College and Research Libraries 424 I College & Research Libraries • September 1978 chapter-unusual because the topic is pene- trated with a comprehension rare to these ephemeral yet vital sources. Tips to the would-be compilers/authors of these catalogs are of an astute nature and reveal a mind experienced in such matters. One could certainly quibble with the selective chapter on famous libraries and re- search centers, which ignores institutions as potent as the Museum of Modern Art Li- brary (the M.O.M.A. library catalog is dis- cussed at length in a previous section). De- spite these lacunae, the guide is a highly functional and necessary tool. -Lamia Doumato, University of Colorado, Boulder. Morris, Jacquelyn M., and Elkins, Elizabeth A. Library Searching: Re- sources and Strategies, with Examples from the Environmental Sciences. Foreword by Marta Dosa. New York: Jef- frey Norton Publishers, 1978. 129p. $5.95 paperbound, $8.95 hardbound. LC 77- 9214. ISBN 0-88432-004-9; 0-88432-005-7 pbk. This textbook on literature searching is intended to "sensitize students to the in- formation process and to develop attitudes toward the utilization of sources." It is writ- ten for third-year students-at the point in their careers where they have a definite need to search the literature of their spe- cialized field. This text could also be used by the scien- tist as a quick review of literature search techniques. The book succeeds in its pur- pose: "to inculcate in the user skills, tech- niques, and attitudes which will facilitate user interaction with information systems." The field of the environmental sciences is employed as a basis for the examples. The book is concise, covering nine basic chapters in only eighty-nine pages. These chapters include research literature and the search strategy, library basics, topic selec- tion, the subject catalog, retrieving books, indexes and abstracts, locating serials, ref- erence materials, and organizing the bibli- ography. It also has a "Glossary of Terms" and an index. The first chapter, "Research Literature and the Search Strategy," guides research- ers in helping themselves yet reminds them to use the librarian when necessary. Pri- mary, secondary, and tertiary sources are defined, but these definitions need expand- ing if the text is used outside the field of environmental sciences. Although "Topic Selection" is the title of chapter 3, this concept permeates much of the rest of the book, where the authors stress the continual refining of the search, and/or the question. "Computerized searches and current awareness services" are mentioned but briefly on pages 54-55. This will be a fruit- ful area for expansion in a later revision of the text. On page 67 the authors emphasize inter- library loans, both as a system and as a ser- vice, and point out some of the system's rules and limitations. For students beginning their own exten- sive subject searches, this text serves as an excellent guide . Although not written as a library science text, it capably presents the librarian's view of "literature search strategies." I have taught such a course this year and would have been grateful to have had such a text.-Deanne Holzberlein, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois. CORRECTION In the review of the anthology Library Ser- vices to the Blind and Physically Handicapped, in the May 1978 issue, p.229--30, the article "The World Will Never Be So Small Again" by Robert Russell is described. This article was originally published in the Wilson Library Bulletin for November 1971. ABSTRACTS The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, School of Educa- tion, Syracuse University. Documents with an ED number here may be ordered in either microfiche (MF) or paper copy (HC) from the ERIC Docu- ment Reproduction Service, P.O. Box 190, Arlington, VA 22210. Orders should include ED number, specify format desired, and in- clude payment for document and postage. Further information on ordering docu- ments and on current postage charges may be obtained from a recent issue of Re- sources in Education. The National Bibliography: Present Role and Future Developments. International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague, Netherlands; United Nations Educational , Scientific, and Cultural Or- ganization , Paris , France . 1977 . 106p. ED 149 716. MF-$0.83; HC-Not avail- able from EDRS. This report is concerned with the present and future development of national bibliographies . The basis and objectives of national bibliog- raphies are considered, including descriptions of universal bibliographic control (UBC) , objectives and functions of the national bibliography and na- tional bibliographic agency, and the national im- print and national collection. Sections follow on : (1) requirements and specifications-access to and selection of materials, the printed national bibli- ography in other forms, and contents on the bibliographic record ; (2) expansion and development-cataloging, publications of inter- governmental organizations , the national bibli- ography in relation to international information systems , the International Serials Data System , resource sharing, and a draft of an international framework; (3) recommendations; and (4) the fu- ture of national bibliography . A list of relevant readings is included. A Study of Cooperative, Networking, and Computer Activities in Southwestern Li- braries. By John Corbin. Southwestern Library Association, Stillwater, Okla. 1977. 96p. ED 149 737. MF-$0.83; HC-$4.67. The Southwestern Library Association (SWLA) conducted an inventory and study of the SWLA libraries in cooperative, network, and computer activities to collect data for use in planning future activities and in minimizing duplication of efforts . Questionnaires were mailed to 2,060 academic, public, and special libraries in the six SW-LA states. Completed questionnaries returned by 938 libraries were encoded into a Hewlett-Packard 2000 minicomputer, using a standard question- naire analysis program to tabulate and cross- tabulate the answers. Tabulated information in- cludes network participation, type of computer activities participation, circulation system em- ployed, and survey summaries by state and by type of institution. The ninety-eight library net- works within the SWLA, including the member libraries and cooperative activities in which they participate, are listed. Recent Publications I 425 Microform Catalogs: A Viable Alternative for Texas Libraries. By Carolyn M. Cox and Bonnie Juergens. AMIGOS Biblio- graphic Council, Dallas, Tex. 1977. 113p. ED 149 739. MF-$0.83; HC-$6.01. This project proposed to develop and test the use of microform catalogs produced from computer-generated magnetic tape records in both fiche and film formats. The computer output microform (COM) catalog developed for this pur- pose is a union list of titles from the five par- ticipating libraries-Houston and Dallas public libraries , Texas State Library , Waco-Mclennan County Library, and Stephen F . Austin Univer- sity Library. The project was divided into four phases: (1) conversion of data to machine- readable form , (2) microform catalog production, (3) catalog test, and (4) project evaluation . The following activities were documented: (1) vendor selection process and results, (2) production pro- cedures and cost statistics for preparation of machine-readable bibliogniphic data using the OCLC system , (3) library staff and library user acceptance of the catalog formats, and (4) mi- croform copies of the union catalog. The eight appendixes include input and edit procedures, request for proposal to COM veJ\dors , analysis of vendors' bids , sample questionnaire (user), and the project interviewer's manual. Library Services for Australia: The Work of AACOBS. Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services , Canberra; Na- tional Library of Australia, Canberra. 1977. 78p. ED 149 767. MF-$0.83 ; HC-$4.67. Activities of the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services (AACOBS) in 1976 in- cluded a series of initiatives designed to promote, improve, and systematize the provision of library and information services on a nationwide basis. This report discusses work in the area of (1) bib- liographical services-work in progress, control of Australian government documents; (2) national in- formation resources-availability of Australian government publications, depository holdings of international organizations; (3) library services- federal aid to public libraries, copyright, interli- brary loans and photocopying, communications costs; and (4) efforts towards resource sharing. Ac- tivities of the council and its committees are out- lined, and reports from the ·working parties on bibliography, information resources, research and development, systems and communications, and user needs are appended. NUC: Location or Cataloging Infor- mation-A Conflict of Role. By Eleanor 426 I College & Research Libraries • September 1978 1976-1977 PICK'S CURRENCY YEARBOOK* 21st Edition. 8~ w x 11 w. Cloth. 800 pages. ISBN 0-87551-276-3. This annual Is the most complete single source of current monetary In· formation In print. Contains a comrre- henslve description and appralsa of 112 major currencies and accessory units, a supplementary review of 40 minor monies, and latest develop- ments In International gold markets In· eluding monthly bar and coin prices for ten years. There Is also a complete survey of official exchange rate struc· tures as well as a ten-year record of monetary depreciation. Resident and nonresident transferability regulations and domestic currency restrictions are discussed. PRICE .. $150.00 •1955-1974 (19 volumes) available on microfilm (/6mm. 20:1 reduction-positive image). Postpaid price: $350.00 ALL THE MONIES OF THE WORLD* A Chronicle of Currency Values 6 w x 9 w Cloth, 620 pages. ISBN 0-87551-610-6. Historical dictionary of money values. Fulfills the need for a standard refer· ence work for students and profes- sionals alike. Recommended by Ll· brary Journal for business, financial and economics libraries. The volume Is a comrlete chronology of kinds and values o currencies used since man's first experience with a medium of exchange. PRICE .. $80.00 •AS> available on seven. /05mm x 148mm microfiche cardt Pnstpaidprice: S24.95 21 WEST STREET • NEW YORK, N.Y. 10008 R. Payne. 1976. llp. ED 149 769. MF -$0.83; HC-$1.67. A catalog committee operating within the Uni- versity of California library system investigated ways to standardize subject and name entries for the National Union Catalog (NUC). Two sources identified as the contributors of most of the unre- liable NUC card copies were research libraries with large special collections requiring expanded or refined subject headings and staff of special li- braries whose primary function is not cataloging. The following solutions were proposed to the Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS) Executive Committee of RTSD at the ALA Mid- winter Meeting: (1) addition of brackets to non-LC subject headings; (2) addition of a letter system (i.e., "X") to the reporting symbol of in- dependent special libraries that do not avail themselves of the central cataloging agency avail- able to them; and (3) inclusion of classification numbers to NUC card copy, with brackets around those numbers that are not LC or Dewey author- ized . The CCS committee felt the addition of brackets would increase the cost of producing the NUC, and computerized libraries would need to reprogram in order to avoid brackets around trac- ings when they appeared at the top of a card. The report concludes with follow-up recommen- dations made by the California committee, with a special plea for an authority list to be created and maintained when the NUC becomes available in machine-readable ferm. Report on Reference Services in Large Academic Libraries. By Paula De Simone Watson and Martha Landis. 1977. 21p. ED 149 775. MF-$0.83; HC-$1.67. Data from forty-four respondents in a survey of the fifty largest academic members of the Assod- ation of Research Libraries and the four .largest black university libraries are analyzed in this re- port on reference services. Included in the analysis are data on reference and directional transactions collected by the fall 1976 LIBGIS survey for the institutions surveyed here. Discus- sion focuses on staff size and functions, new ser- vices, organization of reference departments, and reference collections . Findings indicate a lack of uniformity in tasks assigned to reference depart- ments at large university libraries, differences in 'established norms for staff size resulting from this lack of uniformity, and a need for more compara- tive data. The percentage of departments respon- sible for each of seventeen tasks is provided in table 1. Data for each responding library pre- sented in table 2 include responsibilities of the reference department, staff size, size of library collection, university enrollment, and size of fac- ulty. The Effectiveness of Library Science 1011 in Teaching Bibliographical Skills. By David H. Eyman and Alven C. Nunley, Jr. 1977. 30p. ED 150 962. MF -$0.83; HC-$2.06. An introductory library course at Northeastern Oklahoma State University was examined to de- termine whether bibliographic skills acquired through this course were comparable to skills ac- quired by students who had not taken this course. The hypothesis was that students acquire no greater skills through Library Science lOll than through immersion in a normal college cur- riculum . All students in the study were tested for basic library skills at the beginning and end of the 1976 fall term through written exams that measured the ability to identify bibliographical data on catalog cards aod in various indexes . Two groups of students took the LS lOll course, either in the first or second half of the term; a control group did not take the course. The study found that enrolling in LS lOll gave students no advantage in the acquisition of basic bibliographic skills. Three recommendations were made: (1) remove the present LS lOll course from the cur- riculum; (2) make faculty aware of the biblio- graphic lectures already given by the Reference Department; and (3) develop in-depth biblio- graphic instruction in specific academic disci- plines. Appendixes contain the LS lOll syllabus and the written tests. Application of a Loss Rate Determination Heuristic to the Language and Linguistics Collection in the Brigham Young Univer- sity Harold B. Lee Library. By Glenn ·R. Lowry. Brigham Young Univ., Utah. 1977. 15p. ED 150 974. MF-$0.83; HC-$1.67. The language and linguistics (Dewey 400s) col- lection in Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library was studied to determine rate of book loss. A random sample of 384 cards was drawn by a computer program from the shelflist of approximately 19,000 cards. The initial search for items in the stacks resulted in location of 354 items, or 91.56 percent of the sample. Circula- tion records accounted for an additional eight items. Six percent (twenty-two items) was statisti- cally computed as the loss rate. The study con- cluded that the loss rate of 22.22 percent found by a previous study was less accurate because of the different method used and that there is no indication of a special security problem in the 400s collection. A Model Reference Service Manual for a Law School Library. By Jenifer Stone Recent Publications I 427 Abramson. Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles. 1977. 35p. ED 150 983. MF-$0.83; HC-$2.06. This manual, prepared for the UCLA Law School Library, outlines ·sample policies, proce- dures, and rules for a law school reference de- partment. The manual consists of (1) a discussion of patron categories and priorities; (2) a statement of the kinds of services to be offered; (3) deter- mination of the means of providing these services via procedures and rules; (4) a plan for staff de- velopment and a statement of staff needs; and (5) guidelines for improved interaction among library components . The last two segments apply par- ticularly to one library but may extend in theory to other situations . The appendixes include a sample statistical form for tallying reference re- quests and sample pages of the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. A bib- liography and subject index are attached. OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table. Directory of Gov- ernment Document Collections & Librarians. 1978. 2d ed. Ed. by Nancy Cline and Jaia Heymann. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Information Service, 1978. 528p. $22.50 ($17 .50 members of the Government Docu- ments Round Table). LC 78-5459. ISBN 0-912380-49-7. Association of Research Libraries. Office of Uni- versity Library Management Studies. Collec- tion Analysis in Research Libraries: An Interim Report on a · Self-Study Process. Washington, D.C.: Association of.Research Libraries, 1978. 27p. $5. Contains papers presented at the Ninety-First Membership Meeting of the ARL in October 1977. These papers provide a view of the oper- ation and progress of the Collection Analysis Project. Beasley, Jerry C. English Fiction, 1660-1880: A Guide to Information Sources. American Liter- ature, English Literature, and World Litera- tures in English Information Guide Series, v.l4. Detroit: Gale, 1978. 313p. $18. LC 74- 11526. ISBN 0-8103-1226-3. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978 . Ed. by Robert Sobel and John Raimo. Westport, Conn.: Meckler Books, 1978. 4v. $195. LC 77-10435. ISBN 0-930466-00-4 . (Available from: Meckler Books, A Division of Microform Review, Inc., 520 428 I College & Research Libraries • September 1978 Riverside Avenue, P . O. Box 405 Saugatuck Station, Westport, CT 06880.) Blazek, Ron; Fennell, Janice; and McKinney, Frances Masterson, romps. and eds. The Black Experience: A Bibliography of Bibliographies, 1970-1975. Chicago: American Library Assn ., Reference and Adult Services Division, 1978. 67p. $5. ISBN 0-8389-6353-6. Books on Demand: 84,000 Selected Books Avail- able as On-Demand Reprints. Author Guide. Subject Guide. Title Guide. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1977. 3v. $24.50/vol.; $73 .50/set. LC 77-86531 Author Guide; LC 77-77810 Subject Guide; LC 77- 86532 Title Guide. ISBN 0-8357-0208-1 Author Guide; ISBN 0-8357-0207-3 Subject Guide; ISBN 0-8357-0209-X Title Guide. Bowden, Edwin T. Peter De Vries: A Bibliogra- phy 1934-1977. Austin, Tex.: Humanities Re- search Center, 1978 . 72p. $12.95 . LC 76- 620049. ISBN 0-87959-079-3. (Available from: The Humanities Research Center, The Univer- sity of Texas at Austin, Postal Box 7219, Aus- tin, TX 78712.) Brazee, Edward Brooks, comp. An Index to the Sierra Club Bulletin 1950-1976. Volumes 35--61. Bibliographic Series, no.16 . Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State Univ . Pr., 1978 . 42p. $4. Buy Three Dollars Worth of Books for Each Dollar You Spend. Best Buys In Print is a guide to quality books available at discount prices. It is also an indispensable acquisitions tool which offers an average savings of 65% or more on 20,000 titles during 1978. BBIP belongs on the shelf next to Books In Print because it complements Books In Print in three ways: l. It identifies sources of books that have been rcmaindered by original publishers. 2. It provides access to the special im- port and reprint titles from remain- der houses, and 3. It provides information on special sales and pre-publication discounts available from original publishers. A subscription to Best Buys In Print is only $25.00/year (any four consecu- tive issues). Foreign postage is extra. Subscribe now and save! PIER IAN PRESS 5000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, Ml 48104 Brisman, Shimeon. A History and Guide to Judaic Bibliography. Jewish Research Litera- ture. Vol. I. Bibliographica Judaica, no. 7. Cin- cinnati: Hebrew Union College Pr.; New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc. , 1977. 352p. $25. LC 77-26149. ISBN 0-87820-900-X. Bundy, Alan L., ed. Directory of Australian Academic Libraries. Melbourne, Australia: Footscray Institute of Technology, 1978. 76p. A $6. (Available from: Orders Unit, Library, Footscray Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 64, Footscray, Victoria 3011 Australia.) Chambers, Frederick, comp. Black Higher Edu- cation in the United States: A Selected Bibli- ography on Negro Higher Education and His- torically Black Colleges and Universities. Westport, · Conn.: Greenwood Pr., 1978. 268p. $19.95. LC 77-91100. ISBN 0-313-20037-8. The Classical World Bibliography of Greek and Roman History. With a New Introduction by Walter Donlan. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, v.94. New York: Garland, 1978. 234p. $21. LC 76-52511. ISBN 0-8240- 9879-X. Contains reprints of bibliographical surveys originally published in the periodical The Clas- sical World. The Classical World Bibliography of Philosophy, Religion, and Rhetoric. With a New Introduc- tion by Walter Donlan. Garland Reference Li- brary of the Humanities, v.95. New York: Gar- land, 1978. 396p. $31. LC 76-52512. ISBN 0-8240-9878-1. Contains reprints of bibliographical surveys originally published in the periodical The Clas- sical World. Comitas, Lambros, comp. The Complete Carib- beana 1900-1975: A Bibliographic Guide to the Scholarly Literature . Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Pr ., 1977. 4v. $170/set. LC 76-56709. ISBN P-527 -18820-4. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Electing Congress. Timely Reports to Keep Journalists, Scholars and the Public Abreast of Developing Issues, Events and Trends. Washington, D.C.: Con- gressional Quarterly, Inc., 1978. 215p. $5.95. LC 78-5817. ISBN 0-87187-132-7. Conservation Directory, 1978: A List of Organi- zations, Agencies, and Officials Concerned with Natural Resource Use and Management. 23d ed . Ed. by Fran Mitchell. Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation, 1978. 264p. $3. LC'-70-10646. Corbett, James A. Catalogue of the Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts of the University of Notre Dame. Nohe Dame, Ind.: Univ. of Notre Dame Pr., 1978. 306p. $25. ISBN 0-268-00723-3. Cordasco, Francesco. Italian Americans: A Guide to Infonnation -Sources. Ethnic Studies Infor- mation Guide Series, v.2. Detroit: Gale , 1978. 222p. $18. LC 78-4833 . ISBN 0-8103-1397-9. Countries of the World and Their Leaders . The U.S. Department of State's Report on Status of the World's Nations, Combined with Its Series of Background Notes Portraying Contemporary Political and Economic Conditions , Gov- ernmental Policies and Personnel, Political Par- ties, Religion , History, Education , Press, Radio and TV, and Other Characteristics of Each Na- tion . Includes Central Intelligence Agency's List of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale , 1978. 1, 154p. $24. LC 78-53453. ISBN 0-8103-1039-2. De Cosmo, Antonio. L'Automa z ione in Bib- lioteca. Quaderni della Biblioteca, no.4. Fog- gia , Italy: Amministrazione Provinciale di Capitanata, 1976. 32p. Di Cicco, Pasquale , ed . I Manoscritti della Bib- lioteca Provinciale di Foggia . Fondi della Bib- lioteca Provinciale, 1. Foggia, Italy: Amminis- trazione Provinciale di Capitanata, 1977. 193p. Dodge , Bernard J. Audiovisual Resources for Teaching Instructional Technology : An Anno- tated Listing. 4th ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : ERIC. Clearinghouse on Information Resources , Syra- cuse Univ. , 1978. 70p. $4 . (Available from: Syracuse Univ. Printing Services, 125 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13210.) Dosa, Marta L. Information Counseling: The Best of ERIC . Syracuse , N.Y.: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources , Syracuse Univ ., 1977. 40p. $2. (Available from: Syracuse Uni- versity Printing Services , 125 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13210.) Encyclopedia of Associations . 12th ed. Ed. by Mary Wilson Pair. Detroit: Gale, 1978 . 3v. $75 v . l ; $55 v . 2; $65 v . 3. LC 78-454 . ISBN 0-8103-0135-0 v. 1; ISBN 0-8103-0136-9 v.2; ISBN 0-8103-0130-X v.3. Farm and Garden Index . Mankato, Minn. : Min- nesota Scholarly Pr. , 1978- v.1 , no. 1- $55/yr. (Available from : Minnesota Scholarly Press, Inc., P.O. Box 224, Mankato, MN 56001.) Published quarterly with an annual cumulation. Provides citations to popular magazines as well as research journals in agriculture and horticul- ture. Fetzer, Mary K. United Nations Documents and Publications: A Research Guide. Rutgers Univ. Graduate School of Library Service Occasional Papers , no.76-5. New Brunswick, N.J.: Gradu- ate School of Library Service, Rutgers Univ., 1978. 6lp. $3. Foundation Grants Index, 1977: A Cumulative Listing of Foundation Grants. Comp. by The Foundation Center. Lee Noe, grants editor. New York: The Foundation Center, 1978. Recent Publications I 429 443p. $20. LC 72-76018. ISBN 0-87954-016-8 . (Distributed by Columbia Univ . Pr.) Franklin , Jerome L. Human Resource Develop- ment in the Organization: A Guide to Informa - tion Sources. Manage me nt Information Guide, no.35. Detroit: Gale, 1978. 175p . $18. LC 76- 28289. ISBN 0-8103-0835-5. Girls Series Books: A Checklist of Hardba ck Book s Publish ed 1900- 1975. Minneapolis , Minn.: Children 's Literature Research Collec- tion s, Univ . of Minn es ota Libraries ; 1978 . 121p . $7 .50. (Available from: Curator , Chil- dren 's Lite rature Re search Colle ction s, 109 Walter Library, Univ. Libraries , Univ . of Min- nesota, Minneapolis , MN 55455 .) Harris, K. G . E. Death and Transfi guration or Conservation and Self-Renewal in A cademic Libraries . C .T . F . E . Occasional Publications , no.3. London : Library Association, Colleges of Technology and Further Education Section , 1977. 14p. £0.40. ISBN 0-85365-670-3. (Dis- tributed by F . J . Chambers , Librarian , Cam- bridgeshire College of Arts and Technology , Cambridge CBI 2AJ England.) Hendrick , George, and Altenbernd , A. Lynn. Carl Sandburg , 1878- 1978: A C entury of America . An Exposition of the Carl Sandburg Collection at the Univ. of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign . Non Solus , no.5. Cham- paign , Ill.: U niv . of Illinois Library Friends , 1978. 42p. $5. (Available from: Non Solus , Publication Office of the Univ . of Illinois Graduate School of Librar y Sci e nce, 249 Armory, Champaign, IL 61820. ) Historic Documents of 1977. Washington , D .C .: Congressional Quarterly , Inc ., 1978. 969p . $37. LC 72-97888 . ISBN 0-87187-126-2. Provides a cumulative index for th e years 1973-77. The International Authors and Writ ers Who 's Who. 8th ed. Ed. by Adrian Gaster . Cam- bridge , England : International Biographical Centre, 1977. 1,167p . ISBN 0-900332-45-X . International Relations Theory: A Bibliography . Ed. by A. J. R. Groom and C. R. Mitchell. London: Frances Pinter Ltd .; New York : Nichols Publishing Co. , 1978. 222p . $20 . LC 77-20896. ISBN 0-89397-026-3 . (Available from : Nichols Publishing Co. , P . 0 . Box 96 , New York, NY 10024 .) International Yearbook of Educational and In - structional Technology 1978/79. Ed. by Anne Howe and A. J. Romiszowski. London : Kogan Page; New York: Nichols Publishing Co. , 1978. 765p . $23.50. LC 78-50802. ISBN 0-85038- 103-7 Page; ISBN 0-89397-035-2 Nichols . (Available from: Nichols Publishing Co., P.O. Box 96, New York, NY 10024. ) Kennedy, John Fitzgerald. The Kennedy Presi- dential Press Conferences. New York: Earl M. 430 I College & Research Libraries • September 1978 Coleman Enterprises , Inc. , 1978. 640p. $35. LC 78-1869. ISBN 0-930576-01-2. Kister, Kenneth F . Encyclopedia Buying Guide: A Consumer Guide to General Encyclopedias in Print . 2d ed. New York: Bowker, 1978 . 389p . $17.50. LC 76-645701. ISBN 0-8352- 1059-6. Lewytzkyj, Borys , and Stroynowski, Juliusz, eds. Who 's Who in the Socialist Countries: A Bio- graphical Encyclopedia of 10,000 Leading Per- sonalities in 16 Communist Countries. New York: K. G . Saur Publishing, Inc. ; Miinchen: Verlag Dokumentation Saur, 1978. 736p. $99. LC 78-4068. ISBN 0-89664-011-6 Saur; ISBN 3-7940-3193-8 Verlag Dokumentation Saur. (Available from : K. G. Saur Publishing, Inc. , 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010.) Marean, Peter, comp . Poetry Themes: A Biblio- graphical Index to Subject Anthologies and Re- lated Criticism in the English Language , 1875-1975. London: Clive Bingley; Hamden, Conn. : Linnet Books , 1977. 301p. $22.50. LC 77-22483 . ISBN 0-85157-232-4 Bingley; ISBN 0-208-01545-0 Linnet. Marcus, Jacob R. , ed . An Index to the Picture Collection of the American jewish Archives. Publications of the American Jewish Archives, no.9. New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc. , 1977. 90p. $7 .50 . LC 77-19319. ISBN 0-87820-005-3. Miffien , Jessie . The Development of Public Li- brary Services in Newfoundland 1934-1972. Dalhousie Univ. Libraries and Dalhousie Univ. School of Library Service Occasional Paper, no.17. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie Univ. , 1978. 86p. $3. (Available from : Director, School of Library Service, Dalhousie Univ. , Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H8.) Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey . Richard V. Weekes , editor-in-chief. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pr. , 1978. 546p. $35. LC 77-84759. ISBN 0-8371-9880-1. The National Directory for the Performing Arts and Civic Centers. 3d ed . Ed. by Beatrice Handel. New York: Wiley, 1978. 1,049p. ISBN 0-471-03303-0. The National Directory for the Performing Arts/ Educational. 3d ed. Ed. by Beatrice Handel. New York: \-'/Hey, 1978. 669p . ISBN 0-471- 03304-9. National Directory of Newsletters and Reporting Services: A Reference Guide to National and International Information Services, Financial Services , Association Bulletins , and Training and Educational Services. 2d ed. Detroit: Gale, 1978. 4parts . $36/4parts. LC 77-99180. ISBN 0-8103-0676-X. First part is available. The other three parts will be published in 1978. National Library of Canada. Resources Survey Division. Checklists of Law Reports and Sta- tutes in Canadian Law Libraries/Listes de con- trole des recueils de jurisprudence et des statuts dans des bibliotheques de droit du Canada . United States Law Reports, no.3 . Ot- tawa: National Library of Canada, 1978. 677p. $5 Canada: $6 other countries. ISBN 0-662- 01054-X. New England Library Association. Bibliography Committee. A Guide to Newspaper Indexes in New England. Holden, Mass.: Ne.w England Library Assn. , 1978. 91p. $5 . (Available from: Nan Berg, NELA Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 273, Holden, MA 01520.) New York Theatre Annual 1976-77. Volume I . Ed. by Catharine Hughes . Detroit:· Gale, 1978. 149p. $20. LC 78-50757. ISBN 0-8103-0416-3. " Provides easy reference to the casts, credits, plots, and reviews of Broadway, Off Broadway, and off-Off Broadway productions." Olevnik, Peter P. Selected Medieval and Renais- sance Manuscript Collections in Microform. Univ. of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science Occasional Papers , no. p3 . Cham- paign, Ill. : Graduate School of Library Science, 1978. 24p. $2. OTIANE Permucite Index: An Exhaustive Inter- disciplinary Indexing System for Old Testament Studies/Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Ed. by W. T. Claassen. Stellenbosch, Rep . of South Africa: Infodex , 1978- v . 1, pt.1- $250/yr. (Available from: Infodex (Pty.) Ltd ., P.O. Box 2149, Stellenbosch 7600 Republic of South Africa.) Three parts a year, with the third part contain- ing a cumulation of all the indexes for the year. Profile/Architectural Firms/The American Insti- tute of Architects . Ed. by Henry W. Schirmer. Philadelphia, Penn .: Archimedia Inc. , 1978. 669p . $56. ISBN 0-931392-01-2. (Available from: Archimedia Inc., P.O. Box 4403 , Topeka, KS 66604.) A directory providing descriptions of 6,000 ar- chitectural firms in America. Rivkin, Steven R. A New Guide to Federal Cable Television Regulations . Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Pr. , 1978. 314p. LC 77-28389 . · ISBN 0-262-18089-8. Robbins , Rae Gallant. The Bloomsbury Group: A Selective Bibliography. Kenmore, Wash. : Price Guide Publishers, 1978. 219p. $17 . ISBN 0-911182-817. (Available from: Price Guide Publishers, 525 Kenmore Station, Kenmore, WA 98028.) Provides citations to works by, about, or men- tioning individual authors in the Bloomsbury Group. Rogers , Paul Patrick, comp . The Spanish Civil War: An Exhibition. Austin, Tex.: Humanities Research Center, 1978. lv. unpaged. $5. ISBN 0-87959-083-1. (Available from: The Hu- manities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Postal Box 7219, Austin, TX 78712.) Sable, Martin H . Latin American Jewry: A Re- search Guide . Bibliographica Judaica, no .6 . Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Pr. , 1978. 633p. $35. LC 77-18527. ISBN 0-87820-904-2. (Available from : Ktav Publishing House, Inc. , 75 Varick St. (43 Canal St.) , New York , NY 10013.) Serials in Transition 1977. Ed. by Leonard J. MacMillan. Westwood , Mass . : Faxon , 1978. 56p. $8. ISBN 0-87305-120-3. First annual cumulation of the "Births, Deaths, and Magazine Notes" columns published in the Bulletin of Bibliography & Magazine Notes in 1977. Shedd, Jeanne H. Serials in Selected European Languages: The Language froblem. Univ . of Il- linois Graduate School of Library Science Oc- casional Papers , no.132 . Champaign , Ill.: Graduate School of Library Science, Univ. of Illinois, 1978. 51p. $2. Shriver, Harry C ., comp. and ed. What Justice Holmes Wrote ; And What Has Been Written About Him : A Bibliography 1866-1976 . Potomac, Md . : Fox Hills Pr. , 1978. 67p . $4. LC 77-89073 . ISBN 0-914932-02-0. (Available from : The Fox Hills Pr., 8409 Fox Run, Potomac, MD 20854.) Slocum , Robert B. Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works . An International Bibliography of Collective Biographies, Biobibliographies, Collections of Epitaphs , Selected Genealogical Works , Dictionaries of Anonyms and Pseudonyms, Historical and Specialized Dic- tionaries , Biographical Materials in Govern- ment Manuals, Bibliographies of Biography, Biographical Indexes, and Selected Portrait Catalogs. 2d suppl. Detroit: Gale , 1978. 922p . $35. LC 67-27789. ISBN 0-8103-0974-2. Social Service Organizations. Peter Romanofsky, editor-in-chief. Clarke A. Chambers , advisory editor. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Institutions , no.2. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pr., 1978 . 2v . $59.50. LC 77- 84754. ISBN 0-8371-9829-1. Provides historical sketches of 200 leading so- cial service and charitable agencies . Turner, Pearl, comp. Index to Outdoor Sports , Games , and Activities. Useful Reference Se- ries, no. 105. Westwood, Mass .: Faxon, 1978. 409p. $18. LC 77-072795. ISBN 0-87305-105- X. Provides access to how-to books and articles concerning outdoor sports and games. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Excerpts from Critic~sm of the Works of Novelists , Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers , and Recent Publications I 431 Other Creative Writers, 1900-1960. Vol. 1. Ed. by Dedria Bryfonski and Phyllis Carmel Mendelson . Detroit: Gale, 1978. 604p . $38. LC 76-46132. ISBN 0-8103-0175-X. Tyrrell-Glynn , W. , comp. with the assistance of Cartwright, M. F ., and Goosen , T. A Guide to the South African Manuscript Collections in the South African Library, Cape Town. Grey Bibliographies, no.10. Cape Town: South Afri- can Library , 1977 . 172p . R5 ,00 (R3 , 75 to Friends of the South African Library) plus postage. ISBN 0-86968-014-5. (Available from: The Publications Officer , South African Li- brary , Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town , 8001.) The University Desk Encyclopedia . Herman Friedhoff and Ben Lenthall , chief eds. Nether- lands : Elsevier ; New York: Dutton , 1977. 1,055p . $59.95. LC 76-51902 . ISBN 0-525- 93001-9. (Distributed in U.S . and Canada by: Gaylord Professional Publications , Box 4901 , Syracuse, NY 13221.) Wagle , Iqbal , comp. Reference Aids to South Asia. Reference Series, no.22. Toronto: John P. Robarts Research Library, Univ. of Toronto, 1977. 133p . $7. (Available from: Reference Department, John P . Robarts Research Li- brary, Univ. of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , Canada M5S 1A5.) Based on works in the University of Toronto Library South Asian collection. Walford, A. J. ; and Screen, J . E. 0. , eds. A Guide to Foreign Language Courses and Dic- tionaries . 3d ed. rev . and enl. Westport , Conn .: Greenwood, 1977. 343p. $19.95. LC 77-26283 . ISBN 0-313-20100-5 . Selective, annotated guide to courses and dic- tionaries in a wide range of languages. Ward, James E. ; Albright, Jane A. ; and Phillips, Kathleen, comps. Southeastern Bibliographic Instruction Directory: Academic Libraries . Tucker, Ga. : Southeastern Library Assn., 1978. 349p. $6. (Available from : The Southeastern Library Association, P .O. Box 987, Tucker, GA 30084.) Wasserman, Paul, and Morgan, Jean , eds. Con- sumer Sourcebook . A Directory and Guide to Government Organizations; Associations, Cen- ters and Institutes; Media Services; Company and Trademark Information; and Bibliographic Material Relating to Consumer Topics , Sources of Recourse, and Advisory Information . 2d ed. Detroit: Gale , 1978. 2v. $48/set. LC 77-279. ISBN 0-8103-0382-5. Wasserman, Paul, and Palmer,. Marlene A., eds. Training and Development Organizations Di- rectory: A Reference Work Describing Firms, Institutes , and Other Agencies Offering Train- ing Programs for Business, Industry , and Gov- ernment. Detroit: Gale , 1978. 614p. $45. LC 432 I College & Research Libraries • September 1978 77-276. ISBN 0-8103-0313-2 . Wennrich , Peter , comp. Anglo-Ame rican and German Abbreviations in Science and Technol- ogy : Part 3, P-Z . New York : Bowker, 1978. 2276p. $29.95. ISBN 3-7940-1044-2. The last volume of a three-volume set defining 50,000 abbreviations gathered from more than 800 scientific and technical periodicals . Who Was Who among English and European Au- thors 1931-1949. Based on Entries which First Appeared in "The Author's and Writer's Who's Who & Reference Guide ," Originally Com- piled by Edward Martell and L. G . Pine, and in " Who's Who among Living Authors of Older Nations ," Originally Compiled by Alberta Lawrence. Gale Composite Biographical Dic- tionary Series, no.2. Detroit: Gale, 1978. 3v. $96/set . LC 77-280. ISBN 0-8103-0040-7. Xuereb, Paul. A Bibliography of Maltese Bibliog- raphies. Msida: Univ. of Malta Library, 1978. 16p. $1.25. (Available from : Paul Xuereb , Li- brarian, Main Library, Univ. of Malta, Msida, Malta.) Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1978. Ed. by Richard F. Staar. Hoover Institu- tion Publication , no.195. Stanford , Calif.: Hoover Institution Pr. , Stanford Univ. , 1978. 497p . $35. LC 76-51879. ISBN 0-8179-6951-9. Zaremba, Joseph. Mathematical Economics and Operations Research: A Guide to Information Sources. Economics Information Guide Series, v.10. Detroit: Gale, 1978. 606p . $18. LC 73- 17586. ISBN 0-8103-1298-0. Zingarelli, Nicola . Cat(llogo del Fonda Dantesco-Petrarchesco Biblioteca. Fondi della Biblioteca Provinciale, 2. Foggia, Italy: Am- ministrazione Piovinciale di Capitanata, 1977. 146p. L[]~PlJTER-BfJEEIJ L~RLlJlfiT~[]~ EYETEr:IE Library Technology Reports has published an update of its July/Sep- tember, 1975 report on automated circulation control systems. The new report by Willi~m Scholz describes and evaluates the following systems: LIBS 100 ·(CL Systems Inc.) I SCION (Systems Control, Inc.) (ULISYS Universal Library Systems, Ltd.) Gaylord's Circulation Control System 3M's Inventory Control System. The 92 page report is contained in the May, 1977 issue of LTR now available to non-subscribers as a single issue for $40. Library Technology Reports American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611