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234 I College & Research Libraries • May 1973 

OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST 
TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS 

Academic Who~s Who 1973-1974. Edition 
published by Charles and Adam Black 
(London). Distributed by R. R. Bowker 
Co., New York. 1973. 521p. $21.95. 

Adelman, Irving, and Dworkin, Rita. The 
Contemporary Novel. New Jersey: Scare-
crow Press, Inc., 1972. 614p. $15.00. 
(72-4451). (ISBN: 0-8108-0517-0). 

American Library Association. Financial 
Assistance for Library Education, 1973-
1974. Chicago: ALA, 1972. 50p. (ISBN 
0-8389-6177-0) . 

Annual Review of Information Science & 
Technology, Volume 1-7 Cumulative 
Index, Wash., D.C.: American Society 
for Information Science, 1972. 171p. 
( 66-25096). (ISBN 0-87715-207-1). 

Axford, Lavonne. An Index to the Poems 
of Ogden Nash. New Jersey: Scarecrow 
Press, 1972. 145p. $6.50. (72-7266) 
(ISBN 0-8108-0547-2). 

Benton, Mildred, comp. Federal Library 
Resources. New York: Science Associates/ 
International, Inc. 1973. 120p. $10.00. 
( 72-94002). ( SBN 0-87837-002-1). 

Bowker Serials Bibliography Supplement 
1972. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 
1973. 357p. $12.00. (72-2677). (ISBN 
0-8352-0588-66) . 

Bricker, George W., comp. Bricker's Direc-
tory of University-Sponsored Executive 
Development Programs. 1973 ed. Mass.; 
Bricker Publications. 304p. $47.50. (73-
110249). 

Brown, Sanborn C., ed. Changing Careers 
in Science and Engineering. Mass.: MIT 
Press, 1972. 349p. $10.00. (72-8840). 
(ISBN 0-262-02090-4). 

Busha, Charles. Freedom Versus Suppres-
sion and Censorship. Littleton, Col.: Li-
braries Unlimited, Inc., 1972. 240p. $10.-
00. (72-91672). (0-87287-057-X). 

Checklist of Major U.S. Government Se-
ries. v. I. Virginia: Department of Agri-
culture, 1972. 85p. $25.00. 

C LA Organization Handbook and M em-
bers hip List 1972- 73. Ottawa, Ontario: 
Canadian Library Association, 1972. 76p. 
$7.50. (ISBN 0-88802-090-2). 

Cuadra, Carlos A., ed. Annual Review of 
Information Science and Technology, 

Vol. 7. Wash., D.C.: American Society 
for Information Science, 1972. $17.50. 
606p. ( 66-25096). (ISBN 0-87715-
206-3). 

Davis, Bonnie M., comp. A Guide to Infor-
mation Sources for Reading. Delaware: 
NRC,EC,IRA. 158p. 

Dick, Elie. Current Information Sources in 
Mathematics. Colorado: Libraries Un-
limited, Inc., 1973. 280p. $12.50. (72-
075143). (ISBN 0-87287-047-2). 

Greer, Roger C. Illustration Index. New 
Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1973. 164p. 
$5.00. (72-10918). (ISBN 0-8108-0568-
5). 

Hammer, Donald P. , comp. Indiana Semi-
nar on Information Networks (ISIN) 
Proceedings, October 26-28, 1971. In-
diana: Purdue University Libraries, 
1972. 91p. 

Hammond, George P., ed. Guide to the 
Manuscript Collections of the Bancroft 
Library. Volume II: Mexican and Cen-
tral American Manuscripts. Berkeley: 
University of California Press, 1973. 
304p. $20.00. (63-16986). (ISBN 0-
520-01991-1). 

High Fidelity. Records in Review. New 
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. 
512p. $9.95. (55-10600). 

Krichmar, Albert. The Women's Rights 
Movement in The United States 1848-
1970. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 
1972. 445p. $12.50. (72-4702). (ISBN: 
0-8108-0528-6). 

Landry, Hilton and Elaine. A Concordance 
to the Poems of Hart Crane. New Jersey : 
Scarecrow Press, 1972. 387p. $12.50. 
(72-10663). (ISBN 0-8108-0564-2). 

Ledesert, D. M. and Ledesert, R. P. L., 
eds. Harrap's New Standard French & 
English Dictionary, New York: Charles 
Scribner's Sons, 1972. Vol. 1 & 2. $39.50. 
(72-2297). (ISBN 684-13006-8) . 

MacCann, Donnarae, and Woodard, Gloria. 
The Black American in Books for Chil-
dren: Readings in Racism. Metuchen, 
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1972. 230p. 
$6.50. (72-4490). (ISBN: 0-8108-0526-
X). 

Martinson, Tom L. Introduction to Library 
Research in Geography. New Jersey : 
Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1972. 168p. $5.00. 
(72-2012). (ISBN: 0-8108-0495-6). 

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ABSTRACTS 

The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the Clearinghouse 
for Library and Information Sciences of the Educational Resources In-
formation Center (ERICjCLIS), American Society for Information Science, 
1140 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 804, Washington, DC 20036. 

Documents with an ED number may be ordered in either microfiche 
(MF) or hard copy (HC) from ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 
LEASCO Information Pro.ducts, Inc., P.O. Drawer 0, Bethesda, MD 
20014. Orders must include ED number and specification of format deSired. 
A $0.50 handling charge will be added to aU orders. Payment must accom-
pany orders totaling less than $10.00. Orders from states with sales tax 
laws must include payment of the appropriate tax or include tax exemption 
certificates. 

Documents available from the National Technical Information Seroice, 
Springfield, VA 22151 have NTIS number and price following the citation. 

A Report on the Status of Women Em-
ployed in the Library of the University 
of California, Berkeley, with Recom-
mendations for Aflirmative Action. By 
Anne Lipow and others. California Uni-
versity, Berkeley. Library Affirmative Ac-
tion Program for Women Committee 
(AAPWC). December 1971. 61p. (ED 
066 163, MF-$0.65). 

This report deals with discrimination 
against women employed as librarians and 
library assistants at the University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley Library. The report dem-
onstrates that ( 1) library professional, tech-
nical, and clerical personnel-both women 
and men-work in "women's occupations," 
and, therefore, are underpaid when com-
pared to those employed in "men's occupa-
tions'' which require similar backgrounds 
of education and experience; ( 2) within 
their respective categories of librarian and 
library assistant, women are concentrated 
at the lowest levels; and (3) the opportu-
nities for women to advance in their library 
careers are apparently diminishing. Some 
of the broader factors which contribute to 
the inferior position of women in the labor 
force are analyzed, such as stereotyped at-
titudes about the "nature" of women, dis-
criminatory hiring practices, limited edu-
cational opportunities, and lack of adequate 
child-care facilities. Recommendations to 
correct these inequities include: immediate 
increase in salary for all women and men 

employed in the library to parity with sal-
aries of comparable male-typed occupations; 
corrective reclassification of women whose 
advancement has been retarded because of 
their sex; proposals for changes in hiring 
and recruitment policies, improvement of 
in-service training and career development, 
expansion of educational opportunities, pro-
vision of child-care facilities, and implemen-
tation of an affirmative action program. 

Attitudes Towards Interlibrary Coopera-
tion: Summary of a Study. By Danuta 
A. Nitecki. Drexel University, Philadel-
phia, Pa., Graduate School of Library Sci-
ence. 1971. 23p. (ED 066 167, MF-
$0.65, HC-$3.29). 
The participants in the Workshop on Co-

operation Between Different Types of Li-
braries, which was held in November 1971, 
in Philadelphia, were surveyed in an effort 
to determine their attitudes toward interli-
brary cooperation. Follow-up studies were 
conducted after the workshop to discover 
what, if any, effect the workshop had on the 
participants' attitudes. Generally, the work-
shop participants favored cooperative efforts 
between different types of libraries, al-
though some problems concerning such ef-
forts in this region were perceived. By the 
end of the workshop, a few conditions were 
identified as being significant obstacles to 
cooperation, and at the same time, actions 
were specified to overcome these barriers. 
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the respondents ·agreed that the lack of cre-
ative administrative leadership was a sig-
nificant barrier to interlibrary cooperation, 
while only 10 percent agreed six months 
later in the followup studies. The impact of 
the worl<shop itself has not been completely 
measured by this study, but increased ef-
forts for cooperation are encouraging. 

The Use of Microfilm in Relation to the 
Retrospective and Prospective Catalogs 
of the Research Libraries of the N ~w 
York Pul)lic Library: A Report to the 
Council on Library Resources . ( CLR 
Grant No. 516). New York Public Li-
brary, N.Y. Research Libraries. 1972. 
39p~ (ED 067 107, MF-$0.65, . HC-
$3.29) 
With the aid of a grant from the Council 

on Library Resources, The New York Pub-
lic Library's ·Research Libraries conducted 
an experiment lasting from July 1971 
through March 1972. The object of the ex-
periment, which was in three parts or 
phases, was to determine the acceptability 
of microfilm as a substitute for the public 
card catalog, the new book catalog, . and 
the authority file for the new book catalog. 
Because many of the cards in the heavily-
used public catalog are badly deteriorated 
and in need of replacement, variou.s alterna-
tives, induding microfilming and book pub-
lication, have been studied. Part I of the ex-
periment was designed to test the feasibil-
ity of the fi~st of these alternatives. Parts 
II and III, involving the use of microfilm 
as a substitQte for the authority file and 
the new book catalog, as it related to the 
processing · division, are reported on by the 
chief of that div!sion. Part III also involved 
public ·use of The Research Libraries · new 
book catalog on microfilm. A report on this 
part forms the ·final portion of the report. 

The University Library in the Seventies, 
Minutes of the .Seventy-Eighth Meeting, 
(Colorado Springs, Colorado, May . 14-
15, 1971). Association of Research Li-
braries, Washington, D.C. 1971. 124p. 
(ED 067 115, MF-$0.65, HC-$6.58) 
The program portion of this meeting fo-

cuses on an environmental approach to re-
search libraries in this decade. The first two 
speakers are concerned with the immediate 
surroundings of . the university research li-

brary. The next two speakers address them-
selves to the environments outside the uni-
versity to which the library must relate. 
The last speaker presents an international 
view of the meeting's theme. The first day's 
program concludes with a panel discussion, 
"Collective Action by Research Libraries: 
Problems and Potential." The second day 
of the meeting was composed of concurrent 
discussion groups. Summaries of four of the 
five discus-sions held ·appear as appendixes 
to these minutes. 

Information on the MARC System. Library 
of Congress, Washington, D.C. MARC 
Development Office. 1972. 34p. (ED 
067119, MF-$0.65, HC-$3.29) 
This publication contains a brief descrip-

tion of the MARC communications format, 
a summary of how machine-readable rec-
ords are created, information about the 
MARC Distribution Service, and a selected 
bibliography of publications · . concerning 
MARC, written by either Library of Con-
gress staff members or others. In addition, 
a report on automation i!l technical process-
ing at the Library, which summarizes the 
principal activities of the MARC . Develop-
ment Office is included. It is hoped that this 
publication provides a general background 
for the reader, who can then seek more de-
tailed information from the professional lit-
erature or other sources. 

Center for Information Services, . Phase 
II-Detailed System Design and Plan-
ning. By Peter G. Watson. California 
University, Los Angeles, Institute of Li-
brary Research. 1969. 45p~ (ED 067 
121, MF -$0.65, HC-$3.29) . 
The acquisition functions of : selection, or-

dering, receiving, blanket orders, serials, 
gifts, exchange, and microforms and the 
technical processing of each at the Univer-
sity · of California at Los Angeles libraries 
are discussed. The requirements for con-
verting these manual acquisition functions 
to a magnetic tape data base: for the Cen~ 
ter for Information Services : are ·presented. 
(Related documents are ED . · 057806 
through ED 057812.) 

Methods of Library Building Design-A 
Research Plan. By G. . Edward Evans, 

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et al. California University, Los Angeles. 
Institute of Library Research. 1969. 33p. 
(ED 067 123, MF-$0.65, HC-$3.29) 
This report outlines the requirements for 

a comprehensive, objective, and integrated 
guide to design of library physical facilities. 
It then presents a research plan directed at 
development of three products: ( 1) an au-
thoritative catalog of the present knowl-
edge of library functions, elements, and 
techniques of design as they relate to li-
brary physical facilities; ( 2) a manual for 
evaluating -the ·performance of components 
of library facilities and for generating spec-
ifications of ·requirements; and (3) a "guide 
inquiry'' system for developing library 
building design programs. The report then 
presents details of the tasks required to pro-
duce these results, of specific studies to be 
included in the work, of the time schedule 
and repres'entativ.e· budget required. 

Educational. Trends, Innovations, Tech-
nology, Multi-Media, Taxonomies of 
Learning, Librarianship: A Bibliograph-
ical Checklist, · 1965-1971. By Nicholas 
G. Stevens. Kutztown State College, 
Pennsylvania. Educational Development 
Center. 1972. 151p; (ED 067 132, MF-
$0.56, HC-$6.58) 
The purpose of · this checklist is to serve 

as a bibliographical' aid for administrators, 
library science educators, librarians, teach-
ers, curriculum coordinators, researchers, 
and other : interested persons who are: ( 1) 
planning and conducting research in curric-
ulum and instruction, and in educational 
media; ( 2) planning and producing an im-
proved instructional program; and ( 3) in-
terested in educational trends, innovations, 
and forecasts'. It is designed to aid them in 
answering: the following ·questions: What 
are the new trends and innovations in edu-
cation, in educational research, in library 
research, in ·curriculum planning, in teach-
ing methods, in the use of multimedia and 
the cross-media and interdisciplinary ap-
proach to curriculum implementation, in 
the taxonomies of learning, in system de-
velopment, and in school library media cen-
ters and libraries? 

Information Retrieval Center of theN orth-
ern Colorado Educational Board of Co-
operative Services. Final Report, F.Y. 

Recent Publications I 231 

1971-72. By William H. McCleary. 
Northern Colorado Educational Board of 
Cooperative Services, Boulder, Colorado. 
Information Retrieval Center. 1972. 
159p. (ED 067 134, MF-$0.66, HC-
$6.58) 
The N orthem Colorado Educational 

Board of Cooperative Services (NCEBOCS) 
Information Retrieval Center is designed 
to provide a communications link for teach-
ers, librarians, and administrators with the 
latest research, resources, and materials in 
the field of education. The Information Re-
trieval Center also provides school person-
nel who contact the center with ERIC (Ed-
ucational Resources Information Center)· 
abstracts and summaries in the form of 
printouts from the computer. With the 
UNIVAC 9400 Computer inhouse, the 
range and type of automated retrieval ser-
vices have expanded to include newly de-
veloped products and training programs for 
product implementation and utilization. 
The Wave I Six State Retrieval Network, 
involving Colorado, Utah, Oregon, South 
Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming, con-
tinues to be served by the information re-
trieval products on ~n ever-expanding ba-. 
sis. Services were extended through State 
Departments of Education and/ or Region-
al Centers to include the States of Idaho, 
North Dakota, Kansas, and Montana. The 
growth and development of the Informa-
tion Retrieval Center and the regional and 
nation-wide interest generated by this sys-
tem is measured by the increase in the 
number of searches processed during fiscal 
year 1972. 

Directory of Cooperative Reference Ser-
vice Programs: A Preliminary . Edition. 
George M. Bailey, compiler. American 
Library Association, Chicago, Illinois. Co-
operative Reference Services Committee. 
1972, 126p. (ED 067 141, MF-$0.65, 
HC-$6.58) 
Cooperative library reference services are 

listed in this directory by state. The follow-
ing information is provided for each pro-
gram: name, date established, name of the 
administrator, list of participants, type of 
agreement, sources and amount of support, 
the services provided, publications, and 
where to direct inquiries. A copy of the 
questionnaire sent to libraries is appended. 



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National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science Public Hearing: 
Chicago Regional Hearing (September 
27, 1972): Written Testimony of Chica-
go Witnesses. By National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science, 
Washington, D.C. 1972. 165p. (ED 
068 144, MF-$0.65, HC-$6.58) 

It is the plan of the National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science that 
the user of information will be the bene-
ficiary of all its work. Thus, in order to gain 
a better understanding of the user's needs 
for information, the commission developed 
a series of regional hearings. The regional 
hearings are to: ( 1) provide an opportuni-
ty for people from all sectors of society to 
place their viewpoints on libraries and in-
formation science and service before the 
commission; ( 2) foster an understanding 
of the role and progress of the work of the 
commission; and ( 3) submit recommenda-
tions and plans to early criticism and re-
view by those who will be affected. This 
document contains the written testimony 
of Chicago witnesses. (The transcript of 
the hearing is available as ED 068 143 and 
other testimony received in the commis-
sion's office is available as ED 068 145). 
Later hearings are scheduled for San Fran-
cisco and Atlanta to be held during fiscal 
1973. 

University Science and Engineering Li-
braries-A Survey. By Columbia Uni-
versity, New York, N.Y. The Libraries. 
1972. 33p. (ED 068-108, MF-$0.56, 
HC-$3.29) 

A project sponsored by the Council on 
Library Resources in which the science and 
engineering libraries at twenty-two selected 
universities were studied is summarized in 
this report. The study was concerned with 
only certain aspects of such libraries, 
namely collection development, reader ser-

vices, physical facilities, and professional 
staff attitudes and background. Twenty of 
the universities are in the United States, 
and two in Canada. The proposal was to 
examine the campuses at first hand and 
then interview not only librarians but also 
a selected number of faculty members and 
students. The purpose was to try to get a 
balanced view of the actual status of these 
libraries. Medical libraries were excluded 
in order to avoid having too broad a scope 
for the project. This report describes the 
plan for carrying out the project, the de-
tailed results, and some general conclusions. 
Descriptions of the library systems in the 
study and copies of the survey question-
naires are appended. 

Survey of InfoMJUJtion Needs of Educa-
tional Information Specialists. By Robyn 
C. Baugham. Maryland University, Col-
lege Park. School of Library and Infor-
mation Services. 1972. 31p. (ED 068 
101, MF-$0.65, HC-$3.29) 
In conjunction with the ERIC Clearing-

house on Library and Information Science's 
sponsored seminar at the University of 
Maryland School of Library and Informa-
tion Services on "The Marketing of Infor-
mation Analysis Products," a mailed ques-
tionnaire survey was conducted to investi-
gate the information problems and needs 
of people who are presently or plan to be 
active in the operation of educational infor-
mation centers and in the educational ex-
tension agent program. Questions deal with 
the respondent's professional background, 
resources of his information service, prob-
lem areas and/or limitations, and suggest-
ed topics for information analysis products. 
The results of this survey are meant to aid 
in the design and development of informa-
tion analysis products and services that 
would be precisely tailored to meet the 
needs of the practitioner who works in this 
area.