College and Research Libraries 388 College & Research Libraries represented ''a most significant recogni- tion by all three organizations of a com- mon concern with the vitally important theme ''The national provision and use of information,'' and that an examination of the conference program would reveal ''the essential and underlying unity of many of the concerns and preoccupations of Aslib, the Institute and the L.A." As would have been the case had we sponsored here a miniature and repre- sentative conference of SLA, ASIS, and ALA, a number of presentations were made which dealt with a variety of sub- jects. The majority of the more than fifty papers published in the proceedings hover around the major conference theme and several subthemes which include ''In- formation Provision," "User Needs, Wants and Demands," and "Changes and Constraints." Special interest groups, for example, the Public Libraries Research Group, also contributed papers or sponsored workshops of interest to their respective members. For the most part, the papers are of high quality and treat with lucidity, historical perspective, and depth the major concerns of the field. It is significant that no segment of the field was ignored or considered unimportant and that the role played, for example, by the school library, is accorded its proper and rightful recognition alongside the contribution of the online system. The closing session of the conference featured a comprehensive and thought- provoking presentation by D. J. Foskett on the theme "Professionalism and the Fu- ture" and also one by Sir Montague Fin- niston, past president of Aslib, on the theme of ''Information for a Dynamic Economy.'' An index to the proceedings, compiled by L. J. Taylor, allows access to the main and subordinate topics of the conference and undoubtedly enhances the value of the proceedings. Fractionalization and disunity within our field have been major concerns of some of the leaders of our national and in- ternational library and information sci- ence organizations. Enormous expendi- tures of professional time and effort have been devoted in the past to divide rather than unify our field. Our British col- September 1983 leagues are to be congratulated for their clarity of vision, industry, and political ex- pertise in setting an example for others to follow-/ruing M. Klempner, State Univer- sity of New York at Albany. Priorities for Academic Libraries. Ed. by Thomas}. Galvin and BeverlyP. Lynch. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982. 106p. $7.95 LC 81-48572. ISBN 0-87589-897-1. This slender volume was designed to bridge the gap created by the ''benign ne- glect" of academic administrations, the audience for whom the ten authors were asked to write. While the contributions of Millicent Abell and Jacqueline Coolman on person- nel, Patricia Battin on preservation, and Russell Shank on changes in user expecta- tions are very good, there are weak chap- ters on collection development and re- source sharing, and nothing on libraries within the academic organizational struc- ture or on physical problems in old or large library systems. Further, the specu- lative chapter by the president of Clarkson College of Technology asserts that "li- braries as such will not last as long as books" and "most college libraries at present are large study halls." Would I buy and give this to my presi- dent to help education on the more com- plex library issues that we face? I have de- cided not to. The price is right. The text is clear. It reads easily, and was well assem- bled by the two editors. Yes, there is excel- lent advice from Ms. Battin, useful thoughts from Richard Talbot on financing, some good insights in the Abell-Coolman piece, yet I do not see that it is, overall, the set of messages that would help me work with my administration on tough library is- sues that we face together. A unique contribution is made by Wil- liam Moffett, the Azariah S. Root Director of Libraries at Oberlin College. Moffett's assignment was to state "what the aca- demic librarian wants from administrators and faculty.'' I am not aware of a compara- ble statement anywhere else, certainly not in a concise eleven pages. While every aca- demic librarian would have his or her own set of messages on such a topic, Moffett based his on "scores of thoughtful let- Authority Control. Because 70% of AACR2 changes concern names, we now offer this sophisticated service to painlessly convert name headings. Our authority control services update head- ings, correct spelling and capitalization errors, correct MARC tags and delimiters, create cross references and eliminate blind cross references. The few exceptions which cannot be corrected automatically are reviewed in context by experienced Blackwell authority control editors who apply appropriate changes. Then we produce your catalogs on fiche, film or paper or we deliver a tape copy of your revised file. 390 College & Research Libraries ters 11 from professional associates which produced a clear consensus-and it was 11 not in the first instance financial. 11 Be- sides outstanding personal characteris- tics, the expectations were for a genuine understanding of the library's missions in higher education, a clearer recognition of the librarian's acceptance as a peer in the educational enterprise, and a reliable flow of communication and consultation. As this volume asserts, and as Moffett quoted President W. Robert Parks of Iowa State University, the library's needs ''must become the shared concern of every scholar and every department on this campus, we must each of us make it our own individual business." To this statement, Moffett and each library direc- tor in the country will say, amen.-David C. Weber, Stanford University. Strategies for Meeting the Information Needs of Society in the Year 2000. Comp. by Martha Boaz. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1981. 197p. LC 81-11751. ISBN 0-87287-249-1. Projecting future trends and developing strategies for solving perceived library and information science problems has been a major preoccupation of many a writer in our field. Frequently, however, such projections have been narrow in scope in the sense that they encompassed only specific technologies, dealt only with specific media, specific types of informa- tion services, specific institutions, or re- flected the unique vantage points of single individuals. Moreover, the projections of- ten lacked the essential interconnections or syntheses required for the integrated assessment of both the sociopolitical and technological factors affecting the future provision of information services. Martha Boaz, research associate at the Center for the Study of the American Ex- perience at the Annenberg School of Com- munications and former dean of the Grad- uate School of Library Science, University of Southern California, has done an admi- rable job in selecting and organizing a number of manuscripts which, in their to- tality, provide an excellent overview of the information problems that we may en- counter in the not too distant future. Plan- September 1983 ning is suggested and solutions are of- fered which are available to us now and will be available to us in the decades ahead. Fourteen manuscripts (two of which are reprints) emphasize major aspects of in- formation technology, overall user needs, information economics, networking, le- gal, social, ethical, and regulatory issues. The contributed papers deal in depth with one or more aspects of such topics as tele- communications and value systems (R. Byrne, J. E. Ruchinskas), information and productivity (V. E. Giuliano), user needs and societal problems whose resolution require information services (B. Nanus, P. Gray, J. Naisbitt), library and information service networks, including political, le- gal, and regulatory factors (A. F. Trezza, R. Turn, H. L. Oler, R. Weingarten, P. Zurkowski), the role of the author in the information society (W. I. Boucher), and expected advances in computer, video, and communications technology (H. S. McDonald, M. Boaz). Through judicious selection and grouping of the contribu- tions, by providing also an introductory review paper, biographical sketches of the authors, and by also providing a summary of conclusions and recommendations, the compiler has made the volume coherent and valuable. In publishing this worthwhile contribu- tion to the literature of the field of library and information science, it is regrettable that the publisher prints this legend on the verso of the title page: "No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written per- mission of the publisher.'' Were we to ad- here fully to this spurious admonition, our present and future information needs would hardly be met.-Irving M. Klempner, State University of New York at Al- bany. Stevens, Norman D. Communication throughout Libraries. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1983, 195p. $14.50 cloth. LC 82-10502. ISBN 0-8108-1577-X. In 1981 theARL'sOfficeofManagement