College and Research Libraries freed from having to live the gut question, "What are librarians partners in education for?" Datedness is another criticism of this book. These journal articles which were originally current comments have become historical documents after six to nine years. They are presented out of their initial con- text and without follow-up. The drying up of the Hood of federal spending serves to make prose that explains operations that were projected or prototype in 1966-69 just empty rhetoric in 1973. Two 1966 pieces by John E. Tirrell offer another example of the gulf between librar- ian and educational administrator implicit in LRC. The program he reports at Oak- land Community College, Oakland, Michi- gan is a combination of programmed learn- ing (curriculum materials) and indepen- dent study (time factor required by each individual to cover material), supported by a tutor. No word is offered as to what has happened to these "Tutorial Laboratories" in the ensuing six years. Tirrell seems to think that Oakland Community College in- vented the functions of Reference, Reader's Adviser, and Instruction in Use of Library Materials, when as we all know, these are traditional library services. The tutorial lab- oratory of O.C.C. employs library materials as the heart of the instructional program; in doing so, it practices what library text- books steadfastly preach. Tirrell's situation is unusual in that it makes a success of li- brary service when most educational li- braries are failing. Two factors of bookmaking limit the vol- ume's usefulness. The editors included no identification of the authors beyond their names. This lack makes a thorough knowl- edge of the literature in all the fields in- cluded necessary in order to independently evaluate the authority of the writings in LRC. The emphasis of this book should not be a surprise to those who know Drs. Butler and Pearson. For those who do not, a part of their biographical entries from Leaders in Education, 4th edition, 1971 is included in this review. Under the heading of "Pro- fessional Interest" is found for Butler: "Training of professional media personnel for integrated instructional materials cen- ters," for Pearson: , "The field of education- Recent Publications I 59 al technology, audiovisual education in all its ramifications." There is a spate of new titles on this spe- cific subject, though not all of them define it as does LRC. A few minutes spent with the 1972 Subject Guide to Books in Print reveals these figures in areas where subject- matter overlap is certain to exist: There are fifteen titles under "Individualized Instruc- tion," eight under "Instructional Materials Centers," forty-three on "Libraries, High School," thirty-eight on "College and U Di- versity Libraries," etc. There does not seem to be a void waiting to be filled by this vol- ume. Especially so since the projects report- ed in it herald the good news of federal funding at the moment in time of its cruci- fixion. Do, then, consider its place in your collection with these grains of salt before you purchase.-Carolyn C. Leopold, for- merly librarian, American Council on Edu- cation, Washington, D.C. Stimson, Catharine R., ed. (in conjunction with the Congressional Information Ser- vice, Washington, D.C.) Discrimination against Women; Congressional Hearings on Equal Rights in Education and Em- ployment. New York: Bowker, 1973. 558p. In June and July 1970, the Special Sub- committee on Education of the House Com- mittee on Education and Labor, chaired by Representative Edith Green (Oregon), held hearings on Section 805 of House Resolu- tion 16098, the Omnibus Post-Secondary Education Act of 1970. The intent of Sec- tion 805 was to eliminate sex discrimina- tion in employment by federal government contractors and by educational institutions, to bring matters relating to sex discrimina- tion under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and to bring executive, admini~trative, and professional employees under the equal pay for equal work provi- sion of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Government Printing Office in 1971 issued the oral testimony and written docu- ments that were placed in the record of the hearings, plus some prepared statements and supplemental materials in a two vol- ume set titled, Discrimination against Women. Hearings . ... The work reviewed here is an edited version of the GPO edition 60 I College & Research Libraries • January 1974 and consists of the oral testimony plus a se- lection of the written material. That there were such hearings is by itself of considerable historical interest, since, al- though the· struggle by women for equal rights has extended well over a century, these were the first ever held by a Commit- tee of Congress to consider the subject of discrimination on the basis of sex. The em- phasis of the testimony and documents was on the then current situation, though in- formation on trends · was presented in a number of cases. The people testifying included represent- atives of women in education (students, counsellors, and educators), national orga- nizations whose primary concern is equality for women, women in the labor market and President Nixon's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities. The breadth and depth of their testimony and documen- tation gives undeniable and overwhelming evidence of the existence of discrimination against women and of its perpetuation by attitudes unconsciously accepted by many people, by determined actions on the part of a wide variety of people and employers, and by neglect on the part of some of the federal agencies charged with enforcing ex- isting laws and regulations dealing with sex discrimination. Also represented were the Departments of Labor, Justice, and Health, Education and Welfare. The point of view of the en- forcer of legislation and regulations is, nat- urally, somewhat different from that of the proponent of the establishment of such. In each instance, the people speaking for these agencies, though they made consid- erable efforts to do so, were unable to dis- pel the impression, pointed to by facts, that the agencies attached very little importance to the problem of discrimination against women. As one might expect when twenty-six people testify on the same subject, there was some repetition. However one major point that was not hammered home is that the present "degrading, dehumanizing, im- moral, unjust, indefensible, infuriating" sit- uation exists in spite of over 100 years of active campaigning by women to overcome it. It was Representative Green's intent that the record of the hearings be "the most complete record that has been assembled in terms of the discrimination in both the legislative and the executive branches [of the Federal government] and in all other forms of discrimination against women." (p.85) It -is certainly that. Here are gathered all the strands that have been woven to make the strong fabric of sex discrimination which has worn so well for so long. Legis- lation alone will not correct the situation. People must be concerned enough to moni- tor the enforcement of the laws and regu- lations if their intent is to be carried out and equality under the law gained by wom- en. This volume should help to heighten people's consciousness of the gross inequi- ties that still exist and thereby assist in the eradication of "the last socially acceptable form of discrimination." -Margaret Tjaden, Head, Physics and Mathematics Research Libraries, University of Washington, Seat- tle. Sewell, Winifred, ed. Reader in Medical Librarianship. Washington: NCR Micro- card Editions, 1973. 382 p. This eighth volume in the well-received series in Library and Information Science may be the one most difficult to fit into the series editor's overall goal stated as the syn- thesizing of the most essential contributions from elusive and innumerable sources. The compiler states forthrightly that the re- prints in this volume are articles which she enjoyed discussing with her students. As with any collection of reprints, these pa- pers vary in quality, perhaps a bit less in relevancy; they are neither the most essen- tial contributions, nor are they from the most elusive of sources. More than half of the material is reprinted directly from the Bul- letin of the Medical Library Association. With two exceptions, the remainder should be readily available on the shelves of ev- ery medical library of reasonable size. Unquestionably the collection has value beyond immediate classroom use with li:- brary school students. The overall impres- sion conveys that subtle something which sets a medical library apart. In her intro- ductory remarks, the compiler acknowl- edges a finely drawn distinction between types of libraries. She states unequivocally that one must conceive of medical libraries