College and Research Libraries Recent Publications COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES Clair, Colin. A History of European Printing, reviewed by Budd L. Gambee ... ..... . · ... ..... ... 51 Maltby, Arthur, ed. Classification in the 1970s: A Second Look, reviewed by J. R. Moore .. .... . . . 52 Sutherland, J. A. Victorian Novelists and Publishers, reviewed by Joan M. Friedman .. .. .... . . . . . 53 Collections of Official Publications in Canada, reviewed by Harry E. Welsh .. . .. . .... . .. .. . . . . .. 55 Urquhart, J. A., and Urquhart, N. C . Relegation and Stock Control in Libraries, reviewed by J. Daniel Vann . ....... . ....... . .. ............... . ..... .. .... . ........... . ...... .. ... 56 Resources of South Carolina Libraries, reviewed by Lee Ash . ... .. . ....... . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... .... 57 Lancaster, F. W. The Measurement and Evaluation of Library Services, reviewed by Joe A. · Hewitt ....... . ........................ ... .............. . ...... . .... . . . .. .. .... .. . . ... 57 NATO Advanced Study Institute. Evaluation and Scientific Management of Libraries and Information Centres , reviewed by Joe A. Hewitt .............. . ............ . ......... . ..... 57 Wilson, Patrick. Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance. reviewed by W. David Laird .. .. . . . . ... ... 60 Merrill, Irving R. , and Drob, Harold A. Criteria for Planning the College and University Learning Resources Center, reviewed by Sarah Katharine Thomson .. . . . ... . . . .... . .......... 61 College Learning Resources Programs, reviewed by Sarah Katharine Thomson ...... . .. .. ...... . . 61 Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Task Force on Definition and Terminology. Educational Technology: Definition and Glossary of Terms, reviewed by Cathleen Flanagan . . . ..... . . .. .... . .. . ...... . . . ...... . .... . ...... . ........ . ..... .... 62 Stone, Elizabeth W. American Library Development, 1600-1899, reviewed by Joe W . Kraus .. . .... . .. .. .... . .. .. ...... .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . .. ...... . ... . .... . .. . ....... . . 64 Conference on Library Orientation, 6th, 1976. Library Instruction in the Seventies, re- viewed by Leonard Grundt ....... . .. . .... .. ......... . ... . ... . ....... . ..... . .. . . . .. .. . . . 65 First Printings of American Authors, reviewed by Scott Bruntjen .. . ........... . . . .. . ... . . . .... 65 Libraries and the Life of the Mind in America, reviewed by Henry Miller Madden . .. . .. . ........ 66 Oboler, Eli M. Ideas and the University Library, reviewed by Dale M. Bentz . . ... . ............. 67 Shores, Louis. The Generic Book: What It Is and How It Works, reviewed by Mary W. George .. .. . . ...... . .......... . .... . . . . . ...... .... .. . .. .. .. ...... . .... ....... . ...... . . 68 Kurth, William H. , and Zubatsky, David S. Recommended Procedures for the Internal Fi- nancial Auditing of University Libraries, reviewed by Fred J. Heinritz .......... . . . .. . .. .. . . . 68 London University Central Information Services (LUCIS) Guide to Computer-Based Infor- mation Services , 2d ed., reviewed by Wesley T. Brandhorst ............... . .. ... ........... . 69 Comparative & International Library Science , reviewed by Miles M. Jackson . .... ... . . ... .. . . ... 71 Huq, A. M. Abdul, and Aman, Mohammed M. Librarianship and the Third World, re- viewed by William Vernon Jackson . .. . . .. . .................. . ............ . ... . . . .. . ... ... 71 Abstracts . . .. ................ .. ... . .... . . .. . . ............ . ............. . .. . ... . ....... . . 73 Other Publications of Interest to Academic Librarians ................. . . . . . ..... . ........ . ... 76 BOOK REVIEWS Clair, Colin. A History of European Print- ing. New York: Academic Press, 1976. 526p. $28. LC 74-10333. ISBN 0-12- 174850-2. This book provides a compact , one- volume history of European printing from its origins in the fifteenth century to the present day. The author admits that this is attempting to squeeze "a gallon into a .pint," but he believes the economic situation in Britain does not favor the multivolume work the subject deserves. Very nearly two-thirds of the book-twenty-four out of thirty-three chapters-is devoted to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The remainder treats of the development of the book arts mainly through the art nouveau period, with rather sketchy coverage of later innovations. As the author has written another book on English printing history, that topic receives less emphasis than might be expected in a British text. On the other hand, there is stress on Scandinavian and Middle and I 51 52 I College & Research Libraries • January 1978 Eastern European printing often neglected elsewhere. Colin Clair is the prolific English author and editor of books on vario1,1s subjects, in- . eluding several on the history of the book. Teachers of this subject already will have found his Chronology of Printing (1969) an invaluable handbook. In addition he has written Christopher Plantin (1960), A His- tory of Printing in Britain (1965), Unnatural History-on bestiaries-(1967), and Early Printing in Malta (1969). Obviously well qualified, he writes a readable, no-nonsense text, packed with names ana dates and fol- lowing a strongly chronological approach. One of the major uses of this book will surely be as a text in history of the book courses in library sGhools. As such it must inevitably be compared with the long- popular text, Steinberg's Five Hundred Years of Printing, now in its third edition, revised by James Moran in 1974. Both cover essentially the same mater.'al. Clair is more detailed, with a longer text, heavily factual and chronological, and with a more extensive bibliography. Steinberg-Moran is broader in viewpoint, more topical in ap- proach, with chapters on such culturally re- lated subjects as libraries, the reading pub- lic, and censorship. From a practical point of view, the inexpensive paperback by Steinberg will probably continue to be a text required for student purchase, while the Clair hardback at $28 will be restricted to assigned readings from reserVe collections. In this age of elaborately illustrated books, especially in the humanities, the format of this volume is modest indeed. A standard octavo of 526 pages, closely printed on smooth blue-white paper and bound in paper-covered boards, it bespeaks its practical textbook purpose. Despite the publisher's claim of lavish illustration, they are in fact unimpress~ve. Ninety-one black- and-white figures, mostly in-text, a few full-page, are scattered through the book. The quality varies; some line reproductions are clear, others are too heavily printed with resultant loss of detail, some are too small to be legible, and a few of the half- tones lack clarity. They are well integrated into the index but less well into the text, which seldom if ever refers directly to the illustrations. The book has two appendixes, both tabu- lations of the spread of printing in Europe, and an excellent index. The bibliography is extensive, including titles in many lan- guages and a goodly . quantity of recent ma- terial. However, the bulk of the bibliogra- phy is arranged in sections that at first glance appear to parallel the chapters, but this is not strictly the case and results in some confusion. In summary, Colin Clair's History of European Printing is an excellent book that should find wide usage as a textbook in li- brary schools and in such subject depart- ments as literature and history, as well as for reference and general reading in public and academic libraries.-Budd L. Gambee, Professor, School of Library Science, Uni- versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Maltby, Arthur, ed. Classification in the 1970s: A Second Look. Rev. ed. London: Clive Bingley; Hamden, Conn.: Linnet Books, 1976. 262p. $12.50. LC 76-43965. ISBN 0-85157-221-9 Bingley; 0-208- 01533-7 Linnet. This work is a revision of the editor's Classification in the 1970's: A Discussion of Development and Prospects for the Major Schemes, which was published in 1972 and well received. The original work was a col- lection of ten papers prepared at Maltby's invitation by various authorities in the field, who were directed to specifically review the role of classification systems and techniques in the present decade and beyond, and the papers meet the editor's charge very well indeed. The revised edition contains eleven pa- pers addressed to the same charge, ten by the same authors writing on the same sub- jects as in the original work. The ~leventh, "Automatic Classification" by Karen Sparck Jones, is new and is nontechnical review of the main lines of work on automatic in- formation classification to date and the prospects for automatic classification, par- ticularly in the large, on-line retrieval sys- tems of the future. The author concludes that the apparent propects for automatic classification for library purposes are not very bright. Comparing the ten original papers with 1'