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also a book that demands to be argued 
with, doubted, and wrestled with: for 
indeed, that kind of greeting is the 
highest form of respect that a university 
can, or at least should, condition us to 
offer our most learned colleagues.-
James J. O'Donnell, University of Pennsyl-
vania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

SHORT NOTICES 

Educating Black Librarians: Papers 
from the 50th Anniversary Celebra-
tion of the School of Library and In-
formation Sciences, North Carolina 
Central University. Ed. by Benjamin F. 
Speller, Jr., Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 
1991. 158 p. alk. paper, $28.50 (ISBN 0-
89950-574-0). LC 90-53526. 
The title of this collection of sixteen 

papers conveys the significance of the 
occasion that brought it forth. The title 
does not, however, convey the scope of 
this work, which is the ongoing struggle 
of African Americans for equal opportu-
nity and status in the professions gener-
ally, and in librarianship in particular. 
Especially informative are E. J. Jossey 
(''The Role of the Black Library and In-
formation Professional in the Informa-
tion Society: Myths and Realities"), 
Joyce C. Wright and Margaret Myers in 
two papers on issues relating to minority 
employment in libraries, and Kathryn C. 
Stevenson on the remarkable career of 
Annette Lewis Phinazee, the first 
woman and the first African American to 
get a Ph.D. in Library Science at Colum-
bia. This volume is a timely reminder of 
the ways in which libraries share the 
legacy of American racism, and it con-
veys a sense of the will and energy of 
those who have committed themselves 
to overcoming it. (Stephen Lehmann) 

University and Society: Essays on the 
Social Role of Research and Higher 
Education. Ed. by Martin Trow and 
Thorsten Nybom. London: Jessica 
Kingsley, 1991. 251 p. $60 (ISBN 1-
85302-525-9). 
The volume is, in effect, a Festschrift for 

Eskil Bjorklund, retiring director of the Re-
search on Higher Education Program at the 
Swedish National Board of Universities 

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