College and Research Libraries 324 I College & Research Libraries • July 1971 war has been included. A companion vol- ume may be in order. The range of problems Lyle ·discussed with his colleagues is broad. Familiar ques- tions about compact shelving, library hours, collection development, and cooperation are discussed, as are automation, the role of the emergent Young Turks in the professions, blanket orders, library unions, library gov- ernance, and · relationships of librarians to faculty. Thr0ughout the book, often only implicitly, concern for the future of libraries as we now know them is apparent. The professional literature is, of course, rich in material on this subject and we are all not only curious about what's to become of us, as it were, but what role the rich collections we have developed down through the dec- ades will play in tomorrow's higher educa- tion. Most of us think, and most of Guy Lyle's sixteen librarians would agree, that the book is here to stay. Whether it will be acquired, processed, housed, and used as it has been in the past is another matter. From among Lyle's librarians, readers may identify and select their own charla- tans, incompetents, or muddled sentimen- talists as this reviewer has done. Those few excepted, this is a group of strong librarians deeply concerned about their profession. They are not, happily, intoning palinodes to a golden past, but, in spite of their de- crepitude in the eyes of my students (whom I had read the book for a course I teach) , they have realistically evaluated the profession's successes and accepted the fact that not only is change inevitable, but that it is desirable. They are equally realistic in recognizing the economic problems of high- er education, the development of changing educational concepts, the necessity of find- ing more sophisticated technological solu- tions to library problems, and .the need for a new kind of librarian, better trained, bet- ter educated, and more intimately involved in the whole educational process than we have had heretofore. On the whole, a useful and interesting book. It is good to have the profession's leaders firmly on record and all of us can look forward to throwing their words in their teeth on occasion, but (and probably more frequently) also rereading them with pro£t.-Stuart Forth, University of Ken- tucky. BOOKS RECEIVED NoTE: The titles listed represent books re- ceived at . the editorial office that may be of interest to academic librarians. American Library Association, Alternatives in Print: An Index and Listing of Some Movement Publications Reflecting To- day's Social Change Activities. Colum- bus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Li- braries, 1971. 168p. $3.50. (74-634067). Audio Visual Market Place: A Multim edia Guide. 1971 ed. New York and London: R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 234p. (69-18201). (ISBN 0~8352-0418-9). Axford, Lavonne B. Educational P1·ograms for the Gifted. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scare- crow Press, Inc., 1971. 282p. $7.50. (70- 142230). (ISBN 0-8108-0366-6). Baer, Eleanora A. Titles in Series: A Hand- book for LibTarians and Students. Sec- ond Supplement to the Second Edition. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc ., 1971. 509p. (64-11789) (ISBN 0-8108- 0356-9). Banks, Arthur S., assembler. Cross-Polity Time-Series Data. Cambridge, Mass. and London: The M.I.T: Press, 1971. 300p. $30.00. (78-13383,8). (ISBN 0-262- 02071-8). Bartran, Margaret. A Guide to Color Re- productions, 2d ed. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 625p. (74- 142231). (ISBN 0-8108-0343-7). Bell, James Edward. A Guide to Library Research in Psychology. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, 1971. 211p. $2.95. (ISBN 0-697- 06609-6). Bernal, J. D. Science in History. (4v.) Cambridge, Mass: The M .I. T. Press, 1971. 1328p. + indices. $15.00. (78- 136489). (ISBN 0-262-52020-6). Better Teachers. Paris: UNESCO, 1970. 212p. $3.50. Bode, Carl, ed. The Best of Thoreau's Jour- nals. Carbondale: . Southern Illinois Uni- versity Press, 1971. 329p. + index and bibliography. $8.95. (67-15321). (ISBN 0-8093-0475-9). Borrello, Alfred. An E: M. Forster Diction- ary. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, · Inc., 1971. 20lp. $5.00. (72- 151091). (ISBN 0-8108-0392-5). Brown, Sanborn C., and Schwartz, · Bri- an B., eds.· A Dilemma for Graduate Ed- ucation. M.I.T. Report No. 22. Cam- bridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, 1971. 180p. $6:95. (72-151154). (ISBN 0-262- 02082-3). Campbell, Gordon. Community Colleges in Canada. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1971. 346p. $7.95. (ISBN 0-7700-3210-9). The CajJitol and the Campus. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. 154p. $2.95; Cardona, George; · Hoenigswald, Hemy M.; and -senn, Alfred, eds. Indo-European and Indo-Europeans. Philadelphia: ·Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Press, 1970. 440p. $35.00. ( 68-21551). (ISBN 0- 8122-757 4-8). Chambliss, William J., and Seidman, Rob- ert. Sociology of the Law: A Research Bibliography. Berkeley: The Glendessary Press, 1970. 113p. $6.00. (73-140068). Changing Concept of Service in Libraries: A Cenntennial Lecture Series and Sympo- sium. Terre Haute, Ind.: Department of Library Science, Indiana State Universi- ty, 1970. 57p. Debus, A. G., ed; Science and Education in the 17th Century. New York: Ameri- can Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc. , 1971. 239p. $15.00. (76-114270). (Brit- ish ISBN 356-03329-5) . (American ISBN 444-19659-5). Editorial Offices in the West, 1970 ed. Los ·· Angeles: SIMON/Public Relations, 1970. 109p. (free) El-Hi Textbooks in Print 1971. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 330p. + Publisher Index. $13.50. (70-105104). (ISBN·0-·8352-0400-6). . Fein, Rashi, and Weber, Gerald I. Financ- ing Medical Education. New York: - Mc- Graw-Hill Book Company, 1971. 279p. ·$6.95. (72-132353). · ( 123456789MAM- M798765432-07 -10020.:9). Fisher, Sir Ronald A. Statistical Methods for Research Workers, 14th ed. Darien, Conn.: Hafner Publishing Company, 1970. 362p. $4.95. Fundaburk, Emma Lila. · Reference Materi- als and Periodicals in Economics. Me- tuchen, -N.J;: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. . 595p . . · . $15.00. (78-142232). Recent Publications I 325 (ISBN 0-8108-0349-6). . Godden, Geoffrey A. Stevengraphs and Other Victorian Silk Pictures. Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck, N.J.: Fairleigh Dick- inson University Press, 1971. 492p. $35.00. (71-144124). (ISBN 0-8386- 7880-7). Goldenberg, I. Ira. Build Me a Mountain: Youth, P overly, and the Creation of New Settings. Cambridge, Mass. and London: M.I.T. Press, 1971. 498p. $10.00. (78- 113725). (ISBN 0-262-07036-7) . Guide to National Bibliographical Informa- tion Centres. 3d ed. New York: UNIPUB and Paris: UNESCO, 1970. 195p. $4.50. Gupta, K. Balasundara. Cumulative Index to the Proceedings of the BritiYh Acade- my. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 210p. $5.00. (7-36968). (ISBN 0-8108-03·83-6). Hayachi, Tetsumaro. Robert Greene Criti- ciYm: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 146p. $5.00. (79-142235). (ISBN 0-8108-0340-2). Hu, C. T., ed. A Russian Chinese EngliYh Glossary of Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1970. 117p. $6.50. (73-108419). Hulbert, James A. An Introduction to Li- brary Service. Jericho, N.Y.: Exposition Press, Inc., 1971. 140p. $5.50. (72- 146909). (ISBN 0-682-47225-5). Innovat'ions and New Programs of Special • Interest · in Foreign Student Education. Washington: The National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, 1970. 45p. Interlibrary Loan Procedures Manual. Otta- wa: Canadian Library Association, 1971. 25p. $2.00. (ISBN 0-88802-075-9). Jennison, PeterS., and Sheridan, Robert N., eds. The Future of General Adult Books and Reading in America. Chicago: Amer- ican Library Association, 1971. 160p. $8.75 . . (79-122508). (ISBN 0-8389- 3105-7). Johnson, Harry Alleyn, ed. and camp. Mul- timedia Materials for Afro-American Studies: A Curriculum Orientation and · Annotated Bibliography of Resources. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 353p. $19.95. (75-126009). (ISBN 0-·8352-0404-9). Keller; Dean H. Index to Plays in Period- icals. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow 326 I College & Research Libraries • July 1971 . Press, Inc., 1971. 558p. (72-142236). (ISBN 0-8108-0335-6). Kennington, Donald. The Literature of ] azz. Chicago: American Library Associ- ation, 1971. 142p. $6.95 (cloth); $3.50 (paper). (74-151831). (ISBN 0-8389- 0102-6) cloth; (ISBN 0-8389-0105-0) paper. Kent, Ruth K. The Language of Journalism. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1971. 186p. $5.00 (cloth); $1.95 (paper). (71-100624). (ISBN 0-87338- 091-6) cloth; (ISBN 0-87338-094-4) paper. Knight, David, ed. Classical Scientific Pa- pers-Chemistry. 2d series. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. 441p. $15.00. (74-122441). (British ISBN 0-263-51476-4). (Ameri- can ISBN 0-444-19646-3). Kurtz, Paul. Language and Human Nature: A French-American Philosopherl Dia- logue. St. Louis: Warren H. Green, Inc., 1971. 251p. $17.50. (73-1087·82). Lawson, Lewis A., ed. Kierkegaard' s Pres- ence in Contemporary American Life. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 299p. $7.50. (76-142237). (ISBN 0-8108-0358-5). Lengrand, Paul. An Introduction to Life- long Education. Paris: UNESCO, 1970. 99p. $2.50. Lopez, Manuel D., camp. Bibliography of the History of Libraries in New York State. Tallahassee: The Journal of Li- brary History, School of Library Science, Florida State University, 1971. 140p. $6.50. Mapp, Edward. Books for Occupational Education Programs. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 308p. (70- 126013). (ISBN 0-8352-0410-3). Matthews, D. 0. The Design of the Man- agement Information System. Princeton, N.J.: Auerbach Publishers, 1971. 221p. $9.95. (77-124629). (ISBN 87769- 049-9). Mignon, Molly R. Our Polluted Planet: A Bibliography of Government Publications on Pollution and t'he Environment. Bel- lingham, Wash.: Molly R. Mignon, 1971. 66p. Mitchell, Ruth K. Information Science and Computer Basics. Hamden, Conn.: The Shoe String Press, 1971. 101p. $5.50. (70-142596). (ISBN 0-208-01118-8) . Moberg, David 0., ed. International Direc- tory of Religious Information Systems. Milwaukee: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Marquette University, 1971. 88p. $2.95. (75-156952). Moser, Gerald M. A Tentative Portuguese- African Bibliography. University Park, Penn.: The Pennsylvania State Universi- ty Libraries, 1970. 148p. $5.00. Noling, A. W., camp. Beverage Literature: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 865p. $20.00. (70-142238). (ISBN 0-8108-0352-6). Olsen, Harold Anker. The Economics of Information: Bibliography arul Commen- tary on the Literature. Washington, D.C.: ERIC Clearinghouse on Library and Information Sciences, 1971. 30p. Papers Delivered at the Indiana Univ ersit y Librm·y Dedication. Bloomington: Indi- ana University, 1970. 68p. Parthasarathy, T., and Raghavan, T. E. S. Some Topics in Two-Person Games. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. 259p. $18.00. (76- 75524) . (ISBN 0-444-00059-3). Pemberton, John E. British Official Publica- tions. Oxford: Pergamon Press, Ltd., 1971. 315p. $9.50. (77-137136). Penna, C. V. The Planning of Library and Documentation Services. New York: UNIPUB, 1970. 158p. $4.00. Peters, Harry B., camp. The Literature of the Woodwind Quintet. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 174p. $5.00. (70-149999). (ISBN 0-8108- 0368-2). Photiadia, John D. , and Schwarzweller, Harry K. , eds. Change in Rural Appa- lachia: Implications for Action Programs. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971. 265p. + tables. $15.00. (75- 122381). (ISBN 0-8122-7618-3). Pine, John C. 199 Ways to Review a Book: A Librarians Readings in the Novel of the Sixties. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scare- crow Press, Inc. , 1971. 391p. $10 .00. ('73-142239). (ISBN 0-8108-0365-8). Proceedings: Canadian Library Association Ttoe nty-Fifth Annual Conference. Otta- wa: Canadian Library Association, 1971. 85p. $3.50. The Rec01·dings of Beethoven. Great Bar- rington, Mass.: The Wyeth Press, 1971. 173p. + index. $6.95. (74-143935). (ISBN 684-12395-9) . Revelli, Carlo. Il Catalogo Per Soggetti. Rome: Edizioni Bizzarri, 1970. 245p. Salem, James M. A Guide to Critical Re- views, Part IV (v.1 and 2). Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 1420p. $30.00. (66-13733). (ISBN 0-8108-0367-4). Schurr, Sam H., and Homan, Paul T. Mid- dle Eastern Oil and the Western W 01'ld: Prospects and Problems. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. 206p. $16.00. (72-135059). (ISBN 0-444-00094-1). Scoby, Donald R., ed. EnvironrruJntal Eth- ics. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, 1971. 239p. $2.95. (ISBN 8087-1963-7). Shaw, Ralph R. Pilot Study on the Use of Scientific Lit'erature by Scientists. Me- tuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Reprint Corpo- ration, 1971. 139p. $5.00. (79-151090). (ISBN 0-8108-0346-1) . Sloan, Harold S., and Zurcher, Arnold J. Dictionary of Economics. 5th ed. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1970. 520p. $2.95. (70-118099). (ISBN 389-00237- 2). Smith, Adam. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. Carbondale: Southern Il- linois University Press, 1971. 205p. $7.50. (72-145447). (ISBN 9-8093- 0502-X). Stevens, Norman D., ed. Libr{lry Humor: A Bibliothecal Miscellany to 1970. Me- tuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 427p. (76-149995). (ISBN 0-8108-0379-9). Recent Publications I 327 Thompson, Anthony, and Randall, S., eds. IFLA Annual1969. Copenhagen: Scandi- navian Library Center, 1970. 289p. $12.00. Wasserman, Paul, ed. List 1971: Library and Information Science Today. New York: Science Associates/International, Inc., 1971. 397p. (71-143963). (ISBN 0-87837-000-5). Whitt, Robert L. A Handbook for the Com- munity School Director. Midland, Mich.: Pendell Publishing Company, 1971. 133p. (70-129145). (ISBN 0-87812- 012-2). Whitteridge, G. William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. 269p. $12.75. (70-114271). (British ISBN 356-03699-x). (American ISBN 444-19663-3) . Widdoes, Eleanor B., comp.1971 Best Books for Children. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 232p. ( 60-1536). (ISBN 0-·8352-0475-8). Williams, Sam P., comp. and ed. Reprints in Print-Serials, 1969. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1970. 577p. $25.00. (67-30154). (ISBN 0-379- 00352-X). Yerbury, Grace D. Song in ArruJrica: From, Early Times to About 1850. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 305p. $7.50. (79-149993). (ISBN 0-8108-0382-8) . Ziskind, Sylvia. Reference Readiness: A Manual for Librarians and Students. Hamden, Conn.: The Shoe String Press, Inc., 1971. 310p. $10.00. (72-134871) . (ISBN 0-208-00992-2). ABSTRACTS The following abstracts· are based on those prepared by the Clearinghouse for Library and Information Sciences of the Educational Resources Infor- mation Center (ERIC/CLIS), American Society for Information Science~ 1140 Connecticut Ave., N.W.~ Suite 804, Washington~ D.C. 20036. Documents with an ED number may be ordered in either microfiche (MF) or hard copy (HC) from ERIC Document Reproduction Service,' National Cash Register Company, 4936 · Fairmont Avenue, Bethesda~ Maryland 20014. Orders must include ED number and specification of format de- sired. A $0.50 handling charge will be added to all orders. Payment must accompany orders totaling less than $5.00. Orders from states with sales tax laws must include payment of ·the appropriate tax or include tax ex- emption certificates. Documents available from the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information~ Springfield~ Virginia 22151 have CFSTI number and price following the citation. Library Serials Control Systems: A Lit- erature Review and Bibliography. By Elizabeth Pan. ERIC Clearinghouse · on Library and Information Sciences, Wash- ington, D.C., December 1970, 49p. (Available from CFSTI · as ED 044 538~ MF-$0.25 HC-$2.55). The literature on automated serials con- trol systems and related subjects is re- viewed and conclusions are drawn on .the issues raised. As much as possible, the data reported in the literature are verified. A. se- lected bibliography of documents published prior to the date of this report is prepared. In addition to descriptions of the major se- rials systems, topics of concern include 1.1ser studies, technological developments, emerg- ing national standards, and costs. Interlibrary Access: A Two-¥ ear Report of the F AUL Access Committee, 1968- 1970. By the Five Associated University Libraries, Syracuse, N.Y., September 1970, 39p. (Available from CFSTI as ED 045 090, MF-$0.25 HC-$2.05). The report of the Five Associated U ni- versity Libraries (FAUL) Access Commit- tee describes procedures for increasing ease of access to FA UL holdings by its user pop- ulations, as developed within the two-year period from 1968-1970. Brief descriptions of the activities of the committee covering in-person borrowing privileges; circulation system studies and I. D. card standardiza- 328 I tion; intra-FAUL loan studies; experimental document delivery system; reference ser- vices studies; FAUL handbook compilation; staff visitation program; multimedia orienta- tion; photocopy charge policy; directory of subject and language specialists; library publications survey; user busing proposal; and reserve room procedures are provided. Recommendations are made for each topic and supportive documentation is cited as appropriate. An inventory of sixty-nine working papers is listed. The Use of Information Files and Infor- mation Retrieval Systems Within the University Environment. By Lorraine Borman. Northwestern University, Ev- anston, Ill., Vogelbock Cortlputing Cen- ter, June 1970, 20p. (Available from Na- tional Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va. 22151 as ED 708 524, MF-$0.95 HC-$3.00). An environment is described in which in- terdisciplinary scholars at a university are able to utilize for various purposes ma- chine-readable bibliographic and other de- scriptive text files. The information files in- clude abstracts of social science and com- puter and information science journal litera- ture, descriptions of research activities in information retrieval, and propositional lit- erahire in political and behavioral science. Two general purpose information storage and retrieval systems, TRIAL and RIQS, operating in both batch and on-line modes on a CDC 6400, are used. Search requests are posed as 'strings of English language and may incorporate any of the Boolean op- erators. Output can consist of either full re- ports or printed indexes to the information files. An operational SDI system for social scientists is also described. SCOPE in Cataloguing. By Ellen Tom and Sue Reed. Guelph University Library, Ontario, Canada, June 1970, 54p. (Avail- able from Library Administration, Uni- veriSity of Guelph Library, Guelph, On- tario, Canada for $2.50; or as ED 045 108, MF-$0.25). This report describes the Systematic Computerized Processing in Cataloguing system (SCOPE), an automated system for the catalog department of a university li- brary. The system produces spine labels, pocket labels, book cards for the circulation system, catalog cards, including shelflist, main entry, subject and added entry cards, statistics, an updated master file in ma- chine-readable form, and an accessions file. A preliminary cost study revealed an ap- proximate saving of $19,000 per year based on 1,000 titles per week, with an approxi- mate cost of $.80 per title. This cost, how- ever, does not include the actual cataloging procedure. All programs are written in COBOL and the system is run on an IBM Model 50 computer equipped with eight tape drives, two 2,314 random access de- vices, and 512K core. The system itself uses a maximum of four tape files, three disk files, and 160K core. Image and Status of the Library and ln- fonnation Sef"Vices Field: Part of a Program of Research into the Identifi- cation of Manpower Requirements, the Educational Preparation and the Uti- lization of Manpower in the Library and Infonnation Profession. By J. Hart Walters, Jr. Office of Education (DREW), Washington, D.C., Bureau of Research, July 1970, 89p. (Available from CFSTI as ED 045 130, MF-$0.50 HC-$4.55). The objective of this study on the image and status of the library and information services field was to learn something about Recent Publications I 329 the attractiveness of an occupation and to determine, for example, how prestigious the library and information services profession is in comparison with other occupations. The status of different types of jobs within the field as perceived by employed profes- sionals and students in training for profes- sional work was · also investigated. The methodology of the study is described in detail in the appendix. In general, the study showed a relatively close set of correspon- dence of attitudes of employed profession- als and library students, but some decided dissonance between the aforementioned re- spondents and nonlibrary students. Such evidence broadly suggests that the field will need to take positive steps to change its image if it hopes to attract the kind of people who, thus far, have chosen other professions. Technological Change and Occupational Response: A Study of Librarians; Part of a Program of Research into the Iden- tification of Manpower Requirements, the Educational Preparation and the Utilization of Manpower in the Library and Information Profession. By Robert Presthus. Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C., Bureau of Research, June 1970, 141p. (Available from CFSTI as ED 045 129, MF-$0.75 HC- $7.15). This study aims to contribute to the un- derstanding of the library occupation and its capacity to accommodate the pervasive changes now confronting the field, includ- ing moves toward professionalization and unionization, a reorientation of its service role toward working-class clients, and pre- paring itself for computer-inspired automa- tion and attending reconceptualizations of the character of librarianship, its tradition- al role, and the form of the materials with which it works. The study is presented in five chapters: (1) Theoretical Framework: Social Change and Organizational Accom- modation, ( 2) Organizational and Authori- ty Structure, ( 3) Social and Occupational Structure, ( 4) Occupational Values, and ( 5) The Accommodation Potential. Appen- dix A describes the methodology used for the study. Appendix B contains the ques- 330 I College & Research Libraries • July 1971 tionnaires used and Appendix C gives job descriptions. The Relation of the University Libraries to Their Universities in the Federal Re- public of Germany. Development and Tendencies. By J. Stoltzenburg. Interna- tional Federation of Library Associations, Sevenoaks, Kent (England), September 1970, lOp. (Available from CFSTI as ED 045 145, MF-$0.25 HC-$0.60). For the past twenty years, university li- braries have shown a tendency toward con- centration of the holdings of separate insti- tute libraries belonging to the same field of study within one single library. There has also been separation of branch libraries from the main body of the central library, particularly in the fields of medicine and natural science. The influence of the new library systems and the growing conviction that a scattered library system is uneconom- ical and unable to solve the needs of 15,000 to 20,000 students have brought about a new approach to these problems. Librarians and the institutes are convinced that close coordination and continuous cooperation between the central library and the approx- imately 125 other libraries of the university Will become a necessity. In 1968 the forty members of the Working Committee of the University Libraries of the German Federal Republic recommended that all libraries of a university form a comprehensive system aimed at a purposeful book collection for the university. It also recommended setting up a university library commission to func- tion as a collegiate organ to determine the guidelines for the future coordination and cooperation of the various libraries. Statistical Sampling of Book R·eadership at a College Library. Final Report. By Robert J. Daiute and Kenneth A. Gor- man. Rider College, Trenton, N.J. Jan- uary 1970, 52p. (Available from CFSTI as ED 045 149, MF-$0.25). The general results of this statistical sam- pling of book readership at a college library revealed that three times as many book readers were reading nonlibrary books as library books inside the library. About one-· half of the library books being read are classified as Social Science books. Business Administration majors read books in the li- brary relatively more frequently than either Liberal Arts or Education majors. Library readers have higher cumulative averages than the student body as a whole. Com- muters read more frequently than their . share in the student population; freshmen and sophomores make up two-thirds of the book readers; and men are found to read books twice as frequently as women. The chi-square ( X2 ) test applied in matrix anal- ysis revealed that relationships exist be- tween the reading of a library book or not and whether the reader is a student or not; between major field of study and the sex of the reader; and between place of resi- dence of the reader, on the one hand, and the sex and class year of the reader on the other. Findings of this type should be useful in planning construction, layout, book ac- quisitions, staffing, and other aspects of li- brary administration. Trends in Information Handling in the United States. By Rowena W. Swanson. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va. Directorate of Information Sciences, May 1970, 43p. (Available from National Technical Information Ser- vice, Springfield, Va. 22151 as ED 710 322, MF-$0.95 HC-$3.00). This paper discusses several of the trends in information handling for text-based stor- age and retrieval systems that are prevalent in the United States. The paper considers, in particular, specialized information prod- ucts, cooperative and networking activities, and work on standards. Information prod- ucts include current awareness abstract bul- letins, computer-generated indexes and bib- liographies, scientific paper distribution ser- vices, special-interest thesauri, newsletters for alerting purposes, microcard and micro- film aperture card distribution services, and on-line access to computer-stored informa- tion bases. Most of the cooperative endeav- ors are alliances among groups having com- mon interests as to function or subject field or both. The growing emphasis on com- puter processing is accelerating the devel- opment of format standards and computer program interchangeability. Concentration on computer processing seems to be obscur- ing consideration of the quality of the in- formation being processed. Greater use of behavioral science knowledge and methods is suggested in studies of user behavior and information How and transfer. The Legal Status of the Federal Copy- right Law. Final Report. By Ralph A. Forsythe and M. Chester Nolte. Denver University, Denver, Colo., August 1970, 64p. (Available from CFSTI at ED 044 155, MF -$0.50 HC-$3.30). The historical and legal background of the Federal Copyright Law with special im- plications for education was studied within five general areas of concern. The areas in- cluded: ( 1) historicaf development; ( 2) copyright revision issues; ( 3) principles of copyright law embodied in state and fed- eral statutes; ( 4) decisions of the courts pertaining to fair use of copyrighted ma- terials; and ( 5) alternative solutions to the copyright revision impasse. The major find- ings were: ( 1) there have been three gen:- eral revisions of the law, but the law is ba- sically the 1909 Act; (2) state laws in con- flict with federal legislation would be un- constitutional; ( 3) federal copyright stat- utes do not support the fair use doctrine; ( 4) the courts were not hospitable to two reported federal copyright cases involving educators; ( 5) the courts have held that fair use hinges on the circumstances of each case but there is a greater latitude for writ- ers and others in scholarly pursuits; and ( 6) fourteen proposals, centering on achievement of a fair balance between the rights of authors and those of users of copy- righted materials, have been introduced to Recent Publications I 331 alleviate specific deadlocks in the revision attempts. Abstracting and Indexing Rates and Costs: A Literature Review. By Charles P. Bourne and others. ERIC Clearing- house on Library and Information Sci- ences, Minneapolis, Minn., May 1970, 68p., Review Series 3. (Available from CFSTI as ED 043 798, MF -$0.50 HC-$3.50). The English-language literature since 1950 was searched to gather published re- ports of abstracting and indexing rates and costs, and cost figures for the complete preparation of secondary publication. The search located relevant information for twenty-four abstract journals and three cita- tion services, eighteen abstracting cost fig- ures, and forty-one indexing cost figures. These reported figures were extracted with text or other amplifying comment and tab- ulated, with reference made to the included seventy-nine-item bibliography. Unit costs per bibliographic item were cited or com- puted. These data were plotted to detect possible patterns or trends. The reported unit costs for preparation of the secondary services were adjusted for 1968 dollar value and were plotted by number of items cited annually. Abstracting costs and indexing costs were each plotted chronologically, and then in rank order with dollar value adjust- ments. Abstracting and indexing _rates were plotted. The plots serve to illustrate the scattering of the data and emphasize the problem of drawing generalizations from the existing data.