K. G. Saur, during the Fifty-first Council and General Confer- ence of the International Federation of Li- brary Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in August 1985. Was this festschrift pre- pared especially for this event? Honoring Bill Welsh requires no justifi- cation, of course. The wonder is that honor isn't done more often. His achieve- ments should be more widely acknowl- edged and appreciated outside library cir- cles. This book is a fine tribute.-Nina W. Matheson, William H. Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Mary- land. Harman, Keith and Charles R. McClure. Strategic Planning for Sponsored Project Administration: The Role of Information Management. Westport, Conn.: Green- wood, 1985. 279p. $45. LC 85-9881. ISBN 0-813-24931-8. This is another quality and timely prod- uct of the prolific McClure publication fac- tory. The team of Keith Harman, director of the Office of Educational Grants at Southeast Missouri State University, and Charles McClure, associate professor in the School of Library Science at the Uni- . versity of Oklahoma, has produced a "theoretical treatise and a desktop hand- book" to assist sponsored-project admin- istrators in their understanding and use of strategic planning and information man- agement techniques. As the premier volume in the new Greenwood Press series, Emerging Pat- terns of Work and Communications in an Information Age, the work focuses on es- tablishing a conceptual framework for core organizational and management concepts-systems theory, strategic plan- . ning, boundary spanning, organizational culture, contingency management, orga- November 1986 nizational role and information manage- ment-and on outlining the key elements of the strategic planning process and -of decision support systems. What distin- guishes this treatment of these now very familiar concepts and techniques is the ef- fective and essential link drawn~between information resources management and strategic planning and the focus on ad- ministrators working with grants, con- tracts, and cooperative agreements sup- porting research and development projects. The authors recognize that significant changes are taking place in the grants en- vironment, as the interests and support levels of federal agencies, foundations, and corporations shift dramatically. They also note that the role of the project ad- ministrator in many organizations has ex- panded from management of single proj- ects to organization-wide responsibility for sponsored-project performance. These developments demand new approaches and the promotion of a "planning cul- ture" characterized by effective informa- tion identification, acquisition, organiza- tion, evaluation, and dissemination. The central premises are summarized early in the volume, on page 52: "through a decision support system, sponsored proj- ect administrators may arrange and interre- late the information-processing mecha- nisms and tools needed to provide timely, valid and reliable information .... Bound- ary spanning offers a means by which sponsored projects administrators may communicate relevant information regard- ing sponsored projects to key clients (fun- ders), constituents (organization decision makers), support staff/units, and project · personnel. Contingency management pro- vides an administrative posture which em- phasizes a situational or adaptive ap- proach. Strategic planning serves as the fulcrum or transforming agent by produc- ing ongoing plans which help identify those environmental factors, organiza- tional resources, problems, and opportuni- ties most relevant to the organization's sponsored projects effort.'' Subsequent chapters provide detailed discussions and prescriptive information about these concepts and their underlying