College and Research Libraries a structured outline, a brief table of contents, and followed by an extensive bibliography. This reviewer will return to these essays many times for clarification, leads, explana- tions, ideas, and especially for the organiza- tion of a topic.-Robert S. Taylor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. ABSTRACTS The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse of In- formation Resources, School of Education, Syracuse University. Documents with an ED number here may be ordered in either microfiche (MF) or paper copy (PC) from the ERIC Document Repro- duction Service, P.O. Box 190, Arlington, VA 22210. Orders should include ED num- ber, specify format desired, and include pay- ment for document and postage. Further information on ordering docu- ments and on current postage charges may be obtained from a recent issue of Resources in Education. Research Report on Field, Subfield, and Indi- cator. By Thomas R. Hickey. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio College Library Center, 1981. 137p. Ed 202 484. MF-$0.83; PC- $3.32. The statistics that are presented are based on a 1 percent systematic sample of the OCLC online union catalog as of January 1980. Detailed data were collected on the use of fields, subfields, indi- cators in bibliographic records, and on the co- occurrence of fields within bibliographic records. The sample used for the study was obtained by extracting all records with an OCLC control num- ber ending in 44. For each category of this report, the statistics are grouped by format: monographs, serials, audiovisuals, sound recordings, music scores, maps, manuscripts, and cumulative biblio- graphic files. These statistics should be useful for estimating file growth, selecting subsets of records for local catalogs, and for designing bibliographic record databases. Analysis of Reference Statistics Reported in 1977 Library General Information Survey. By Neal K. Kaske and Rao Aluri. Paper presented to the Library Research Round Table Annual Conference of the American Recent Publications I 165 Library Association (New York, N.Y. June 29, 1980), 1980. 31p. Ed 202 486. MF- $0.83; PC-$3.32. Analysis of data collected from 3,000 academic libraries by the 1977 Library General Information Surveys reveals that library operating budgets, in- stitutional enrollment, and library circulation are the best predictors of reference and directional transactions. Fifty-five percent of the transactions at reference service points are directional, while the remainder are reference transactions; univer- sity libraries report significantly higher numbers of transactions than either four-year or two-year col- leges, and publicly controlled colleges report greater numbers than private institutions. Simi- larly, reference and directional transactions vary with the total operating budget, collection and staff size, and enrollment. The picture is compli- cated, however, by intervariable relationships, e.g., university libraries tend to have larger operat- ing budgets, staff, and collections. Under these conditions, regression analysis is a better procedure to predict the number of reference and directional transactions. A Primer on Effective Library Utilization for Department Chairpersons. By Edward J. Jennerich. 1978. 17p. ED 202 479. MF- "WE WROTE THE BOOK ON SERVICE" - Ehrm rYrc/1:/\r - ( /omt/?Uulioll Jiu/1{1119 rYrclmr AMBASSADOR BOOK SERVICE, INC. "furnishing books and related services to academic & research libraries" 42 CHASNER STREET HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550 (516) 489·4011 166 I College & Research Libraries • March 1982 $0.83; PC not available from EDRS. Intended to aid fellow department chairpersons in developing adequate library resources and to suggest ways of motivating departments in their use, this paper proffers suggestions based on the author's experience as a librarian and academic de- partment chairman. It is suggested that (1) guide- lines established by the library profession and ac- crediting agencies can be useful in establishing standards for the acquisition of materials for cur- riculum collections; (2) available selection aids in- clude book reviews , publishers' advertisements, author reputations, and the professional judgment of the chairperson augmented by opinions of the li- brary staff or faculty committee; (3) central library collections appear to offer more advantages for faculty than department libraries; (4) the chairper- son should encourage and develop faculty and stu- dent usage of library resources; and (5) graduate trained librarians can assist the chairperson by act- ing as information brokers between collections and the department through library instruction and workshops, or through course-related or subject- specific library instruction directly connected with the department curriculum. The chairperson is en- couraged to initiate such activities as a means of enhancing the quality of departmental instruction. Heritage on Microfillll Rare and out-of-print titles and documents on 35mm silver halide microfilm. • French Books before 1601 • Scandinavian Culture • 18th Century English Literature • Victorian Fiction • Literature of Folklore • Hispanic Culture Send for catalog and title information today. ~G~(J~1fM ~ Ov\P~ 70 Coolidge Hill Road Watertown , MA 02172 (617) 926-5557 OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS Accessing English Literary Periodicals: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection. With title, subject, editor, and reel number indexes. Ed . by Grace Puravs, Kathy L. Kavanagh , and Vicki Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms Inter- national , 1981. 96p. $30. LC 81-16124. ISBN 0- 8357-0231-6. Adams, Scott. Medical Bibliography in an Age of Discontinuity. Chicago: Medical Library Assn., 1981. 224p. $21.50. ISBN 0-912176-09-l. American Library Resources: A Bibliographical Guide, Supplement, 1971 - 1980. Comp . by Rob- ert B. Downs. Chicago: American Library Assn ., 1981. 224p. $30. LC 51-11156. ISBN 0- 8389-0342-8. American Library Resources Cumulative Index , 1870-1970. Comp . by Clara Keller . Chicago: American Library Assn., 1981. 96p. $25. LC 81- 12788 . ISBN 0-8389-0341-X. Baker, Robert K. Doing Library Research: An In- troduction for Community College Students. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Pr., 1981. 283p. $27.50. LC 80-22943. ISBN 0-89158-778-0. Bibliography of Bioethics. V. 7. Ed. by LeRoy Wal- ters. New York: Macmillan, 1981. 283p. $55. ISSN 0363-0161. Burnett, Collins W. , and White, Jane N. Higher Education Literature: An Annotated Bibliogra- phy. Phoenix: Oryx Pr. , 1981. 177p. $32.50. LC 81-11206. ISBN 0-912700-80-7. Byrd, Patricia; Drum, Carol A. ; and Wittkopf, Barbara J. Guide to Academic Libraries in the United States for Students of English as a Second Language. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1981. 184p. $7.95 . LC 80-16030. ISBN 0- 13-367979-9. Carothers , Diane Foxhill. Self-Instruction Manual for Filing Catalog Cards. Chicago: American Library Assn., 1981. 120p. LC 81-3606. ISBN 0- 8389-0326-6. Closing the Catalog: Proceedings of the 1978 and 1979 Library and Information Technology Asso- ciation Institutes. Ed. by D. Kaye Capen and Bonnie Juergens . Phoenix: OryxPr. , 1980. 194p. $18.50. LC 80-23976. ISBN 0-912700-56-4. Computer Science Resources: A Guide to Profes- sional Literature. Comp . and ed. by Darlene Myers. White Plains, N.Y.: Knowledge Industry Publications, 1981. Published for American So- ciety of Information Science. 346p. $59.50 (ASIS members $47.60), softcover . LC 76-46249. ISBN 0-914236-45-8. Corkill, C.; Mann, M.; and Stone, S. Doctoral Stu- dents in Humanities: A Small-Scale Panel Study New from Kluwer• Nijhoff Publishing'' WELFARE REFORM IN AMERICA edited by Paul M. Sommers, Middlebury College, Middlebury, CT. , USA Middlebury College Conference Series on Economic Issues The papers in this volume came out of a conference held in April 1980 on the goals and realities of welfare reform. Many have been revised since that time to take into account the changes in the policy environment under the Reagan administration Included are discussions of the current state of the anti-poverty effort, various welfare reform alternatives, and how new initiatives would change work behaviour and productivity. ISBN 0-89838-079-0 February 1982 POLITICAL EQUILIBRIUM 256 pp. Cloth $29.00 edited by P.C. Ordeshook, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. USA and K.A. Shepsle, Washington University, Washington, DC, USA Studies in Public Choice Equilibrium is the pivotal concept in analytical political science. The essays in the first section of this volume outline the conceptual controversies that derive from a focus on equilibrium and disequilibrium. The second part of the book undertakes a critical examination of theories of equilibrium and disequilibrium, and describes both their limitations and their possibilities. The third section provides a broad sampling of the ways equilibrium analyses are employed to study political processes, events, and concerns: political inequality and its consequences, sophisticated behaviour in plurality voting systems, safety regulation, and political candidates. ISBN 0-89838-072-3 March 1982 224 pp. URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY by lsao Orishimo, Toyoshi University of Technology Studies in ·Applied Regional Science Cloth $35.00 The purpose of this monograph is to clarify the effect of environmental change on urbanization processes. The research attempts to uncover the similarities as well as the differences in environmental effects on cities and metropolitan areas during the process of industrial development. Over the years people have switched from an almost exclusive concern for material consumption to a greater interest in environmental problems and the quality of life. The research in this monograph investigates the cause-effect relationship of these characteristics of recent population movement in terms of the influence .of environmental degradation in metropolitan areas. ISBN 0-89838-080-4 March 1982 Kluwer • Niihoff books are available from your bookseller. or from Kluwer Boston, Inc. 190 Old Derby Street Hingham, MA 02043 ~· '' 192 pp. Outside North America. order from your local bookseller. or from : Kluwer Distribution Center P.O. Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht The Netherlands Cloth $30.00 168 I College & Research Libraries • March 1982 ofinformationNeedsand Uses, 1976-79. Centre for Research on User Studies (CRUS), Occa- sional Paper no.5. Sheffield, England: Univer- sity of Sheffield, 1981. 66p. ISBN 0-906088-04- 6. ISSN 0140-3834. Council of Planning Librarians, Bibliographies 60-67. Chicago: Chicago Public Library, 1981. Price range $4-$11. ISBN 0-86602-060-8, -061- 6,-062-4,-063-2,-064-0,-065-9,-066-7,-067-5. No.60: Nonindustrial Private Ownership Stud- ies: A Bibliography; 61: Public Involvement in Environmental Decisionmaking: An Annotated Bibliography; 62: Light Rail Transit in Canada: A Selected Bibliography, 1970-1980; 63: Inter- preting the Urban Milieu: A Bibliography; 64: A Bibliography for the Study of Natural Resource and Environmental Conflict; 65: Alternatives to Institutionalization of the Aged: A Resource Guide; 66: Recreational Reuse of Abandoned Railroad Rights-of- Way: A Bibliography and Technical Resource Guide for Planners; 67: Rent Control in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. De Lerma, Dominique-Rene. Bibliography of Black Music, Volume 2: Afro-American Idioms. Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood, 1981. 220p. $29.95. LC 80-24681. ISBN 0-313-23144- 3. Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: 1980. Ed. by Karen L. Rood, Jean W. Ross, ~nd Ri- chard Ziegfield. Detroit: Gale, 1981. 334p. $66. LC 81-4188. ISBN 0-8103-1600-5. Directions for the Decade: Library Instruction in the 1980s. Ed. by Carolyn A. Kirkendall. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pierian Pr., 1981. 174p. $14.95, cloth. LC 81-80191. (Papers presented at the Tenth Annual Conference on Library Orienta- tion for Academic Libraries at Eastern Michigan University, May 8-9, 1980.) Education for Work in Technological University Libraries. V .13. IATUL Proceedings. Ed. by Nancy Fjallbrant. Chalmers University of Tech- nology Library, Goteburg, Sweden: IATUL, 1981. 95p. ISSN 0018-8476. Euster, Joanne R. Changing Patterns in Internal Communication in Large Academic Libraries. OMS Occasional Paper no.6. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 1981. 21p. Sent free to ARL members, SPEC sub- scribers, members of Association of American Library Schools. 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