College and Research Libraries 78 College & Research Libraries alongside history of science or history of art among scholarly disciplines, but it would be impossible to deny that the field is growing rapidly and has gained a histor- ical respectability for what was once dis- missed as mere antiquarianism. The program committee of the confer- ence and the editor of the proceedings de- serve high praise for assembling a stimu- lating and occasionally provocative collection. The essays include specialist studies such as the knotty printing history of English statutes from 1484-1640 (bril- liantly untangled by K. F. Pantzer) and a straightforward and comprehensive ac- count of English-language publishing in Germany in the eighteenth century. On the French side, there are papers by Hemi-Jean Mantin on publishing condi- tions in the ancien regime (curiously draw- ing many examples and parallels from outside the period), by Raymond Birn on censorship in France (1700-1715), and a general account by Frederic Barbier of the publishing industry in nineteenth- century France. Censorship and the de- velopment of copyright in eighteenth- century England are well treated by John P. Feather, as are the economic motiva- tions for innovation in the English and American book trade from 1819 to 1939 by James Barnes. The volume concludes with a brief survey by Paul Raabe of research opportunities for librarians in the fields of library history and history of books. To this reviewer the most provocative essay is Elizabeth Eisenstein's "From Scriptoria to Printing Shops,'' not for her account of the transition but for her specu- lative leap suggesting that the long revolu- tion might be ending in another revolu-: tion of copy centers, computers, and word processors "that very well may under- mine current notions of intellectual prop- erty rights and bring us close to the medi- eval experience of everyman serving as his own scribe" (p.40). Whither then histoire du livre? The volume includes a formal "State- ment on the History of the Book'' as en- dorsed by conference speakers and later by the Board of Directors of ACRL. Hard- pressed library administrators and other funding agencies will wistfully note the statement's plea for further support for January 1984 "basic projects as well as seminars, work- shops, and conferences on an interna- tional level." A brief review scarcely does justice to the richness of this collection (nor does the lack of an index). What comes across as most important is the growing interde- pendence of historian, bibliographer, so- ciologist, librarian, and literary scholar. To risk an outrageous generalization, one could say that the bibliographer's and cat- aloger's job is to find the right pigeonhole for a book or other publication; the scholar's job is to take it out of that pigeon- hole and put it in a new perspective or re- lationship. Obviously, the work is com- plementary and overlapping, but there remains a gap to be bridged-the bibliog- rapher's work has to be presented in ways more accessible and engaging to the histo- rian, while the historians could profit from a greater awareness of the contributions that bibliographers and historians of the book can make to their own work. Bibliog- raphy and histoire du livre are not ends in themselves, but avenues to greater histor- ical awareness, avenues that Carpenter's volume has helped pave.-David H. Starn, The New York Public Library. Sager, Donald J. Participatory Management in Libraries. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1982. 216p. $14.50 cloth . LC 82-783. ISBN 0-8108-1530-3. The purpose of this book is to ''review some of the common problems that both the supervisor and the employee face, from the perspective of a practicing library director, and demonstrate how participa- tory management might contribute as an alternative management background." Sager, who has extensive practical experi- ence in public library administration, is careful to note that this approach to man- agement is only one alternative among many and is not for all libraries, librarians, or situations. However, by following his suggestions and illustrations carefully, one can get a good picture of what does and doesn't work in various situations. The book could be used as a guide to edu- cate management and staff in their partici- pative management roles and also makes good use of case studies to illustrate points. The studies and their solutions l will also be useful to those seeking an- swers to management technique prob- lems. The work is meant to be a practical guide to participatory management in li- braries and is successful, to a point. The tenets of participative management must be accepted by the majority of supervisors and staff to be effective. Sager gives some hints on how this acceptance can be gained, but there is much more to be said on the subject. Maurice Marchant's work, Participative Management in Academic Li- braries (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pr., 1976), addressed the situation in academic libraries, but for persons seeking addi- tional insights about the technique, Rosa- beth Kantor's article, ''Dilemmas of Man- aging Participation,'' in the Summer 1982 issue of Organizational Dynamics (p.5-27), or Hersey and Blanchard's Management of Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human · Resources (4th ed.; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982) can be consulted. Nei- ther of the latter publications discuss par- ticipative management in the library envi- ronment, but they are helpful in gaining a . Recent Publications 79 deeper understanding of the subject. Sager's work contains a few typographi- cal errors, and the index should be more detailed. For example, it is annoying to try and find all the references to roles; discus- sions about them are not limited to the chapter on the subject. That minor frustra- tion aside, this is an informative work and an adequate introduction to participative management in libraries-its strengths and weaknesses. It is recommended for those librarians contemplating implemen- tation of participatory management and should be included in professional collec- tions of all library schools. It certainly is re- freshing to see a hardbound book in li- brary science that costs under $15.-John N. DePew, Florida State University, Tallahas- see. Union Lists: Issues and Answers. Ed. by Dianne Ellsworth. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pierian, 1982. 112p. $16.95. ISBN 0- 87650-141-2. The Future of Union Catalogs. Ed. by Donald Cook. New York: Haworth, Midwest Library Service You won't find more specialized service .. . anywhere College and university librarians: If there are gaps in services being rendered by your current library jobber, then Midwest Library Service may be what you're look- ing for. 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