College and Research Libraries vices, including library and information ser- vices. In his introduction to this volume the editor and conference director summarizes his personal observations of the conference as follows: ( 1) the papers represent the most comprehensive collection of material on networks available; ( 2) a national net- work of libraries and information centers appears to be a viable concept; ( 3) the in- dividual is the one to be served by a na- tional network; ( 4) the development of the network concept is an interdisciplinary task; ( 5) libraries and information centers will need to be "proactive" rather than reactive; and ( 6) new patterns of organization that will permit networks. to operate effectively must be developed, and meaningful net- work development cannot be imposed from the top down but must grow from grass- roots motivation and support. It is, inciden- tally, difficult to reconcile this observation with the conference resolution asking the National Commission to devise a compre- hensive plan. This publication presents the thirty-one commissioned papers, the five working group summary reports, a bibliography, and, as an epilogue, a poetic parody Hia- watha's Network. While the papers are un- even, contain much duplication (Gone With the Wind is constantly being trans- mitted by telefacsimile in two minutes but Ralph Shaw's slow messenger is nowhere to be seen), and too often consist of specu- lation about networks they do, in general, bear out Becker's conclusion that this is the most comprehensive source of information on networks available. In particular the papers by Casey, Hacker, Hayes, Kenney, Miller and Weber, and Lynden represent good summaries of the historical develop- ment of networks. On the other hand it is hard to believe that the network concepts of the future as described by Licklider and Samuelson will be attained by 1980, as Licklider suggests. The papers of most sig- nificance are those by Bunge ("Reference Service in the Information Network"), Chapin ("Limits of Local Self Sufficien- cy"), and Dennis ("The Relation of Social Science Data Archives to Libraries and Wider Information Networks") which rep- resent analyses of and commentaries upon present-day practices and problems. Recent Publications I 419 The rna jor value of the conference was probably the preparation and publication of this information. It is difficult to see how the conference otherwise advanced the cause of networks. There are now, and were at the time this conference was planned, many elements of a network in ex- istence. A major conference of those active- ly involved in those elements which dis- cussed ways of developing standards and practical bases of cooperation and inter- communication would certainly have been a more productive use of the grant funds than the discussions represented here. The most distressing element of this con- ference, however, is how little attention was paid to the major question of what it is libraries have to communicate and what the real purpose of a national network is. Only Chapin's paper seems to have directly addressed this problem and there is little evidence in the working group summaries that anyone at the conference paid much attention to it. His paper deserves further attention, especially the conclusion that "Elaborate schemes, at great expense, that do little more than make the last 3 or 4 per- cent of materials available are likely to be [and should be] rejected by librarians and the public."-Norman D. Stevens, Univm·- sity of Connecticut. OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS American Book Publishing Record Annual Cumulative 1971. New York: R. R. Bow- ker Co., 1972. 1087p. $35.00. (66-19741). (ISBN 0-3852-0531-2). Appleton, Marion B., ed. Index of Pacific Northwest Portraits. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1972, 210p. $7.50. (70-38982). (ISBN 0-295-95179-6). Bachman, Jerald G., Green, Swayzer and Wirtanen, Ilona D. Youth in Transition. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1971. 250p. (79-630045). (ISBN 87944-111- 9). Berlin, Charles, ed. Studies in Jewish Bibli- ography History and Literature; In Honor of I. Edward Kiev. New York: KTAV 420 I College & Research Libraries • September 1972 Publishing House, Inc., 1971. 587p. $25.00. (70-138462). (ISBN 87068-143- 5). Carter, Robert M. Communication in Or- ganizations. Deb·oit: Gale Research Com- pany, 1972. 272p. $14.50. (73-161194). Epstein, A. H., Davison, Wayne, Montague, Eleanor, Stovel, Madeleine, and Veaner, Allen B. Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations Using a Time- Sharing System: Phase II, Part 1 (July 1970-]une 1971). Stanford, Calif.: Stan- ford University Libraries, 1972. 283p. Hoppe, William A. Policies and Practices in Evening Colleges, 1971. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1972. 587p. $15.00. (71-175929). (ISBN 0-8108- 0452-2). International Bibliography of Dictionaries. 5th ed. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1972. 511p. $29.50. (ISBN 3-7940-1049- 3). Kay, Ernest, ed. International Who's Who in Poetry. 1972-73. 3d ed. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1972. 696p. $32.50. ( 59-16302). (ISBN 900332-19- 0). Libmries in Colleges of Advanced Educa- tion. Melbourne: Victoria Institute of Colleges, 1971. 30p. McCormick, Marilyn G., ed. Information: Part 2 Reports, Bibliographies. v.l. no. 1. New York: Science Associates/Interna- tional, Inc., January-February, 1972. 89p. Rowan, Richard L., ed. Collective Bargain- ing: Survival in the '70's? Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. 481p. $12.00. (75-189564). (ISBN 0- 8122-9076-3). A Strategy for Public Library Change: Pro- posed Public Library Goals Feasibility Study. Chicago: American Library As- sociation, 1972. 84p. (72-000062). (ISBN 0-8389-3106-5). Whyte, Jean P., ed. Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference; l'rogress and Pov- erty. Sydney: Library Association of Aus- tralia, 1972. 783p. $15.00. Winton, Harry N. M. Man and the Envi- ronment. New York: UNIPUB, Inc.jR. R. Bowker Company, 1972. 305p. $12.50. (72-739). (ISBN 0-8352-0536-3). Zachert, Martha Jane K., ed. Library His- tory Seminar No. 3, Proceedings, 1968. DeLand, Fla.: E. 0. Painter Printing Co., 1968. 202p. ABSTRACTS The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the Clearinghouse for Library and Information Sciences of the Educational Resources In- formation Center (ERIC/CLIS), 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 Products, 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 all 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 Service, Springfield, VA 22151 have NTIS number and price following the citation. New England Library Information Net- work, Final Report. "The Development and Testing of an Automated System of Catalog Products Production." Coun- cil on Library Resources, Inc., Washing- ton, D.C., Feb. 1970. 176p. (ED 058 898 MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58) The final report on the Council on Li- brary Resources ( CLR) Grant no. 443 for the New England Library Information Net- work ( NELINET) is divided into three parts. Section one is a general commentary on the NELINET project, which was con- ceived to test the viability of creating a cen- tralized, regional capability to use electron- ic data processing techniques for technical processes and other service requirements of a network of libraries. The philosophy of the total project and of the system de- sign planned to achieve project objectives is discussed. The NELINET system design and its transferability is reviewed in section two. Section three is a technical report on . the hardware, software, and system design of the project. Co-operate?? Or Co-operate!!! A Sympo- sium on the Need for Co-operation Among Ontario Libraries and the De- velopment of a Network Library Sys- tem (University of Western Ontario, London, 26 Oct. 1968). Ontario Library Association, Toronto, Dec. 1968. 48p. (ED 058 893 MF-$0.65 HC-$3 .29) r The five papers presented at this sympo- sium are: ( 1) "The Librarian and the Por- cupine; Experiences With Cooperation and Teqhnical Services in New York State," by Peter J. Paul~on; (2) "Interlibrary Cooper- ation; The Academic Areas," by D. A. Red- mon; ( 3) "The Role of Urban Libraries in Cooperation," by John Dutton; ( 4) "Li- brary Network; Observations on the Chi- cago Conference," by Clint Lawson and ( 5) "SCOPEing the Future of Librarian- ship in Ontario," by John Wilkinson . The Book Publishing and Manufacturing Industry in Canada; A Statistical and Economic Analysis. Department of In- dustry, Trade and Commerce, Ottawa (Ontario), Oct. 1970. 180p. (ED 058 904 MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58) The fundamental objective of the study is to obtain a detailed analysis of the book publishing industry and the book printing industry in Canada, in order to determine what steps the federal government might take to assist the industry in improving its viability and in promoting its stability and growth. This objective implies that the study will provide the detailed analysis of the industry necessary to formulate the ma- jor policy options which may be open to the industry and to the government of Canada. The primary purpose of the study is statisti- cal and economic data collection. Publish- ing and manufacturing are the elements of the book industry considered. Publishing includes manuscript selection, editing, copyrighting, marketing, and aspects of physical distribution as they pertain to pub- lishers. Manufacturing encompasses type- setting, . printing, and binding. Both English I 421 422 I College & Research Libraries • September 1972 and French language publishers of Canada are analyzed. A Report on Information Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By John Callahan and others. 25 Jan. 1972. 39p. (ED 059 731, MF- $0.65 HC-$3.29) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill community has long been in need of a coordinated and expanded infor- mation service. Students, particularly those in the General College, have had great dif- ficulty obtaining information concerning academics, transportation, sports, cultural events, or merely a telephone number. The present services are inadequate for various reasons. They are scattered, overburdened, incomplete, and often overlapping. The problem has been aggravated by the recent growth in the size of the student body. The reorganization and coordination of the pres- ent system would render information more accessible and its dissemination more effi- cient. The following report is intended to study the existing services, discuss the prob- lems encountered with these services, and offer some proposals for solutions. The pro- posal is broken down into three areas: tele- phone l