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guides for each discipline, and the re-
quirements for the major. Where appro-
priate, she consulted professional stan-
dards such as The Association to Advance 
Collegiate Schools of Business Standards 
and the New Jersey Department of Educa-
tion Core Curriculum Content Standards 
and Frameworks. Warner’s objectives are 
detailed, linked to appropriate levels of 
instruction and course assignments, and 
measurable. These objectives are some of 
the strengths of Warner’s work, because 
she relates them to Bloom’s Taxonomy 
and to the course level at which they 
should be taught. Each objective could be 
adapted to information literacy programs 
at other institutions. 

Warner developed assessment tools as 
the final step in her information literacy 
framework. In each model, students keep 
electronic research journals, logs, or plan-
ners to track their use of information 
resources in their research. Librarians 
used these planners to evaluate student 
progress in mastery of objectives and to 
assess areas in which students needed 
additional instruction. In some models, 
librarians and professors jointly evaluated 
student mastery of the specific informa-
tion literacy objectives using rubrics; in 
others, professors provided feedback to 
librarians. The purpose of assessment in 
this information literacy program is to 
provide feedback for the improvement 
of teaching. 

Warner applies the framework out-
lined above in chapters three through 
eight of A Disciplinary Framework. Each 
chapter describes the process of applying 
the curriculum map to a discipline, lists 
information literacy objectives, discusses 
the incorporation of research skill se-
quences into courses, notes assignments, 
and delineates assessment tools. Some of 
the models are proposals, while others are 
fully developed, but all contain the basic 
information needed to initiate an infor-
mation literacy program in that major. 
Since each model follows the same basic 
format, the chapters become redundant 
if read sequentially. Readers might prefer 

to read the preface, introduction, and first 
two chapters; then move to the chapter(s) 
in which they are most interested; and, 
finally, use the index to compare cur-
riculum maps, objectives, and assessment 
tools for the majors. 

A Disciplinary Blueprint for the Assess-
ment of Information Literacy will be most 
useful to librarians looking for a “how-to-
do-it” guide for establishing or modifying 
information literacy programs that are 
based on a standard disciplinary guide to 
the literature in each major rather than on 
Internet research. Her detailed models are 
well conceived, theoretically based, and 
adaptable. The linkage of Bloom’s cogni-
tive outcomes to instructional objectives 
is especially helpful because outcomes 
are linked to expected levels of student 
mastery. An examination of the chapter 
entitled “Recommended Sequence for 
Bibliographic and Information Literacy: 
Teacher Preparation” is a case in point. 
This reviewer notes that she could easily 
follow Warner’s framework to evaluate 
courses within the education curriculum 
and use some of Warner’s objectives to 
broaden her information literacy instruc-
tion at Appalachian State University. 

Warner’s extensive list of references 
and additional readings will benefi t those 
who wish to read more about this topic. 
This book will provide ideas for librarians 
who want to create, expand, or deepen an 
information literacy program. It is recom-
mended.—Margaret N. Gregor, Appalachian 
State University. 

Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt. Navigating Legal 
Issues in Archives. Chicago: Society of 
American Archivists, 2008. 329p. alk. 
paper, $69.95 (ISBN 1931666288). LC 
2008-015865. 

As copyright and privacy laws continue 
to evolve, archivists are frequently facing 
the challenge of deciding how to acces-
sion new material, and in some instances, 
whether they should even be accepting 
certain items. Even the long-standing 
process of establishing provenance and 
securing proper donation agreements has 



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been complicated in recent years as new 
legislation has created unforeseen prob-
lems with once codifi ed procedures. 

Navigating Legal Issues for Archives is 
designed to address these evolving prob-
lems, and with degrees in library science 
and law, as well as experience in historic 
and corporate archives, Menzi Behrnd-
Klodt is uniquely qualified to provide the 
necessary guidance. The book is divided 
into four distinct sections, with each ad-
dressing a broad topic that is further bro-
ken down into individual chapters; each 
chapter has its own descriptive title and 
begins with a bullet point summation of 
why the subject is important to archivists 
and who might find it useful. 

Behrnd-Klodt opens her discussion with 
a section designed to help professionals 
understand the legal process (“The Legal 
Framework”). The chapters within are 
concise and contain easy-to-follow expla-
nations of legal terminology that provide 
the vocabulary for later sections. While the 
purpose is to give the reader a basic immer-
sion in the way our legal system works, the 
conversation is framed around the book’s 
subject—archives—and contains examples 
appropriate for the field. 

Index to advertisers 
ACRL 177, 193 
Amer. Assoc. for Cancer Research 108 
American Psychological 122 
Annual Reviews 141 
Archival Products 121 
Assoc. of Research Libraries 127 
CHOICE Reviews Online 206 
Counting Opinions 106 
Dun & Bradstreet cover 3 
EBSCO 100 
Edwin Mellen Press cover 4 
IGI Global 99 
LexisNexis cover 2 
Modern Language Assoc. 103 
Palgrave 157 
Routledge 189 
The Roper Center 176 
Society of American Archivists 194 
Univ. of West Indies Press 156 

March 2009 

The six chapters in the section entitled 
“Acquisition and Ownership Legal Is-
sues” will arguably be of the greatest 
benefit to cultural, historic, and special 
collections archivists. By examining the 
fundamental concerns of ownership and 
the legal pitfalls associated with acquiring 
and accessioning collections, Behrnd-
Klodt provides answers to questions that 
plague even experienced archivists. The 
discussion throughout is punctuated with 
tangible examples of how these issues 
should be approached, while sample 
forms (deed of gift, deaccessioning, and 
loan agreements) provide a solid basis for 
aiding archivists in developing individual 
policy. 

As the archive profession has grown, 
greater numbers of organizations have 
been developing their own collections 
and creating diverse groups of record 
types. Because different records have 
different legal complications, the “Ac-
cess and Administration Issues” section 
breaks down the myriad of problems 
associated with these sources, includ-
ing lawyer ’s records, student records, 
medical records, and even presidential 
papers. While these may not be common 
donations for all archives, the nature of 
specialized institutions raises the possibil-
ity that such items may eventually wind 
up in a collection almost anywhere. 

The Administration section continues 
with discussions on how best to admin-
ister public records as well as the com-
plications that may arise from Replevin 
(a legal process to recover records); the 
consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 
for corporate archives; and a look at the 
latest legislation on cultural property and 
how it may impact special collections, 
museums, and historical societies. Even 
though each of these chapters would 
likely apply to a specific type of archive, 
the implications for much of this could 
easily have an impact on the entire pro-
fession. 

The final section—“Copyright and 
Intellectual Property Law”—examines 
perhaps the trickiest aspect of modern 



archival work, especially for institutions 
that deal with personal primary sources, 
regardless of their format. As copyright 
law has changed over the last century, 
librarians and archivists have frequently 
reexamined how we approach the acces-
sibility of items. 

The 1976 Copyright Act changed the 
formal requirement for registering and ob-
taining ownership to the more immediate 
process of having it conferred automati-
cally as it takes on a “fixed form.” For ar-
chives, this means that every lett er, diary, 
poem, essay, or any original work has to be 
treated as if it carries a copyright, regard-
less of whether it has ever been published. 
While donation forms are used to offset 
the potential problems from such rights, 
archives must still exercise caution. 

As Behrnd-Klodt illustrates during 
an in-depth discussion of “Fair Use” 
(a widely used shield for libraries and 
archives), the actual protection provided 
is often tenuous and requires a substan-
tial amount of diligence on the part of 
the archivist. In fact, each of these final 
chapters acts to reinforce the practices 
and procedures that are outlined in earlier 
chapters of the book. 

Ultimately, Navigating Legal Issues in 
Archives contains a thorough examination 
of the kind of issues archivists need to 
examine for their individual institutions. 
While it would serve as an excellent in-
troduction to anyone who is new to the 
profession and concerned about access is-
sues, its bullet-pointed summaries, chap-
tered sections, and sample forms make it 
equally valuable as a permanent reference 
source.—Timothy Hensley, Virginia Holo-
caust Museum, Richmond, Virginia. 

Antoine de Schryver. The Prayer Book of 
Charles the Bold: A Study of a Flemish 
Masterpiece from the Burgundian Court. 
Transl. Jessica Berenbeim. Los Angeles: 
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008. 310p. 
cloth, $60 (ISBN 9780892369430). LC 
2008-924691. 

Anyone possessing even a passing 
familiarity with the many difficulties 

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and complexities inherent in studying 
medieval manuscripts can easily ap-
preciate both how and why a scholar 
might devote a lifetime to investigating 
a single book. When studying a text 
produced at such a distant temporal 
remove and in such a diff erent cultural 
milieu as the Middle Ages, researchers 
face a number of uncertainties related to 
its significance and the circumstances of 
its production. For instance, questions of 
responsibility arise: Who commissioned 
the work, and who actually executed its 
calligraphy and illustrations? Problems 
of interpretation also emerge, such as 
deciphering how the book’s textual and 
graphical components interact with and 
complement each other; determining the 
relationship between the manuscript’s 
composite and often heterogeneous por-
tions; and ascertaining how the book fits 
into the wider artistic, social, and cultural 
contexts of its time. Antoine de Schryver, 
one of the foremost experts in southern 
Netherlandish manuscript illumination 
and former professor of art history at the 
University of Ghent, answers all of these 
questions—and more—in this well-ar-
gued and thoroughly researched volume 
on the history of a late–fifteenth-century 
illuminated prayer book produced for 
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy 
(1433–77). The product of over fift y years 
of scholarly dedication and eff ort, Profes-
sor de Schryver’s examination of this de-
votional book offers readers a fascinating 
and remarkably informative glimpse into 
the world of manuscript patronage and 
production in the late–fifteenth-century 
Burgundian court. 

The study’s foundation is de Schryver’s 
discovery of official account rolls for the 
ducal court of Charles the Bold covering 
the years 1467–77 in which he uncovered 
two entries recording payments made to 
cover the production of a lavish devotion-
al book. The first, dated January 1469, is a 
record of payment to one Nicolas Spierinc 
for writing “certain prayers,” while the 
second, dated August 1469, records pay-
ment made to one Lieven van Lathem