College and Research Libraries 190 College & Research Libraries professional association. The chapter also contains a discussion of professional be- havior in the public sector in which ethics loom greater than merely "staying out of trouble." The issue of enforcement is most effective, the author's maintain, when there is a written code that has been agreed upon by members of the profes- sion, where there is appropriate education of members and those studying to be members of the profession, and where there is sufficient peer-group pressure to enforce the precepts of the code. It should be noted that an excellent, se- lect bibliography appears at the conclu- sion of the work along with an index. Professional Ethics and Librarians can be read with profit by all who consider them- selves professional librarians. The work is particularly useful for those librarians ed- ucating future librarians and to those in- volved in revising the current ALA "Statement on Professional Ethics. 11 It will certainly be the source to consult for anyone involved in studying the profes- sional ethics of the library profession in the United States.-Larry A. Kroah, Uni- versity Library, Indiana University of Penn- sylvania. University Libraries in Developing Coun- tries: Structure and Function in Regard to Information Transfer for Science and Technology: Proceedings of the IFLA/ Unesco Pre-Session Seminar for Librari- ans from Developing Countries, Mii.n- chen, August 16-19, 1983. Ed. by An- thony J. Loveday and Gunter Gattermann. Miinchen: K. G. Saur, 1985. 183p. (IFLA Publications, V.33). $20. ISBN 3-598-20397-7. These fourteen papers cover well the wide range of development issues faced by university libraries in developing coun- tries, from a variety of perspectives. Many of the papers specifically address the ma- jor focus of the seminar-information transfer for science and technology. The remainder, while not directly addressing this focus, concentrate on related develop- mental issues that are of crucial impor- tance to information transfer regardless of the discipline. All of the papers were writ- ten by experts addressing the issues both from firsthand experience as well as in tel- March 1986 · lectual endeavor. Only two contributors come from outside the developing world (United Kingdom and West Germany) while the remainder come from a repre- sentative cross-section of the developing · world (Barbados, Brazil, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Thailand, and Zambia). Two introductory papers are followed by three parts in which papers are ar- ranged by theme: Part 1, "Acquisitions, 11 Part 2, "Information Technology," and Part 3, "Training." As with many IFLA seminar publication, summaries of confer- ence discussion follow each paper. A list of sixteen ''Recommendations and Reso- lutions" growing out of the seminar con- cludes the work. It is important to evaluate this collection from the perspective of two potential · groups of readers: those in the developed world attempting to understand aspects of international and comparative librari- anship and those in the developing world attempting to accomplish development goals in their libraries. For both groups this collection is an important contribution to the literature since it goes beyond merely explaining the concerns, needs, and problems of development and de- scribes possibilities for development as well as achievement, sometimes against considerable obstacles. Papers are fre- quently very well paired. For example, S. W. Massil's "New Information Tech- nologies Available in the Industrialised World" (p.ll0-18) is followed by H. T. Lim's ''Choosing the Moment: A Review of the Organisational Problems and Changes Arising out of Conversion to Computerised Systems" (p.l19-34). The broad perspective of what is available is, therefore, followed by the practical exam- ple of the development of MALMARC at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. The important role university libraries in the developing world play in national development can sometimes be over- looked by nonlibrarians making crucial funding decisions. This collection of pa- pers is recommended not only for library and information professionals but for those outside of the field concerned with Third World development because of the link it presents between national develop- ment and university library devel- opment.-David L. Easterbrook, University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago. Jones, Ken H. Conflict and Change in Li- brary Organizations: People, Power and Service. London: Clive Bingley, 1984. 274p. $19. ISBN 0-85157-367-3. Libraries have not served as the play- grounds of organizational theorists. In- creasingly, however, as researchers begin to recognize libraries as complex social in- stitutions interacting with a dynamic envi- ronment, and as library administrators broaden their understanding of the key concepts of organizational development, the library as an organization will be sub- ject to expanded and fruitful analysis. The work of Ken Jones (Leeds Polytechnic School of Librariali.ship) significantly pro- motes this process. Its British perspective and theoretical focus complement well the recent survey published by Lowell Mar- tin, Organizational Structure of Libraries (Scarecrow, 1984). This is an excellent book-thorough but not burdensome in its description of the ,. J~ Recent Publications 191 classic theories of organizations, insight- ful but not obtuse in its analysis of library developments, and provocative in its con- clusions and recommendations for future research. Jones targets the library practi- tioner and students of librarianship and organizational theory as his audience. His objective is to provide a systematic and critical evaluation of organizational theo- ries in terms of their "practical sig- nificance." This should contribute to the creation of the ''knowledgeable and ever- compassionate participant-observer'' who will be better able to "devise reme- dial and developmental strategies" for li- braries. The first three chapters introduce the bureaucratic systems and human- resource perspectives on organizational theory, focusing in particular on their ana- lytical, prescriptive, and cumulative char- acteristics. The balance of the book inte- grates this theoretical framework with questions of organizational climate and culture, staff attitudes and satisfactions, and management style. The result is a sig- nificant addition to the "reader's concep- Concentrated ... Condensed ... Compact. .. No matter how you say it, smaller is better. 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