College and Research Libraries 468 I College & Research Libraries • September 1980 RECENTLY PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT IN LffiRARIES: A Treatise Robert D. Stueart, Simmons College, Boston and George B. Miller, Jr., University of New Mexico Library Parts A&B Published 1980 Per Volume $27.50 Set Price : 2 Volumes $55.00 These volumes contain both theoretical considera- tions in developing collections in all types of libraries and so me very practical point s on the collection/ development se lection process . Each chapter is written by a s peciali st in the a rea. thereby bringing a wide va- riety of interest, experiences and expertise to bear in thi s work which s hould be usab le as a !ext for practic- ing librarian s, st udent s and those intere sted in the co l- lection development process . THE MICROFORM REVOLUTION IN LIBRARIES Michael R. Gabriel, Mankato State University Library and Dorothy P. Ladd , Boston University Libraries Publi s hed 1980 $26.50 Thi s monograph will be the first comprehensive treat- ment of the hi stor y and application of microform utili- zation in libr arie s . It will in c lude section s on se lection and ac q.ui s ition, organization of microforms within the library , techniques of providin g convenient access. maintenance of viewing equipment , and established standards for software and hardware. It will also dis- cuss in orne detail relev a nt areas of conc'ern to the librarian and method s of coming to grips with the mi - croform revolution. MANAGEMENT OF A PUBLIC LffiRARY Harold R. Jenkins, Director, Kansas City Public Library August 1980 $28 . 50 This work is intended for those perso ns who manage public libraries, aspire to the management of public li- braries or who se lect top managers of all s ize s of public libraries everywhere . It deals with the basic thinking that may be applied in every situation that can come to the attention of the top executive, without regard to the s ize of the library or the community it serves. JAI PRESS INC. P.O. BOX 1678 165 West Putnam Avenue Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 Telephone: 203-661-7602 dex. Two of the appendixes are made up of the IRS and ACRL documents mentioned previously. Another is a list of appraisers. The others give a few examples of gift policy statements and record forms. The biblical author exclaimed, "There is no new thing under the sun" (Eccles. 1:9). This statement appears quite true of library gift and exchange operations. Maurice Tau- ber in his text Technical Services in Librar- ies (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1953) devoted thirty-two pages to gifts and exchange. Tauber acknowledged Alfred Lane's contribution to that book, referring to Lane's Staff Manual of the Gifts and Ex- change Division (Columbia Univ. Library, 1949) and to his master's essay, "Exchange Work in College and University Libraries" (1950). The value of this present work rests not in the new material presented but in the convenient organization of the text and accompanying appendixes.-Don Lanier, Northern Illinois University, DeK.alb . Manual of General Searching Procedures. 2d ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Libraries, 1980. 1v. (var. pag.) $8. (Avail- able from: Budget and Accounting Office, Cornell University Libraries, 234 Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853.) This is the search manual of the Preorder Search Section of the Acquisitions Depart- ment of the Cornell University Libraries. As such, it consists of local instructions, and definitions of terms and abbreviations. Obviously, many practices could be trans- ferred to any other acquisitions department with minimal adaptation; others would re- quire extensive changes before becoming useful, particularlx to a smaller library. Be- cause it covers monograph searching only, its scope is limited, but it is exhaustive for the area it does cover. How the introduction of AACR 2 will affect searching has no answer yet, but is a consideration for any department estab- lishing new procedures or considering the revision of present ones. Cornell's manual, being a manual for current use, naturally does not attempt to predict any changes. Neither does it anticipate the introduction of computerized network acquisition sys- tems, such as OCLC' s subsystem, under development, or a commercial system such as Baker and Taylor's LIBRIS. George Lowry's A Searcher's Manual (Shoe String, 1965), based on the Searching Unit of the Acquisitions Department of the Columbia University Libraries, is a similar manual that is less slanted toward one li- brary's unique practices. In gaining its uni- versality, it sacrifices some of its potiential to spark ideas for new methods springing from specific practices. Also, because of its age, it does not include searching in the data bases of any of the computer networks such as OCLC' s. It would be worth having, however, if one needs to make a study of existing manuals before developing one's own. Another source for ideas is Ted Grieder's 1978 book Acquisitions: Where, What, and How (Greenwood Press). This book contains a useful chapter on compiling a search manual. However, it also was published be- fore the author had much experience with network searching and, in addition , is inten- tionally more general than Lowry's manual. Anyone wanting a good example of a de- tailed search manual for a large university library will find Cornell' s to be a worth- while purchase.-Martha Willett, Indiana State University, Evansville. Cargill, Jennifer S. , and Alley , Brian. Prac- tical Approval Plan Management. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx, 1979. 95p. $12.95. LC 79-23389. ISBN 0-912700-52-1. After several years in hiding, articles and books on approval plans have reappeared , with an entire conference being devoted to the subject last fall . Jennifer Cargill, head of acquisitions at Miami University (Ohio) and Brian Alley , head of technical services at Miami, have joined this renaissance with a study directed to the librarian who needs guidance in actually establishing and operat- ing approval plans . Since the two major books on acquisitions (Ford, Acquisitions of Library Materials ; Grieder, Acquisitions) give little guidance in this area, a practical study is certainly a worthwhile goal. Unfor- tunately, the book falls short of its promise . The slim volume (only eighty-eight pages, not including a very short bibliography and index) covers establishment of approval plans, selection of a dealer, profiling, pro- cessing of material received, bids and con- Recent Publications I 469 tracts, and fiscal management. The latter two chapters, which are the strongest, pro- vide some information not readily available. The majority of the book, however, gives only a general overview and fails to convey to the reader the complexity involved in operating a successful approval plan. The authors do not provide a critical analysis of approval plans but unwarrantably assume that such plans are the most efficient and economical way to obtain books. The study is based primarily on approval plan services offered by Blackwell North America and Baker and Taylor; these two dealers are often quoted and used uncritically as sources of information. This is a question- able practice, something akin to quoting OCLC to prove the advantages of network- ing. Variations of approval plans , such as those designed to obtain publications of cer- tain presses or authors, are not mentioned, nor is there any information on foreign plans (except for a few comments about Blackwell's, ·England), a major oversight as such plans can't be built on the same model used to construct domestic plans. Also miss- ing is any -description of monitoring the plans to verify receipt of materials, or how to claim nonreceived items. The simplistic view of approval plans and the lack of coverage of many important topics related to approval plans make it im- possible to recommend this book. This is unfortunate, for not only is the topic impor- tant, but also the authors have demon- strated much better work in their quarterly publication, IULC Technical Services News- letter .-William Schenck, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . United States. Library of Congress. Processing Dept. Library of Congress Cataloging Service, with a Comprehen- sive Subject Inckx. Bulletins 1-125. De- troit: Gale, 1980. 2v. $78. LC 79-25343. ISBN 0-8103-1103-8. This handsomely bound two-volume set is a reprint of all Cataloging Service bulletins emanating from the Library of Congress, beginning with the first in June 1945 through Spring 1978. The bulletins, which reflect LC policy and practice in every area of monographic and serials cataloging, are an indispensable tool in every cataloging de-