reviews Book Reviews 201 ians and CARE-UNESCO’s Children’s Book Fund,” Christine Jenkins discusses the impact that organizations such as the CARE-UNESCO and DLCYP (ALA’s Division of Libraries for Children and Young People) had on libraries during the Cold War. The attempts of CARE­ UNESCO to export children’s books to other countries raised many sensitive is­ sues which resulted in the development of tensions between DLCYP and CARE­ UNESCO. Some of these issues were re­ lated to diversity, censorship, and trans­ lation; questions establishing evaluative criteria of literary quality, child appeal, and what is considered the “right book” for children overseas became big issues for debate. In many cases, organizations and individuals used library philanthropy as a means of promoting their political and social agendas. A clear example is the case of the Derby Public Library in the Midlands, England. The benefactor of the Derby Public Library building was Michael Thomas Bass, head of the fa­ mous brewing company. There is no question that his motive for building a library was to benefit the brewing trade and to counteract writers of the late nine­ teenth century who suggested that drinking was immoral. He demonstrated his idea of a well-rounded vision of life and leisure by building a library and suggesting to the English people that beer and books could coexist. Libraries & Philanthropy is a well-orga­ nized collection of twenty-five essays, each of which contains a wealth of bib­ liographic notes and references to supplementary sources. These intellec­ tually stimulating essays may not have much practical application, but their ac­ counts of the historical and theoretical background of library fund-raising are invaluable.—Constantia Constantinou, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York. Serials Management in the Electronic Era: Papers in Honor of Peter Gellatly, Founding Editor of The Se- rials Librarian. Eds. Jim Cole and James W. Williams. New York: Haworth Pr., 1996. 234p. $39.95 alk. pa­ per (ISBN 0-7890-0021-0). LC 96­ 38911. As anyone who works with serials knows, change is the key concept and uncertainty about the future is the gen­ eral attitude. From a library perspec­ tive, these changes affect technical ser­ vices in a most direct way but also impact the education and role of librar­ ians, library organizational structure, and the development of a new model of scholarly communication. From the commercial point of view, the issues af­ fect relationships among publisher, ven­ dor, and library, and the publisher’s role in scholarly communication. This vol­ ume, appropriately dedicated to Peter Gellatly, attempts to cover these many pressing issues, as they relate to seri­ als management, in sixteen articles writ­ ten by publishers, vendors, librarians, and library educators, as well as an edi­ tor of an electronic journal and a com­ puter scientist. For the most part, it suc­ ceeds. The buyer should be aware that this volume has been published previ­ ously as an issue of The Serials Librarian. Not surprisingly, most of the articles in the book pertain to the technical ser­ vices aspects of managing serials in the electronic era and cover diverse topics including a discussion of collection de­ velopment issues, a description of a lo­ cally developed serials control system, an annotated “webliography” of library sources available on the World Wide Web, and an exploration of serials man­ agement issues in a consortia context. Elizabeth Cooley and Edward A. Goedeken write a provocative piece with the premise that we must collect information, not formats. Once it has been determined what information is needed, a decision can be made on the most appropriate format—print, elec­ tronic, or whatever else might be avail­ able. The really intriguing part of the 202 College & Research Libraries article is the authors’ view of the future, which they see as a coexistence of print and digital formats that, they believe, will lead to a tearing down of walls be­ tween library departments. No longer will there be a distinction between public and technical services. Librarians will be­ come multiskilled, which will facilitate the smoother flow of information from point of acquisition to patron. The role and education of librarians in the electronic age is an important is­ sue receiving appropriate coverage in this volume. Nancy L. Eaton gives a suc­ cinct outline of the changes that are tak­ ing place regarding serials. She de­ scribes the valuable skills of technical services librarians and emphasizes that they must pay attention to the areas of change that require those skills. She also stresses the importance of collabora­ tion with other disciplines, within con­ sortia and networks, and with organiza­ tions outside the library. (If there is a theme that runs through this volume, it is that of collaborative partnerships.) Esther Green Bierbaum raises the ques­ tion that has plagued library schools for decades: whether to teach serials as a separate course. Although she does not answer the question, she does conclude that however serials are taught, elec­ tronic serials should take their place alongside print. Kathryn Luther Henderson describes an experiment on mentoring in education for librarianship, which made use of e-mail as a means of communication between mentor and student. The experiment was carried out in a course on technical services functions at the Graduate School of Library and Information Sci­ ence, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, and used practicing tech­ nical services librarians from various parts of the country as mentors. It was a success, and the author felt that the use of e-mail served to prepare stu­ dents for work in an electronic environ­ ment. March 1996 More on the topics of electronic pub­ lishing and a possible new paradigm for scholarly communication would have been useful. Les Hawkins comes clos­ est with his article giving a brief history of scholarly serials available electroni­ cally. Again, collaboration is a theme as he describes the digital library model. Some of the collaborative efforts he dis­ cusses are Project Muse, Red Sage, and OCLC Electronic Journals Online. Stewart E. Shelline discusses electronic publishing from the viewpoint of a news­ paper publisher as he highlights his goals in producing an electronic news­ paper and outlines some of the prob­ lems encountered. Shelline clearly spells out the reasoning behind the de­ cision to publish online—primarily mar­ ket competitiveness and the ability to expand news coverage. It was heart­ ening to read that this publisher, at least, does not believe that online editions will replace print but, rather, the two will con­ tinue to complement each other. So many issues are involved in man­ aging serials in an electronic era that it would be impossible to cover them all in one volume. However, several issues are important enough that their omis­ sion is glaringly obvious. One of these is copyright and license agreements, which were mentioned briefly in sev­ eral articles (although not to be found in the index) but not covered in any depth. The time and expertise it takes to successfully negotiate and adminis­ ter license agreements necessitates that it be given considerable attention in any discussion of serials management. As previously mentioned, the topic of a new model for scholarly publishing and com­ munication also was given inadequate attention. However, these deficiencies aside, the articles in this volume are ap­ propriate for the topic and of a quality to make them worthwhile reading for the serials manager.—Nancy A. Newsome, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.