College and Research Libraries mat as the older one. There are nine sub- ject chapters, covering the history of slide librarianship, administration and staffing, classification and cataloging, record-keeping and indexing systems, acquisition and pro- duction, storage and access systems, plan- ning for physical facilities, projection sys- tems, and miscellaneous equipment and supplies. These chapters occupy roughly two-thirds of the book's total length, the re- mainder being taken u'p by an extensive bibliography and three directories (of equip- ment manufacturers, slide sources, and U.S. slide libraries, respectively). There is little change, save for a few new references, in the chapters on history and administration and staffing. Nor is there much change in chapter 8 (projection sys- tems) and chapter 9 (miscellaneous equip- ment such as light tables and slide mounts), although the "Acknowledgments" claim that these sections were substantially altered by Fry. In reality, the major changes here are the equipment examples discussed. In talk- ing about partially enclosed soundproof viewing booths, for example, the new edi- tion describes a model used at the U niversi- ty of Missouri-Kansas City, while the older edition featured the Indiana University sys- tem. Where the real revision seems to have taken place is in the discussion of classifica- tion and cataloging. The first edition de- voted thirty-two pages to this topic; the new edition nearly doubles this amount. The chapter begins with a survey of handbooks and manuals that discuss the cataloging of nonprint materials; to this discussion the new edition adds examples of two slides cataloged under three separate systems (AACR 2, the 1976 edition of AECT's Stan- dards for Cataloging Nonbook Materials, and the 1973 Canadian Library Association Nonbook Materials, edited by Weihs). There is also a brief consideration of ISBD as it relates to nonprint materials. As in the first edition, the remainder of the chapter contains outlines and descriptions of slide classification systems used by a variety of institutional slide collections. The one change here is in the inclusion of additional institutional examples. Chapter 5 (on acquisition, production methods, and equipment) also exhibits some Recent Publications I 359 alterations. The material on criteria for eval- uating the quality of commercial slides is expanded, the discussion of copyright now includes reference to the 1978 Copyright Law, and a new (but regrettably brief) sec- tion on the use of microfiche (color as well as black and white) in slide collections has been added. One last change might be mentioned that is both logical and disconcerting. In the first edition, the directory of slide libraries listed 240 collections in the United States, Can- ada, and several miscellaneous foreign coun- tries. In the new edition, only those 83 U.S. slide collections that are actually cited in the text are named. This reduction is a result of the 1978 publication of the Direc- tory of Art Libraries and Visual Resource Collections in North America, compiled by the Art Libraries Society/North America. As directories usually expand in size with sub- sequent editions, this example of a declin- ing one is sensible but a bit startling. The primary function of Slide Libraries seems to be to serve as a manual for the op- eration of a slide library, whether new or long established. The book fulfills this pur- pose admirably, and the revisions outlined above should make it even more useful in this regard than before.-Cathleen Flana- gan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Marulli, Luciana. Documentation of the United Nations System: Co-ordination in its Bibliographic Control. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1979. 225p. $15. LC 79- 17510. ISBN 0-8108-1233-9. Luciana Marulli is currently documents reference librarian at the Dag Hammar- skjold Library. Despite its title, her book is not a reference tool, nor is it easy reading. Rather, it is her doctoral dissertation (Col- umbia University) and reads like one, run- ning from hypotheses and data collection procedures through analysis to conclupons and suggestions for further research. In addition to the dissertation style, the writ- ing is not always polished and is occasion- ally difficult to follow. The volume is un- necessarily oversize, printed in double- spaced typescript. This is a detailed and comprehensive study of the bibliographic tools produced by fifteen organizations in the United Nations 360 I College & Research Libraries • July 1980 systems (UN, FAO, UNESCO, GATT, etc.). Sales catalogs, indexes, and bibliog- raphies are compared according to cover- age, access points, and a myriad of biblio- graphic details, and a small number of such elements are found to be held in common. The work is peppered with eighteen com- plex tables showing these relationships. Introductory sections discuss the patterns of documentation of intergovernmental organization and review the history of and the problems in bibliographic control of such documentation, including a detailing of off-again/on-again semisuccessful cooperative efforts among the various agencies. Prob- lems of availability are recognized briefly as well. Each agency included in the study is briefly reviewed, with mention of its his- tory, purpose, organization, membership, budget, programs, library, and a few impor- tant serial publications. The work concludes with a summation and outlook for the fu- ture, with mention of current work the United Nations is doing in this field. THE FOUR BIBLIOGRAPHIC UTILITIES: A Comparison by Joseph R. Matthews A 97-page report with 77 pages of appendices which include copies of the current contracts and price lists. In Library Technology Reports November/December 1979 Volume 15 Number 6 Single issue price $40.00 Library Technology Reports American Library Association 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 The study was quite an enormous under- taking, considering the vast number and type of organizations, personnel, languages, documents, bibliographical tools, and data elements with which she was working. Marulli' s research method included exten- sive preliminary research, a twenty-seven page questionnaire completed as much as possible in advance by herself, and 100 per- cent follow-up interviews. It is unfortunate that the original ques- tionnaire, though lengthy, did not appear in the published study (photoreduction should have been possible). Numerous references led this reviewer to search in vain for it; in- clusions would have aided comprehension in some areas. The author's other sources of information (lists of bibliographical tools analyzed [appended to chapter 3], sources used in compiling the list of elements of bibliographic description [chapter 5], and standards and guidelines consulted [chapter 6]) are included, as are various footnotes and bibliographies. The text is generally packed with in- teresting and useful information readily available only to an individual working in the United Nations system. Unfortunately, much of this information, including the above-mentioned lists of sources, is not readily retrievable despite a detailed table of contents, list of tables, and index. The material would be much more generally useful were the indexing improved. As presently formatted, this volume would primarily be of importance to major library science collections as a well- researched, first-of-its-kind study, and only secondarily to international documents col- lections.-Carolyn W. Kohler, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Recurring Library Issues: A Reader. Edited by Caroline M. Coughlin. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1979. 521p. $17.50. LC 79-14966. ISBN 0-8108-1227-4. This anthology of forty selections from writings on libraries and for librarians cov- ers a forty-two year time span, although at least three-fourths were first published in the past decade. It is designed primarily to be a classroom text on the philosophy and sociology of librarianship, providing "a framework for future reading and discus-