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are either ignored, or, at best, granted sum-
mary attention. No attempt is made to iso-
late the components of the existing biblio-
graphic maze; nor are the expected benefits 
of the proposed machine-readable index de-
lineated in any detail. To cite but one ex-
ample: libraries' inability to cope with the 
filing of analytics is identified as a major 
problem in bibliographic control; and yet, 
the extent to which the proposed machine-
readable index would alleviate the need to 
continue filing analytics in public catalogs 
is not discussed. . 

Four appendexes are added to the body 
of the text: 

1. The United States Government as mi-
croform publisher. 

2. A machine-readable index for micro-
texts, by Henriette D. Avram and Harry 
Gochman. 

3. American university presses that plan 
to publish microforms. 

4. A microform bibliography, with the 
cooperation of Suzanne Dodson and Laura 
L. Jennings. 

Appendixes 1 and 3 appear to be large-
ly superfluous. Appendix 2 is a brief out-
line, showing "a possible method of using 
the computer and associated hardware de-
vices to produce one or more indexes to be 
used as a finding tool to the material con-
tained in microsets." 

Appendix 4 represents the book's princi-
pal contribution. Although the authors con-
fide their misgivings at including the micro-
form bibliography in their final report, 
being "woefully aware of its shortcomings 
both in admissions and omissions," the bib-
liography does constitute a useful tool; 493 
items are listed, subdivided in four cate-
gories: 

1. Catalogs and Lists. 
2. Collections and Series. 
3. Manuscripts and Archival Collections. 
4. Reference Books. 
A good index, and a bibliography of re-

lated literature, complete the volume. 
While Bibliographic Control of Micro-

forms contains some valuable bibliographic 
data, nevertheless, the book in no way ful-
fills the reader's expectation of a systematic 
examination of the subject under study.-
S. M icha N amenwirth, Assistant University 
Librarian, Collection Development, Univer-
sity of California, Berkeley. 

OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST 
TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS 

A vicenne, Paul. Bibliographical Services 
Throughout the World, 1965-69. New 
York. UNIPUB, Inc., 1972. 303p. $9.00. 

Botetourt Bibliographical Society. Inventory 
of the Library of William Nelson, ]r. of 
Yorktown, Virginia. Virginia, 1972. Bote-
tourt Publications Number 3. 17p. + 

The Bowker Annual of Library & Book 
Trade Information. 18th ed., 1973. 
Jeanne J. Henderson, managing ed. New 
York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. 548p. 
$19.00. . 

Brown, James W., et al. AV Instruction, 
Technology Media and Methods. New ., 
York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1973. 
584.p. 

Carbone, Salvatore and Raoul Gueze. 
Draft Model Law on Archives: Descrip-
tion and Text. New York. UNIPUB, Inc., 
1972. 225p. $4.50. 

Cockhill, Brian and Dale L. Johnson. • 
Guide to Manuscripts in Montana Re-
positories. Missoula: University of Mon-
tana Library, 1973. $3.50. (Guide is 
available through the Montana Historical 
Society Library, Helena, Montana.) · 

Fessler, Aaron L., ed. Index to Current Ur-
ban Documents. Volume 1, No. 1/ 2, 
July-October 1972. Connecticut: Green-
wood Publishing Co., 1972. 184p. $75 • 
annual subscription, quarterly. 

Foster, Donald L. Prints in the Public Li-
brary. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 
1973. 127p. $5.00. 

General World Atlases in Print 1972-1973, 
S. Padraig Walsh, comp. New York: 
R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. 2llp. $12.50. 

Hegener, Karen C., ed. Annual Guides to 
Graduate and Undergraduate Study, 1973. 
New Jersey: Peterson's Guides, Inc. 
$75.00 per set. ( 8-volume set, individual 
books also available.) 

Kase, Francis J. Foreign Patents: A Guide 
to Official Patent Literature. New York: ( 
Oceana Publications, Inc. 1973. 358p. 
$20.00. 

Keller, Dean H. Index to Plays in Period-
icals: Supplement. Metuchen, N.J.: Scare-
crow Press, 1973. 273p. $7.50. 

Kujoth, Jean Spealman. Best-Selling Chil-
dren's Books. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow 
Press. 1973. 305p. 



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The Library Journal Book Review 1972. 
New York.: R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. 
820p. $19.95. 

Lyman, Helen Huguenor. Library Materi-
als in Service to the Adult New Reader. 
Chicago, Ill.: American Library Associa-
tion, 1973. 614p. $10.00. 

Malcles, Louise Noelle. Bibliography. Me-
tuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Reprint Corp., 
1973. 152p. 

The Management of Information Analysis 
Centers: Proceedings of a Forum. 
COSA TI Panel on Information Analysis 
Centers. Washington, D.C.: COSATI-
Federal Council for Science and Tech-
nology, 1972. 192p. Publication No. 72-
1. $3.25. 

Mittal, R. L. Public Library Law. Delhi: 
Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd., 1971. 
624p. $10.00. 

Mood, Alexander, et al. Papers on Efficien-
cy in the Management of Higher Educa-
tion. A Technical Report Sponsored by 
The Carnegie Commission on Higher Ed-
ucation. 1972. Berkeley: Carnegie Com-
mission on Higher Education. 87p. $4.00. 

Newman, L. M. Libraries in Paris. Conder 
Library and Information Studies. v.l. 
Lancashire, Eng.: M. K. Buckland & 
A. Hindle. 1971. 175p. 

O'Hara, William T. and Hill, John G., Jr. 
The Student, The College, The Law. 
New York: Teachers College Press, 1973 . 
219p. $8.50. 

Osborn, Andrew D. Serial Publications: 
Their Place and Treatment in Libraries, 
2d ed. Chicago, Ill.: American Library 
Association, 1973. 434p. $15.50. 

Packer, Herbert and Ehrlich, Thomas. New 
Directions in Legal Education. A Report 
Prepared for The Carnegie Commission 
on Higher Education, 1972. 384p. 
$10.00. 

Parlato, Salvatore J., Jr. Films-Too Good 
for Words, A Directory of Nonnarrated 
16mm Films. New York: R. R. Bowker 
Co., 1973. 209p. $12.50. 

Paul, Sherman. Hart's Bridge. Urbana: Uni-
versity of Illinois Press, 1972. 310p. $10.-
00. 

Pritchard, Alan. A Guide to Computer Lit-
erature. Conn.: Shoe String Press, Inc., 
1972. 

Recent Publications I 323 

Reagen, Michael V., ed. Readings on Drug 
Education. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow 
Press, Inc., 1972. 275p. $7.50. 

Rogers, J. A. World's Great Men of Color. 
Vol. I & II. New York: Macmillan Co., 
1972. $8.95/ ea. 

Schwartz, Lewis M. Keats Reviewed by His 
Contemporaries: A Collection of Notices 
for the Years 1816- 1821. Metuchen, 
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973. 373p. 
$10.00. 

Scientific and Technical Books in Print, · 
1972. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 
1972. 1,500p. $28.50. 

Serial Holdings List, Library Publication 
No. 6. Michigan Technological Univer-
sity Library, January 1973, Houghton, 
Michigan. 

Seruya, Flora C. and others. Sex and Sex 
Education: A Bibliography. New York: 
R. R. Bowker Co., 1972. 336p. $14.95. 

Thomson, Frances Coombs, ed. The New 
York Times Guide to Continuing Educa-
tion in America. New York: Quadrangle 
Books, 1973. 816p. $4.95. 

Twyman, Michael. Printing, 1770-1970. 
New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. 
283p. $20.00. 

Van Dalen, Deobold B. Understanding Ed-
ucational Research: An Introduction. New 
York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1973. 
$9.95. 

Wall, C. Edward, ed. Multi Media Reviews 
Index, 1971. Michigan: The Pierian 
Press, 1972. 382p. 

Who's Who in American Art, 1973. 
Jacques Cattell Press. New York: R. R. 
Bowker Co., 1973. 927p. 

Williams, Edwin B. The Williams Spanish 
and English Dictionary. New York: 
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. 620p. 
$9.95. 

Winton, Harry N. M., ed. Publications of 
the United Nations System. New York: 
R. R. Bowker Co. 1972. 202p. $10.95. 

World Guide to Library Schools and Train-
ing Courses in Documentation. New York. 
UNIPUB, Inc., 1973. 245p. $9.00. 

Wynar, Bohdan S., ed. American Reference 
Books Annual 1973. Littleton, Colo.: 
Libraries Unlimited, Inc. 715p. $22.00. 



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 Products, Inc., P.O. Drawer 0, Bethesda, MD 
20014. Orders must include ED number and specification of format desired. "1 
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 

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certificates. 
Documents available from the National Technical Information Service, 

Springfield, VA 22151 have NTIS number and price following the citation. I 
~ 

LNR: Numerical Register of Books in 
Louisiana Libraries: Basic Documents, 
I. By Louisiana Libraries: Basic Docu-
ments, I. By William E. McGrath and 
Donald J. Simon, Louisiana Library As-
sociation, Baton Rouge. 1972. SSp. (ED 
070 U70, MF -$0.6S, HC-$3.29). 
This collection of documents contains the 

following: ( 1) Proposal to Implement a 
Plan to Create a Retrospective Union Cata-
log of Books Based on Library of Congress 
Card Numbers in Selected Louisiana Li-
braries Using a Computer to Sort and Print 
the Numbers; (2) Proposal to Create a 
Retrospective Union Catalog of Books in 
Participating Louisiana Libraries Based on 
Library of Congress Card Numbers Using 
the Computer to Sort and List the Num-
bers in Printed Form; ( 3) A One Million 
Volume Computer Output Microfiche Nu-
merical Union Catalog in Louisiana, with 
a Statistical Summary; and, ( 4) Predicting 
Title Multiplication (Overlap) in a Union 
Catalog of Sixteen Louisiana Libraries 
Using Regression Analysis. 

LNR: Numerical Register of Books in 
Louisiana Libraries: Basic Documents, 
II. By William E. McGrath and Donald 
J. Simon, Louisiana Library Association, 
Baton Rouge. 1972, 6Sp. (ED 070 U71, 
MF -$0.6S, HC-$3.29). 
This collection of documents contains the 

following: ( 1) A Least Squares Polynomial 
Exponential Model for the Multiplication 
of Books in Sixteen Libraries; ( 2) Sample 

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i Letter of Agreement; ( 3) Instructions for 
Keypunching LC Numbers; ( 4) Estimated 
Times for Keypunching and Processing 
Data by Computer; ( S) LNR Source Pro-
gram Listings and Documentation; ( 6) 
System Flow Charts; Sample Output; and " 
( 7) LNR: Numerical Register of Books in 
Louisiana Libraries. First Computer Out-
put Microfiche Edition. 

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Managing the ERIC Data Base. (Technical 
and Managerial Considerations in Op-
erating a Computerized Information 
Processing Center in Support of a Mul-
ti-Disciplinary Network.) By W. T. -. 
Brandhorst, ERIC Processing and Refer-
ence Facility, Bethesda, Md. 1972. 34p. 
(ED 069 303, MF-$0.6S, HC-$3.29). 
The Educational Resources Information 

Center (ERIC) system and the ERIC Proc-
essing and Reference Facility are briefly ...., 
discussed as introductory and background 
material to this paper on the technical and 
managerial aspects of operating an informa-
tion processing center. The following topics 
are covered under the subject of managing 
the ERIC data base for dissemination: file 
protection, maintaining a dynamic data 

f-
base, file analyses, a documentation pack-
age, file availability, customer relations, ac-
cess tools, and schedule adherence. Com-
munication, coordination, and monitoring 
and feedback problems of networking are 
discussed. Various forms used in the ERIC 
system and statistical information about the 
data base are appended. 

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