ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 55 J o S. W A N G — c h i e f c a ta lo g e r , F r a n c is A. Countway Library o f M edicine— H a r v a r d U N I­ V E R S I T Y , C am bridge, Massachusetts. M A R K F . W e i m e r — r a r e b o o k b ib lio g ­ rapher— S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y , New York. E d W i l k — head o f circulation— C A L IF O R N IA P o l y t e c h n i c S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , San Luis Obispo. An n M . W i l k i n s o n — senior staff specialist, technical processing— American Hospital Associa­ tion Library, Chicago, Illinois RETIREMENTS H a r r i e t d y e r A d a m s , rare book lib rarian , State University o f New York at Albany, retired D ecem b er 21, 1977. ■■ Publications NOTICES • T he first issue o f the New Periodicals Index is now available, with over 1 5,500 entries provid­ ing access to articles, notes, colum ns, reviews, and even comic strips on a wide variety o f sub­ jects. P u b lish e d tw ice a y ea r, in S e p te m b e r and March, the N ew P erio d ic a ls In d ex covers all is­ sues o f sixty-seven important alternative and new age periodicals. It is intended primarily for use in lib ra rie s and re s e a rch in s titu te s. S u b scrip tio n price is $25 a year. F or a subscription or free descriptive brochure write to T he Mediaworks L td ., Box 44 9 4 -J, Boul­ der, C O 80306. • In form ation R etrieval System s, C o m p u ter Assisted R esearch , a booklet designed to intro­ duce th e p u b lic to co m p u terized inform ation so u rces, is a v a ila b le for on e d o lla r (ch e ck or m oney o rd e r; in clu d es p ostage and handling) from the Public Relations Office, Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 W ick A ve., Youngstown, O H 44503. Although the in­ formation is geared to location access terminals in the Youngstown area, the coverage on the data bases is comprehensive. • L ib raries are questioning traditional m ate­ rials funds allocation methods and moving toward the ongoing review o f collections as they relate to changing u n iv ersity in structio nal and research programs, according to a new S P E C flyer and kit, T he Allocation o f Materials F u n d s in Academ ic Libraries (No. 36). In its analysis o f trends and issues, the flyer makes the point that research libraries are d e­ veloping co llection s that are m ore d irectly re ­ sponsive to the current and future needs o f their user communities within a context o f rising costs and relatively stable budgets. It also discusses criteria for allocation o f materials funds and the allocation decision-making process. T he kit and flyer were produced after analysis o f a survey of ARL m ember libraries on collection development practices. T he kit’s sixteen documents deal with th e d e c is io n -m a k in g p r o c e s s , s ta tis tic s and criteria, the use of a formula, and general back­ ground information. T he A llo c a tio n o f M a teria ls F u n d s in A c a d e m ic L ib r a r ie s (Kit and Flyer 36) is available to SP E C subscribers and A RL m embers for $ 7 .5 0 and to all others for $ 1 5 .0 0 (prepayment required) from Offices o f U niversity M anagem ent Stu dies, As­ sociation o f Research Libraries, 1527 New Hamp­ shire A ve., N .W ., Washington, D C 20036; (202) 23 2 -8656. • T he Pennsylvania State University Libraries have p ublished a self-paced workbook en titled L ibrary Resources. The book is being used with entry-level students in conjunction with the basic English course. Copies are $ 3 .5 0 each. Prepay­ ment is required and checks should b e made out to T he Pennsylvania State University. O rder from D e a n o f U n iv e r s ity L ib r a r ie s , E 5 0 5 P a tte e Library, T h e Pennsylvania State University, Uni­ versity Park, PA 16802. • T he New York Metropolitan R eference and Research Library Agency (M ETRO ) will distrib­ ute to m e m b e r lib ra ries a new le a fle t on the Clearinghouse for Expensive Acquisitions. Tw enty-eight libraries are now participating in the program. Through the clearinghouse, libraries exchange information about acquisitions and gifts that have a value o f $200 or m ore. Benefits to members include economy (help with acquisitions decisions), service (avoiding of inadvertent dupli­ cation and p u rc h a se o f a w id er ran g e o f r e ­ so u rc e s), an d sp e e d (o n e p h o n e c a ll to th e clearinghouse). Copies o f the leaflet, which tells how the program works, are available. Anyone who is n o t on th e s ta ff o f a M E T R O lib rary should en clo se a self-addressed, stam ped long business envelope to M E T R O , 11 W. 40th St., New York, NY 10018. • An eighth title in the Harlan Hatcher Grad­ uate Library Guide Series has recently been pub­ lish ed ; P s y c h o lo g y : S e le c te d B a sic R e f e r e n c e Works, by Anne K. Beaubien. O ther titles in the series are: D o cu m en ts H a n d b o o k ; A m erica n L it­ e r a tu r e : S ele c te d B a s ic R e fe r e n c e W o rk s; F re n c h L a n g u a g e a n d L ite ra tu r e : A S e le c te d A n n o ta ted B ib lio g r a p h y ; A m erican P olitics a n d G o v e rn m en t: 56 S elected B asic R e fe r en c e W orks; English L ite r a ­ ture: S elected B asic R e fer en c e W orks; S p ecial Mi­ c r o fo r m C o lle c tio n s ; T h e A m erican R ev olu tion , 1763-1783: S elec te d R e fer en c e W orks. Copies are available for $2 each. Checks should be made out payable to The University of Michi­ gan Library and sent to Robert J. Starring, 818 H atcher G rad uate L ibrary, T h e U niversity o f Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. • Stanford University Libraries has prepared an Index to the Library o f Congress Cataloging Service Bulletins‚ num bered from 108 to 123. The index was developed by Joan D ible and will be updated as new Bulletins are received. T he basic index is available for $5 prepaid. U pdates in th e form o f a co m p letely revised index will be made available as they are prepared for an additional charge, but standing orders can­ not be accepted. Libraries or individuals who would like to acquire a copy of the In d ex should send a check for $5 to the Business Service D e­ partm ent, Stanford University L ib raries, Stan­ ford, CA 94305. • The Spring-Fall 1977 issue of Imprint: O re­ gon (v.3. no. 2) is a tribute to Berta and Elm er Hader. It contain s a H ader bibliography and short articles by Doris Patee and Elaine and Ed­ ward Kemp. It is available for $2 from Edward Kemp, T he Library, The University o f Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. • A bibliography of Charles F . Lummis, com­ piled by Mary Sarber, has just been published by the University o f Arizona Library and the Gradu­ ate Library School at the University of Arizona as number two in their bibliographic series. In addi­ tion to many other careers, one of Charles F. Lummis careers was that of librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library. He founded a national group, which took the name “Bibliosm iles.” It is available for $7.50 from W. David Laird, University Librarian, Univ. o f Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; checks should be made payable to the U niversity o f Arizona. O rd ers for two to five copies will receive a 20 percent discount. Orders for six or more copies will receive a 40 percent discount. T h e re will be a 5 0 ¢ postage fee per copy and a handling charge when payment does not accompany the order. Number one in the series was a paper about and an a tta c h e d b ib lio grap h y o f th e F re n c h printer and designer François-Louis Schmied by California p u blisher and book d esig n er Ward Ritchie. It was selected as one of the fifty W est­ ern books last year by the Rounce and Coffin Club • Increased attention is being devoted to theft detection and prevention measures in academic and research libraries, and while electronic secu­ rity systems figure predominantly in a majority of libraries’ activities, many other solutions also are being instituted, according to the newest kit and flyer from the Systems and Procedures Exchange C e n te r o f the O ffice o f M anagem ent Studies/ Association of Research Libraries. Flyer and Kit # 3 7 — Theft Detection and Pre­ vention in Academic Libraries (October 1977, 113 pages)— reports on A RL-m em bers’ solutions to the problems o f theft and mutilation and presents findings and documentation resulting from a sur­ vey o f th e 105 A RL lib ra ries co n d u cted this summer. Requests for Flyer and Kit # 3 7 on theft detec­ tion should be sent to the Office of University Library Management Studies, Association of Re­ search L ib ra rie s, 1527 New H am pshire A ve., N .W ., Washington, DC 20036. Kits are $7.50 to SP E C subscribers and ARL members, and $15.00 to others (prepayment required). • Scott R. Bullard, assistant head o f acquisi­ tions at Perkins Library, Duke University, is also founder and editor in chief o f a new professional jo u rn a l, L ib r a r y A cq u isitio n s: P r a c tic e and Theory‚ published quarterly by Pergamon Press. He explains that LAPT provides a forum for ex­ change o f know led ge, ideas, and e x p e rie n c e among library professionals and nonprofessionals in e d u ca tio n , re s e a rc h , and p ra c tic e . It e m ­ phasizes the practical experience o f working li­ brarians and their staffs and presents the concepts developed by leading theoreticians in the field. Thus far, LAPT has published two issues and a third is in progress. The editor explains that the jou rnal is well on its way to overcom ing any first-year “growing pains”— a greater volume of high-quality articles is being received, reviews are becom ing increasingly complimentary, and the number o f subscriptions is on the rise. Any queries about, or submission to, L ib ra r y A cqu isi­ tions: P ractice a n d T h eory may be addressed to Scott R. Bullard, c/o The Duke University L i­ brary. • T h e In d e x to th e L ib r a ry o f C o n g re s s Cataloging Service Bulletin‚ 2nd. ed., 1977, in­ dexing B ulletins 1-120, June 1945-W in ter 1977, is now in its second printing. This index refer­ ences all changes to the Anglo-American Catalog­ ing Rules and cataloging and classification policies and procedures of the Library of Congress as an­ nounced in th e B u lle tin . T h e forty-tw o-p age index is available for $7.50, postpaid, from Nancy B. Olson, Box 863, Lake Crystal, MN 56055. • T he real treasures of C ornell University’s rare book collection on witchcraft have yet to be mined by authors and scholars. In the introduction to the newly published Catalogue o f the Witchcraft Collection in Cornell University L ibrary‚ which lists more than 3,000 books and pamphlets, author Rossell Hope Rob­ bins wrote th at nearly all m odern w riters on witchcraft have slighted or are ignorant o f the most important aspects of the collection. A leading authority on witchcraft, Robbins says modern authors concentrate on the writings in the collection by the classic demonologists and 57 devil worshipers. T he extremely rare and highly im p o rtant w orks o f a u th ors in o p p o sitio n to witchcraft, along with court records o f witchcraft trials, have gone largely untouched, he says. Robbins says the Cornell collection on witch­ craft is particularly important b ecause it deals strictly with the true meaning of witchcraft— that is, a C h ristian h e resy in w hich on e w illingly commits oneself to the work of the devil. Considered the world’s leading collection o f its type, it was developed nearly 100 years ago by the university’s first president, Andrew Dickson W hite. Many o f the works are from the sixteenth and seventeenth centu ries, a tim e when witch trials swept Christian Europe and America. Robbins says that the be lief in witchcraft was so widely held during this period that it’s a mira­ cle that there are any writings at all in opposition to it. But the Cornell collection contains works by more than h a lf a dozen such op p on en ts. T he catalog is available from KTO Press, Route 100, Milwood, NY 10546. • The 1977/78 Union List o f Health Sciences Serials o f the University o f Southern California (U SC ) N o rris M ed ica l L ib ra ry and the Los Angeles County/USC Medical C e n te r Libraries (general, women’s, and nursing) is now available. Covering journals appropriate for U SC ’s schools of M edicine and Pharmacy and the Medical C en­ ter’s various user groups, it covers more than 3,000 current and ceased titles held by the four libraries and gives the title, beginning date of publication, location, a brief holdings statement, explanatory notes, and cross-references. The list is available in paperback book format for $8. Prepaym ent should be made by check payable to N orris M ed ical L ib ra ry . R eq u ests should be sent to Linda L. Azuma, Serials As­ sistant, N orris M edical L ibrary, U niversity o f S o u th e rn C a lifo rn ia , 2 0 2 5 Z onal A v e ., Los Angeles, CA 90033. T h e list should facilitate the p reparation of interlibrary loan (IL L ) requests and can serve as a checklist for acquisitions. A description o f Norris’ IL L policy is available upon req uest. W rite or call the Norris Medical Library, Loan Services Section, (213) 226-2231. • Restoration Papers: A Survey o f Papers Used by Am erican Print and Book C onservators has just been published by Robert Hauser. T he initial survey was sponsored by a grant from the Na­ tional E n d ow m en t for the Arts. T h e tw enty- nine-page publication identifies 101 papers used by respondents in conservation work, including their comments and information about suppliers. From th re e ca te g o rie s— A m erican, E u ro p ean, and Oriental papers— Hauser has researched and documented in depth the paper most often cited and has attached a sample o f each. In addition, there are six illustrations and a supplement on Japanese hand paper making today. The research and technical information contained in this publication will b e o f in te r e s t to the co n se rv a to r, bookbinder, archivist, librarian, artist, printer, and publisher. Copies may be obtained for $8.50 ($9.50 if billing is required) from the publisher: Busyhaus, P .O . Box 4 2 2 , North Andover, MA 01845. • Temporarily, until the publication of the full proceedings, th e papers read at the New York and Los Angeles 1977 Information Scien ce and Automation Division (ISA D ) In stitu tes on The Catalog in the Age o f Technological C hange will b e av ailable on aud iocassettes. T h e institutes were held on April 2 2 -2 3 in New York and May 19-20 in Los Angeles. The published proceedings are expected to be available in about a year from Oryx Press o f New York. In the m eantime, audiocassettes, as recorded directly off the microphones, will be available to ISAD m em b ers and others who reg istered for either o f the institutes at $3.50 (120-minute cas­ settes) and $ 2 .8 0 (90-m inute cassettes). F o r all others the price is $3.95 for 120-minute cassettes and $3.15 for 90-minute cassettes. A full set o f the Los Angeles talks (eight cas­ settes) plus two cassettes o f speakers who spoke only in New York, a set o f ten cassettes, is avail­ able to ISA D m embers and others who registered for either institute at $23.40. For all others the price is $ 2 6 .0 0 for the ten cassettes. T he speakers and their topics: M ichael G or­ man, T h e Im p a c t o f T ech n o lo g y o n T ra d itio n a l C a t a l o g i n g (1 2 0 -m in u te c a s s e t te ) ; Seym ou r Lubetzky, T h e P recep ts o f 1876 a n d th e Pursuits o f 1 9 7 6 (9 0 ); F r a n c e s H in to n , T h e N e w e s t A n g lo - A m e r ic a n C a t a lo g in g R u le s (1 2 0 ); B e r ­ nadine Hoduski, A C r itiq u e o f th e D ra ft A A C R ‚ 2 n d E d ition (90); Joseph Howard, T h e L ib r a r y o f C o n g ress a n d th e N ation s C a talog in g (120); San­ ford Berm an, T h e P u blic L ib r a r y C a ta lo g U ser (90); Anne Lipow, T h e R e sea rc h L ib r a r y C a talog as a U ser-O rien ted T ool (90); Jean Riddle Weihs, P rob lem s a n d P ro sp ects in N o n -b o o k C a talog in g (90); Jo h n B y ru m , N e w e s t A n g lo - A m e r ic a n C a talog in g R u les (90); Phyllis Richmond, A ACR, 2 n d E d itio n , W h at Next? (90). Order from Information Science and Automa­ tion Division, American Library Association, 50 E . Huron S t., Chicago, I L 60611. • T he University o f Illinois Graduate School of L ib rary S c ie n c e has pu b lished its O ccasional Paper no. 130. It is entitled T O W A R D A G E N ­ E R A L T h e o r y o f C i r c u l a t i o n and was writ­ ten by R obert L. Burr, director o f libraries, Gon­ zaga University, Spokane, Washington. T his p ap er is a rep ort o f sev eral an alyses, primarily o f circulation data from the library of the C o lleg e o f W illiam and Mary in Virginia. Burr has found that regardless o f o th er factors (e.g., length o f loan period), the distribution of library books borrowed can be predicted on the basis of subject and type o f patron (student, fac­ ulty, others); the return of those books depends 58 also on how close to the library the borrowers live. Besides the presentation o f the data support­ ing these findings, there is also a description of the methodology used and of the practical appli­ cations of the general findings. The conclusions of this study differ from those of Buckland and his associates at the University of Lancaster. This fifty-five-page “occasional paper is for sale separately for $2 (prepaid); a subscription to the Occasional Papers for the calendar year costs $7 for five issues. W rite to the Publications Office, Graduate School o f Library Science, University of Illin o is , 2 4 9 A rm ory B ld g ., C h am p aig n , I L 61820. • T h e W ash in g to n U n iv e r sity S c h o o l o Medicine Library has developed a computer pro­ gram intended to inform interlibrary loan (ILL) librarians when their library has violated, or is in danger o f violating, the fair-use provisions o f the new copyright law. This program, keypunching forms, and documentation will be made available to anyone for the cost of reproduction, shipping, and handling (probably not more than $25 total). It requires only an American National Standards C O B O L com p iler, a card -read e r, and a lin e ­ printer. One card is keypunched for each item bo r­ rowed through IL L . The program is intended to be run quarterly and, depending on the require­ ments o f the library, will list: (1) all items bor­ rowed, (2) only items chargeable against fair use, (3) titles approaching violation of fair-use pro­ visions, or (4) titles in violation of fair use. For further inform ation, sample output, and cost, contact Millard F . Johnson, J r ., Research Associ­ ate in Machine Methods, Washington University, School o f M edicine Library, 4580 Scott Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. RECEIVED (Selected items will be reviewed in future is­ sues of C o lleg e & R ese a rc h L ib ra r ies .) A ccess to film in form ation : an indexing a n d re­ triev a l system f o r th e N ation al Film B o a r d o f C a n a d a / MARY DYKSTRA — Halifax, N .S. : Dalhousie University, 1977, 73 leaves. $3.50. (ISBN 0-7703-0152-5) “ D alh ousie U niversity. L ibrary. O ccasional paper ; no. 15" A m erican b o o k design a n d W illiam M orris / by S u s a n O t i s T h o m p s o n . New York : Bowker, 1977. 2 5 8 p . $ 2 9 .9 5 . (L C 7 7 -8 7 8 3 ) (IS B N 0-8352-0984-9) C opin g w ith cu ts : a c o n fe r en c e to exam ine the p ro b le m s fa c in g a ca d em ic lib r a r ie s in th e late 1 9 7 0 ’s, a t H o lb o r n L i b r a r y on W e d n e s d a y 13th, J u ly 1977 : s p o n s o r e d b y th e N ation al B o o k L ea g u e, B o o k s a n d Students C om m ittee. — L on d on : Ja n s s e n S e r v ic e s , 1 9 7 7 . 98p . (ISBN 0-85353-268-0) A g u id e to th e id en tification a n d a cq u isitio n o f C a n a d ia n p ro v in c ia l g ov ern m en t p u b lica tio n s / C a t h e r i n e A . P r o s s , A . P a u l P r o s s . — Halifax, N .S. : Dalhousie University, 1977. 68 leaves. $3.50. (ISBN 0-7703-0153-3) “ D alhousie U niversity. L ib rary. O ccasional paper ; no. 16.” G u id e to th e m icro film ed itio n o f th e J e f f e r s o n p a p e r s o f th e U niversity o f V irginia, 1732—1828 / D o u g l a s W . T a n n e r , ed itor. — C har­ lo tte sv ille : U niversity o f V irginia L ib rary , 1977. 96p. $2.00. “Virginia. University. Library. Microfilm publi­ cation ; 9 ” H a n d b o o k o f b la c k lib ra r ia n sh ip / compiled and f ed ite d by E . J . JO S E Y and A n n A l l e n SHOCKLEY. — Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Un­ lim ite d , in c ., 1977. 39 2 p . $ 1 7 .5 0 . (L C 77- 21817) (IS B N 0-87287-179-7) L i b r a r y a u t o m a tio n : a v ie w f r o m O n t a r io / W i l l i a m R e a d y and T o m D r y n a n . — Halifax, N.S. : Dalhousie University, 1977. 42 leaves. $3.00. (ISBN 0-7703-0151-7) “ D alh ousie U niversity. L ib rary. O ccasional paper ; no. 14” L i b r a r y m a n a g e m e n t n ew s. — Loughborough [Eng.] : Loughborough. University o f Technol­ ogy, no. 1 - ‚ Aug., 1977- L ib r a r y r e s o u r c e s h a r in g : p r o c e e d in g s o f th e 1976 C o n fe r e n c e on R e so u r c e S h a rin g in L i­ b ra r ie s , P ittsbu rgh, Pennsylvania / (edited by) Al l e n K e n t , T h o m a s J . G a l v i n . — New York : M. Dekker, 1977. 356p. (LC 77-5399) (ISBN 0-8247-6605-9) “ Books in library and information scien ce ; v .21” L ib ra r y serv ic es to th e b lin d a n d p h y sica lly h a n d ­ ic a p p e d I edited by M a b y a l l s G . S t r o m . — Metuchen, N .J. : Scarecrow Press, 1977. 285p. $12.00. (LC 77-24686) (ISBN 0-8108-1068-9) N ational c o n fe r e n c e on new d irectio n s in law li­ b r a r ie s : m ulti-m edia, co m p u ters a n d n etw orks / sponsored by T R A N S -M E D IA P U B . C o . and U n i v e r s i t y o f D e n v e r L a w S c h o o l . — D obbs F e r r y , N .Y. : Condyne/Trans-M edia Distributing C orp., 1977. 124p. & 5 cassette tapes. Planning a n d design o f lib ra r y b u ild in g s / GOD­ FR E Y THOMPSON. — 2d ed. — New York : Nichols Pub. C o., 1977. 189p. $25.00 (LC 77- 137) (ISBN 0-89397-019-0) Preservation o f p a p e r a n d textiles o f h isto ric an d artistic v alu e : a sym posium s p o n s o r ed by the D ivision o f C ellu lo se, P a p er a n d Textiles D ivi­ sio n a t t h e 1 7 2 n d m ee tin g o f t h e A m er ic a n C h em ica l S ociety, San F r a n cis co , C a l i f , Aug. 3 0 -3 1 , 1976 / J o h n C. W i l l i a m s , editor. — W ash in gton : A m erican C h em ical S o ciety , 1 9 7 7 . 4 0 3 p . $ 3 8 .0 0 . (L C 7 7 -1 3 1 3 7 ) (ISB N 0-8412-0360-1) “Advances in chemistry series ; 164” ■■ 59 Adopted by more than 150 schools nationwide and in Canada, this best-seller is a worthwhile addition to any reference library! W hat ensures th is te xt's popularity? It’s rig h t there in the title. Dr. Pasacho ff has m asterfully integrated contem porary subjects— fro m the Viking space probe and bursting x-ray sources to the recent discovery of U ranus’ rings (second p rin tin g )— all w ith o u t m athem atics. Pulsars, black holes, quasars, cosm ology, and the search fo r extra-terrestrial life are treated extensively. Also included are detailed chapter sum m aries and an ou tsta n d in g set of questions. S uperb illustrations and a d e lig h tfu lly inform al w ritin g style add the final to u ch sure to captivate non-science majors. Overhead Projectuals are available. By Jay M. P asachoff, D ire c to r, H o p k in s O bservatory, W illiam s C ollege, W ìlliam stow n, Mass. 588 pp. 614 ill. (plus 50 c o lo r p lates). C h a p te r su m m a rie s. S ta r maps. Q ue stion s fo r each cha p te r. A d d t’l. re a d in g s. M a rc h 1977. $15.95. O r d e r # 7 1 0 1 -2 . S aunders G olden S unb urst Series W.B.S W a e s u t W nd a s h in g t e o n rs Sq. Co P h ila d e lp h ia , PA 19105 Prices sub je ct to change