ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 75 Publications N O T IC E S • The Association of Research Libraries has published 76 United Statesiana, a catalog re­ cording the Bicentennial exhibition mounted for the association’s October 1976 meeting in Washington, D.C. This distinguished retrospective on 200 years of American scholarship was compiled by Dart­ mouth College Librarian Edward C. Lathem. The catalog contains facsimile title pages from the 76 works in the exhibition plus commen­ tary by distinguished Americans on each field of scholarship represented. Authors in the vol­ ume include former President Gerald R. Ford, Chief Justice Warren Burger, John Kenneth Galbraith, the presidents of a number of his­ torical, professional, and other scholarly organi­ zations, Art Buchwald, Terrence Cardinal Cooke, Gene Tunney, and a number of ARL librarians. In part, ARL published this catalog in an ef­ fort to encourage libraries throughout the na­ tion to reproduce the exhibition. Librarians will find that catalog pages serve handsomely as annotations for volumes displayed. Books cho­ sen for the exhibition are primarily standard titles that should be available in most library collections. This fine example of typography by the Stinehour Press is available for $7.50 in hard­ cover, $5.75 in paperback prepaid ($6.50 and $4.75 for ARL members). Copies may be or­ dered from the Association of Research Li­ braries, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. • “Employee Organization and Collective Bargaining in Libraries,” an issue of Library Trends, volume 25, no. 2, considers what has happened in the last decade since union orga­ nizing in libraries began. Edited by Margaret A. Chapin, the issue is intended as a state-of- the-art review of organizing and collective bargaining in libraries. Copies are available at $4.00 each from the Subscription Dept., University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL 61801. • The Fall 1976 issue of Phaedrus, A Jour­ nal of Children’s Literature Research, volume HI, no. 2, focuses on management of special collections of children’s literature. Copies are available at $6.00 each from Phaedrus, Box 6161, Boston, MA 02208. Both issues of volume III ( on children’s literature re­ search collections in the United States) are available for $9.00. • The National Directory of Chicano Fac­ ulty and Research, compiled and edited by Reynaldo Flores Macias and Dr. Juan Gomez- Quinones, assisted by the Bibliographic Re­ search and Collection Development Unit, Chi­ cano Studies Center, University of California at Los Angeles, has been published by Aztlan Publications, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 91024 ( 141p„ $10.00 cloth; $7.00 paper). Completed in 1975, the directory contains the names of more than 1,400 outstanding Mexican-American and Mexican scholars and researchers in various disciplines, particularly that of Chicano Studies. It is the result of sev­ eral years of effort to assemble a comprehen­ sive list of faculty and researchers in the U.S. • The Haworth Press announces that its quarterly newsletter, the De-Acquisitions Li­ brarian, has been changed to a journal format under a new title and new editor. Starting with Volume I, No. 3, the periodical will be published under the name Collection Management. The new journal will publish full- length research and programmatic articles deal­ ing with collection management defined broadly, including acquisitions, stack-thinning, discard policies, no-growth collections, budget allocation, optimizing collection growth, sec­ ondary storage, etc. For information on manu­ script requirements, write to: Prof. Richard Trueswell, Ph.D., Editor, Collection Manage­ ment, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Op­ erations Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002. For information on sub­ scriptions, write to: The Haworth Press, 174 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010. • Publication of A Descriptive and Biblio­ graphic Catalog of the Circus and Related Arts Collection at Illinois State University has been made possible by a happy conjunction of forces by the university, the library, the private press of a friend of the library, and the Illinois State University Foundation. The foundation provid­ ed an interest-free loan for the materials. Rob­ ert Weigel, who earns his living as professor of zoology, designed, composed, and printed the book at his Scarlet Ibis Press during evenings, weekends, and most of a summer. A sabbatical leave enabled Robert Sokan, special collections librarian, to compile the catalog. The collection has been described by Raymond Toole-Stott, compiler of the four-volume Bibliography of the Circus, as “by far the most complete in any university in the States.” Copies of the catalog are available from Rare Book Room/Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State Uni­ versity, Normal, IL 61761, for $30.00. 76 • The Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries’ Office of University Library Manage­ ment Studies has issued a new kit. SPEC Kit Number 30 on Support Staff and Student Assistants in ARL Libraries contains a variety of documents describing the role of support staff and student assistants in ARL li­ braries. Some of the types of documentation in­ cluded are position descriptions, guidelines and forms used in performance evaluation and job audits, and union contracts pertaining to these personnel. Requests for copies of these kits should be sent to the Office of University Library Man­ agement Studies, Association of Research Li­ braries, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. The cost to ARL members and SPEC sub­ scribers is $7.50 for each kit and $15.00 to others. Information about SPEC subscriptions and standing orders is available from Nancy Zeidner, SPEC Coordinator, at the above ad­ dress, (202) 232-8656. • The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science has just released No. 125 in its series of Occasional Papers, The Acquisition of Maps and Charts Published by the United States Government. In this paper, author Jane M. Low, science and documents reference li­ brarian at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, discusses the acquisition and availability of maps distributed by various agencies of the U.S. government. Included in the list of issuing bodies are the Departments of Commerce, De­ fense, Agriculture, Transportation, the Federal Power Commission, Central Intelligence Agen­ cy, and others. Examples of the types of maps issued by each office are given, and ordering information is included whenever possible. In addition to a discussion on what types of maps are available and where, Ms. Low an­ swers questions concerning the need for maps and charts and their value as reference tools. In the section on current selection tools, sev­ eral bibliographic sources are cited which list those maps currently available in various gov­ ernment agencies. Although numerous acquisi­ tion or selection tools are available for maps, discussion here focuses on those commercial or general government sources of current federally published maps. Another helpful section pro­ vides guidelines for the selection and evaluation of maps. Numbers in the Occasional Papers series are available from: Publications Office, Graduate School of Library Science, 249 Armory Bldg., University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820. Single copies are $2.00 each; subscriptions are available on an annual basis for $7.00 and cover a minimum of five issues per year. • Librarians and library users in the New York City area can identify locations of subject collections of periodicals in science, technology, and medicine through a valuable new pub­ lished census. The METRO Census of Scien­ tific and Technical Periodicals 1976 lists about 200 periodical subject categories from acoustics to zoology. For each subject the census gives the number of periodicals located at each of the eleven participating New York and New Jersey libraries. Librarians can use the census to assess strengths and weaknesses in their own collec­ tions, identify periodical resources elsewhere when their own institutions introduce new aca­ demic programs, and develop cooperative plans for acquisitions and shared use. The 18-page, 8)2-by-ll-inch publication can also serve as a guide to librarians who want to compile a similar regional census on any group of sub­ jects. Prepaid orders at $4.00 a copy (as long as the supply lasts) will be filled by: METRO, 11 W. 40th St., New York, NY 10018. • The premiere issue of Abstracts of Popu­ lar Culture: A Quarterly Publication of Inter­ national Popular Phenomena has just appeared. It covers the popular culture field in a wide variety of periodicals, many of which are not indexed elsewhere, and also in unpublished papers of various conferences. (A special ser­ vice is a clearinghouse maintaining copies of those papers which are made available on microfilm from the APC office.) Abstracts, ei­ ther informative (30-150 words) or indicative (1-30 words), are arranged by author ( or title if author is not given) with title, subject, and periodical indexes. For subscription information contact Bowling Green University Popular Press, Bowling Green, Ohio. • Pergamon Press has introduced a new newsletter, Micropublishing of Current Periodi­ cals. The newsletter is the first of its type in the micropublishing industry that will offer current information on new trends in microform pub­ lishing of periodicals, both academic and popular. It can serve as a guide to microform librari­ ans, as one method of keeping up with periodi­ cals that become available in microform from all publishers. Micropublishing of Current Periodicals, edit­ ed by J. Frank Highsmith, will be published quarterly and distributed without charge to in­ terested publishers and offered to the general public and all libraries at a cost of $5.00 per annum. Suggestions from librarians for this quarterly publication will be welcomed and should be ad­ dressed to Mr. J. Frank Highsmith, Pergamon 77 Press, Inc., Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523. • Business Information Sources, by Lorna M. Daniells, chairman of the Reference De­ partment of the Baker Library, Harvard Uni­ versity Graduate School of Business Adminis­ tration, has been published by the University of California Press. It was planned to replace Edwin C. Coman’s Sources of Business Infor­ mation (2d. ed.› 1964), the standard reference work. The first half analyzes the various types of general business sources available. The second half considers the literature of business management. Each chapter lists the major handbooks, texts, bibliographies, abstracts, dic­ tionaries, loose-leaf services, statistical compila­ tions, periodicals, and directories comprising source material in its respective area. A de­ tailed index provides access by subject, author, and title to the facts presented in its pages. Business Information Sources is available for $14.95. RECEIVED • Akeroyd, Joanne V. Alternatives, A Guide to the Newspapers in the Alternative Press Col­ lection in the Special Collections Department of the University of Connecticut Library. 2d ed. Storrs, Conn.: Univ. of Connecticut Li­ brary, 1976. 128p. • Alfred William Pollard: A Selection of His Essays. Compiled by Fred W. Roper. Me­ tuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1976. 252p. $10 (LC 76-25547) (ISBN 0-8108-0958-3) • Anders, Mary Edna. Libraries and Library Services in the Southeast: A Report of the Southeastern States Cooperative Library Sur­ vey, 1972-1974. University: University of Ala­ bama Press, 1975. 263p. $10 (LC 75-44140) (ISBN 0-8173-9705-1) This survey focuses on the library resources and needs of the southeast region and includes libraries and library-related agencies in Ala­ bama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Eight aspects of library resources and services are examined: geographical or other definition of area served, financial support, ma­ terials held, personnel, personnel practices, types of service extended, types of people served, and physical quarters and equipment. Prepared by the Southeastern Library Associa­ tion, the survey is intended to provide a data base for regional planning for library develop­ ment and for cooperative action on the part of librarians. • Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 11. Edited by Martha E. Williams. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Information Science, 1976. 457p. $28 for ASIS members, $35 for nonmembers (LC 66- 25096) (ISBN 0-87715-212-8) (ISSN 0066- 4200) • A Bibliography of Latin American The­ atre Criticism, 1940-1974. By Leon F. Lyday and George W. Woodyard. Austin, Texas: Uni­ versity of Texas at Austin, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1976. 243p. (LC 76-45126) (ISBN 0-292-70717-7) • Bloomberg, Marty, and Evans, G. E d­ ward. Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians. 3d ed. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1976. 298p. $10 (LC 76- 43294) (ISBN 0-87287-125-8) • Borchardt, Dietrich Hans, and Horacek, John I. Librarianship in Australia, New Zea­ land and Oceania: A Brief Survey. Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon, 1975. 80p. $6.50 (ISBN 0-08- 019920-8) • The Business of Publishing; A P W An­ thology. With an introduction by Arnold W. Ehrlich. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1976. 303p. $11.95 (LC 76-42195) (ISBN 0-8352-0893- 1) Contains 45 of the most provocative and im­ portant articles that have appeared in Publish­ ers Weekly over the past five years about best-sellers, production techniques, authors and editors, and the economics of publishing. • A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library, Mss. 1907-2340. Comp, by E. G. Bill. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976. 379p. $55 (ISBN 0-19-920079-3) • Children’s Authors and Illustrators; An In­ dex to Biographical Dictionaries. Edited by Denis LaBeau. Detroit: Gale, 1976. 172p. $15 (LC 76-23534) (ISBN 0-8103-1078-3) This is a master key to sources of biograph­ ical information on children’s authors and illus­ trators. Contains 17,686 biographical sketches of 10,000 different children’s authors and illus­ trators. Emphasis on this century. • Cumulative Index to the Annual Cata­ logues of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Publi­ cations, 1922-1972. Compiled by Ruth Matte­ son Blackmore. Washington: Carrollton, 1976. 2v. $165 (LC 76-26730) (ISBN 0-8408- 0141-6) This HMSO index was produced by merging 23 existing indexes into a single alphabetical se­ quence. All entries refer to page and entry numbers in the Annual Catalogues which are available from the publisher on microfilm. A detailed “User’s Guide” explains the system in detail. There is also a very useful introduction by James G. Olle explaining the scope of the 78 indexing. In effect it is a mini-introduction to HMSO publications. (The 51 HMSO Annual Catalogues are available on 6 reels of 35mm or 16mm microfilm for $118.50.) • Doyle, James M., and Grimes, George H. Reference Sources: A Systematic Approach. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1976. 293p. $10 ( LC 76-7080) ( ISBN 0-8108-0928-1) • Grogan, Denis. Science and Technology: An Introduction to the Literature. 3d ed. rev. London: C. Bingley; Hamden, Conn.: Linnet Books, 1976. 343p. $12.50 (LC 76-43272) (ISBN 0-208-01534-5) The third edition of this widely used text­ book shows considerable revision from its pred­ ecessor, published four years ago. The book is of primary value for student librarians and a useful introduction for librarians practicing in the field of scientific information. • Iacone, Salvatore J. The Pleasures of Book Collecting. New York: Harper and Row, 1976. 303p. $11.95 (LC 76-9194) (ISBN 0-06- 012141-6) This is a “how-to” book of essays for both ex­ perienced and novice book collectors. Aids for the collector include a glossary, a list of abbre­ viations, and the membership list of the Anti­ quarian Booksellers Association of America. • The Information Age: Its Development, Its Impact. Edited by Donald P. Hammer. Me­ tuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1976. 290p. $10 (LC 76-10603) (ISBN 0-8108-0945-1) • Information, Politics: Proceedings of the AS1S Annual Meeting. Comp, by Susan K. Mar­ tin. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Information Science, 1976. 176p. $14 for ASIS members, $17.50 for nonmembers (LC 64- 8303) (ISBN 0-87715-413-9) (ISSN 0044- 7870) • Inventories and Registers: A Handbook of Techniques and Examples: A Report of the SAA Committee on Finding Aids. Chicago: So­ ciety of American Archivists, 1976. 37p. $2 for SAA members, $4 for nonmembers. This handbook distills the essence of current practices in North American archival and man­ uscript repositories in the preparation of find­ ing aids. Four years in preparation, the hand­ book was a project of the Society of American Archivists’ Committee on Finding Aids. It is based on a survey of more than 400 archives and manuscript institutions throughout the country which showed wide variations in manu­ script registers and records inventories because of the intended use of the several parts or sec­ tions and the terminology used in the finding aids. • Johnson, Elmer D., and Harris, Michael H. History of Libraries in the Western World. 3d ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1976. 360p. $10 (LC 76-25422) (ISBN 0-8108-0949-4) • Kemp, D. Alasdair. The Nature of Knowl­ edge: An Introduction for Librarians. London: Clive Bingley; Hamden, Conn.: Linnet Books, 1976. 199p. $10 (LC 76-28343) (ISBN 0-208- 01528-0) This work attempts to identify the compo­ nents of knowledge and the process of commu­ nication. Intended primarily for student librar­ ians, the hook shows how the functions of li­ braries evolve from the nature of knowledge, its communication and interpretation. • Langefors, Borje, and Samuelson, Kjell. Information and Data in Systems. New York: Petrocelli, 1976. 124p. $14.95 (LC 76-40028) (ISBN 0-8840-349-0) Provides an introduction and elementary un­ derstanding of data as the means of represent­ ing information. Surveys problem areas in the design of information systems in terms of the need for information within an organization. Useful for data base managers in libraries. • Robinson, Thomas E. The Teacher: Key to Library-C entered Instruction. Norman, Okla­ homa: The Library-College Associates, Inc., 1976. 104p. (LC 76-40059) (ISBN 0-917706- 01-3) This is the first of a semiannual booklet series which will discuss all facets of library-college thought. • Shapiro, Cecile, and Mason, Lauris. Fine Prints: Collecting, Buying and Selling. New York: Harper and Row, 1976. 256p. $10.95 (LC 76-9200) (ISBN 0-06-013853-X) This book considers every aspect of collect­ ing original prints. It includes a complete glos­ sary, lists of foreign museums with print collec­ tions, print dealers in North America, brief de­ scriptions of books about prints, and other vital information on collecting, buying, selling, stor­ ing, and verifying. • Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin. Current Status of East Asian Collections in American Libraries, 1974- 1975. Washington, D.C.: Association of Re­ search Libraries, Center for Chinese Research Materials, 1976. 67p. (LC 76-43535) • Voices from the Southwest: A Gathering in Honor of Lawrence Clark Powell. Gathered by Donald C. Dickinson, W. David Laird, and Margaret Maxwell. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northland Press, 1976. 159p. $12.50 (LC 76-26769) (ISBN 0-87358-157-1) This volume of Southwestern studies in­ cludes art, prose, and poetry by individuals whose lives and work have been touched by Lawrence Clark Powell. Included also are a comprehensive checklist of materials published by Powell in the past decade and a chronology of the many finely printed keepsakes Powell has commissioned for friends and family through the years. ■■