ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 119 tory from Louisiana State University. From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the library of the University of Alabama. H e was in Guatemala City, Rio de Janeiro, and San José, Costa Rica, as librarian with the U.S. Information Service from 1950 to 1954. He then worked in the library of Louisiana State University and was associate library director at Texas A&M University before coming to Washing­ ton in 1967. Woodward was a consultant to th e Ford Founda­ tion for the National Engineering University Librar­ ies in Lima, Peru, in 1966. He had also been active in the Special Libraries Association and the Col­ umbia Historical Society. P u b lica tio n s NOTICES • Available Pay Survey Reports: An Annotated B ib lio g ra p h y , e d ite d by S te p h e n L a n g e r (3 volumes, 1980), is an exhaustive listing of reports on professional and non-professional salaries in every conceivable employment situation. Indexes to sur­ vey sources, geographic areas, types of employers, and job titles make the set very useful in locating source material. Volume 1 ($95) deals with U.S. pay surveys; Volume 2 ($40) w ith U.S. Federal govern­ m ent surveys; and Volume 3 ($45) with non-U.S. surveys. The set is available for $150 from Abbott, Langer & Associates, P.O. Box 275, Park Forest, IL 60466; (312) 756-3990. • Basic Preservation Procedures, SPEC Kit #7 0 (116 pages, January 1981), provides many examples of programs and procedures for the care and protec­ tion of library materials that can be im plem ented by libraries w ithout specially-trained staff. This is the third ARL SPEC Kit to result from the March 1980 SPEC survey on preservation. The kit is available to ARL m em bers and SPEC subscribers for $7.50 and to others for $15 (plus $2 handling charge), prepay­ ment required, from SPEC, OMS/ARL, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N .W ., Washington, DC 20036. • Career Patterns o f Women Librarians with Doctorates, by Doris C. Dale (28 pages, D ecem ber 1980), has been published as Occasional Paper No. 147 of the University of Illinois Graduate School of 120 Library Science. The paper may be ordered for $3, prepayment required, from the Graduate School of Library Science, Publications Office, 249 Armory Building, 505 E. Armory St., Champaign, IL 61820. • A Checklist and Union Catalog o f Holdings o f M ajor Published Library Catalogs in M ETRO Li­ braries, by George Thompson (65 pages, 1980), has been published as METRO Miscellaneous Publica­ tion No. 27. The checklist includes entries for 351 catalogs of major United States libraries published in the last 20 years. A copy may be ordered for $10 ($15 if invoice is required) from the New York Met­ ropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, 33 W. 42d St., New York, NY 10036. • A Key to Abbreviations o f Bibliographic Terms in Foreign Languages Used in AACR2, by Hans H. Wellisch (1981), serves as an explanation and trans­ lation of the list of bibliographic terms in Appendix B9-12 of AACR2 which may be abbreviated under certain conditions. The guide is available for $1.50 (plus 75¢ postage and handling) from the University Book C enter, Student Union Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. • Members o f Congress: A Checklist o f Their Papers (217 pages, 1981) has been compiled by John J. McDonough and Marilyn K. Parr. This list pro­ vides ready access to the collections of papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division which deal with members of Congress, w hether a single signa­ ture or 214 containers of papers. The document may be obtained for $9 from the Superintendent of D ocum ents, U.S. G overnm ent Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. • A catalog of the 25th anniversary exhibition of the founding of the Departm ent of Rare Books and Special Collections in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, entitled Twenty- Five Tears (28 pages, November 1980), can be ordered for $3 from the Fisher Library, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5. A U D IO V IS U A L NOTICES • The Chicago Union Catalog o f Religion and Theology has been completed by the m em ber li­ braries of the Chicago C luster of Theological Schools and the University of Chicago Library. The catalog’s format is 24x negative microfiche. The main body consists of nearly 460,000 entries representing the holdings of the Cluster Libraries, and the religion holdings of the University of Chicago and Newberry Libraries. For further information, contact Hedda D urnbaugh, C luster Library Program D irector, 1100E. 5 5 th S t, Chicago, I L 60615;(312)667-3500, Ext. 266. • Welt im Film 1945-1950 has been published as a microfiche catalog of the Imperial War M useum’s holdings of material from the Anglo-American news­ reel screened in occupied Germany after the Second World War. The catalog covers almost 300 films and is provided on a single 42x reduction computer- output microfiche. The first issue of the newsreel was screened ten days after VE Day; screening was compulsory in every th eater in the British and American Zones of occupied Germany until the c re a tio n of th e G erm an F e d e ra l R epublic in September, 1949. Copies are available from the Im ­ perial War Museum, Lambeth Rd., London, Eng­ land SE I 6HZ. ACRL’S FAST JOB LISTING Looking for a job? Our Fast Job Listing will send you job postings received at ACRL headquar­ ters four weeks before they appear in C&RL News. The Fast Job Listing Service also contains advertisements which, because of narrow application deadlines, will not appear in C &RL News. The ACRL office prepares a Fast Job Listing circular at the beginning of each month and mails it to subscribers first class. The circular contains all job announcements received during the previous four weeks. The cost of a six-month subscription is $5 for ACRL members and $10 for nonmembers. You may enter your subscription below. 121 RECEIVED (Selected items will be reviewed in future issues of College & Research Libraries. • In honor of the centennial year of the first C ut­ ter author num ber table, ALA has published Book Numbers: H istory, Principles, and Applications (1980, $7.50 paper) by Donald J. Léhus. The book is divided into two parts: a history of th e evolution of author numbers in the nineteenth century, and a manual for assigning book numbers. • ALA has also issued a new edition of Fun­ dam ental R eference Sources (1980, $12.50) by Frances Neel Cheney and Wiley J. Williams. Fun­ damental Reference Sources is designed as a text­ book for a basic reference course. • Another view of reference books is offered by Pierian Press’ Reference Sources, 1980 (Volume 4, $65), a bibliographic record of th e year’s reference book production. Reference Sources indexes the re­ views of reference materials from nearly 600 library and non-library related journals. • A distinguished group of international experts address the concerns, issues, and practices of Cata­ loging and Classification o f Non-W estern Material (Oryx Press, 1980, $18.50), edited by Mohammed M. Aman, Dean of the School of Library Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. • Forest Press, the publishers of the Dewey D e­ cimal Classification, have issued the Proposed Revi­ sion o f 780 Music Based on Dewey Decimal Clas­ sification and Relative Index, (1980) as a separate for testing by music librarians. The publishers will au­ thorize its inclusion in a future unabridged edition only after the library profession has had the oppor­ tunity to study and react to it. • A new title in the McGraw-Hill Series in Li­ brary Education is Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction (1981, $18.95) by Lois Mai Chan. Chan is also the author of the recently issued third edition of Im m roth’s Guide to the Library o f Con­ gress Classification. • Online Searching: An Introduction (Butter- worths, 1980, $31.95) by W. H. H enry et ah, which evolved from a seminar in Britain on online biblio­ graphic searching, is designed for both managers and searchers. The authors all have wide experience in online searching, and w ere active in its develop­ ment in the U nited Kingdom. • The third edition of Science and Engineering Literature: A Guide to Reference Sources, by H. Robert Malinowsky and Jeanne M. Richardson, is now available from Libraries U nlim ited ($22.50 cloth; $14.50 paper). This 1980 edition has been completely rew ritten and updated to include pu b ­ lications and new editions that appeared since 1976. • Volume 3 in the Foundations in Library and Information Science series is The Microform Rev­ olution in Libraries (Jai Press Inc., 1980, $26.50) by Michael R. Gabriel and Dorothy P. Ladd. The Mi­ croform Revolution surveys the developm ent of mi­ crophotography and early applications in libraries, microformats, com puter output microfilm, library materials in microform, library acquisition of micro­ forms, performance, and establishment of a micro­ form facility. • Video Discs: The Technology, the Applications and the Future (Knowledge Industry Pubs., 1980, $29.95), by Efrem Sigel et ah, “presents an informa­ tive account of what video discs can do, their rela­ tionship to other information/communications tech­ nologies, and the economic forces that may help or hinder acceptance of discs in the institutional and consumer markets.” • Supervisory and Middle Managers in Libraries (Scarecrow Press, 1981, $12) by Martha J. Bailey utilizes th e a u th o r’s own studies and m aterial selected from the literature of business and library management to examine the roles of middle and supervisory managers in a library setting. • Knowledge Industry Publications extols The Cable/Broadband Communications Book, Volume 2, 1980-1981 as “a complete reference work and source book on all aspects of the complex cable industry.” The book is arranged in four parts: own­ ership and regulatory framework; local needs and services; impact of the satellite on pay, non-pay, and public service programming; and the cable/compu- ter connection. The Cable/Broadband Communica­ tions Book is available for $29.95. • “The developm ent of larger networking activ­ ities from local library automation and the impor­ tance of technical compatibility and standards to 122 assure effective networking” are discussed by Susan K. Martin in her edition of Library Networks, 1981- 82, published in January by Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc. Library Networks is available for $29.50; $24.50 softcover. • Progress in Communication Science, Volume II (1980) brings together state-of-the-art reviews “each focusing on one or more of the following areas: in­ formation, information transfer, and information systems; the uses and effects of communications; and the control and regulating of communications and information.” Progress in Communication Sci­ ence, the second in an annual series, is available from Abelex Pub. Corp, for $32.50. C alendar M a y 7- 8—ARL: Annual conference, Association of Re­ search Libraries, New York. Contact: ARL, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 232-2466. 8— O CLC: “ O CLC: P resent and F u tu re —The Users’ P erspective,” sponsored by th e Illinois OCLC Users Group, Chicago Public Library Cultural C enter. Fee: $35 for IOUG members, $50 non-members. Contact: Adrian Jones, Direc­ tor of Libraries, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605; (312) 341- 3640. 8-9— Archives; Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, University of Pittsburgh. Contact: Frank A. Zabrosky, 363 Hillman Library, Uni­ versity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 624-4430. 14-15— L ibrary Assistants: “The New Technologies and the L/MTA,” Annual East Coast Conference, Council on Library/Media Technical Assistants, University of the District of Columbia. Contact: Audrey V. Jones, Learning Resources Division, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Con­ necticut Ave., N.W ., Washington, DC 20008. 21-22— Serials: “Conference on the Impact of Se­ rials in Collection D evelopm ent,” sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Libraries and held at the Sheraton Airport Inn, Oklahoma City. Topics include management of the serials budget, serial microform collections, serial use studies, and national cooperation efforts. Speakers include H erbert White, David Stam, Robin Downes, and Roger Hanson. Registration closes May 1. Fee: $55. Contact: Rodney H ersberger, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Norman, OK 73019; (405) 325-2611. 29— Subject Headings: “Library of Congress Sub­ ject Headings: The New Edition and F uture Trends,” Rutgers Graduate School of Library and Inform ation S tudies, New Brunsw ick, New Jersey. Contact: Jana Varlejs, Rutgers GSLIS, 4 Huntingdon St., New Brunswick, NJ 089Ò3; (201) 932-7169. 29-June 4— Medical Libraries: Annual conference, Medical Library Association, Montreal. Contact: MLA, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 266-2456. June 1-August 14— Catholic University Seminars: The School of Library and Information Science of Catholic University of America, Washington, D .C ., will offer seven seminars and courses for optional graduate credit. Topics include: “Insti­ tute on the Library and Political Process,” June 1-12, $360; “Institute on In-House Collections M aintenance,” June 4—20, $410; “The Economics of Information, ” June 22-July 31, $375; “Seminar on Public Relations,” July 9-11 and August 8-9, $310; “Institute on Federal Library Resources,” July 13-24, $375; “Institute on Library Network­ ing,” July 27-August 7, $375; and "Intensive Online Workshop for Library Educators,” August 3-14, $400. Contact: School of Library and In­ formation Science, Catholic University of Amer­ ica, Washington, DC 20064; (202) 635-5085. 9—12— C anada: C anadian L ibrary Association, annual conference, Hamilton, Ontario. Contact: Canadian Library Association, 151 •Sparks St., Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5E3; (613) 232-9625. 10- 11—O nline D atabases: “F ederal Databases: Identification, Evaluation and Access,” held at th e A m erican U niversity, W ashington. Fee: $190. Contact: Lowell H. Hattery, C enter for Technology and Administration, American Uni­ versity, Washington, DC 20016; (202) 686-2513. 10-12—Indexing: “Indexing in Perspective: Tradi­ tional to Computerized Retrieval Systems,” a seminar sponsored by the National Federation of Abstracting, and Indexing Services at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel. Emphasis will be placed on relating indexing developments of the past 20 years to the library and information science fields. Fee: $245 for NFAIS mem bers, $295 for non-members. Contact: NFAIS, 112 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102; (215) 563-2406. 13-18— Special Libraries: Annual conference, Spe­ cial Libraries Association, Atlanta. Contact: Spe­ cial Libraries Association, 235 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10003; (212) 477-9250. 24-26— Energy Sources: “Online and Otherwise: Energy and Environm ent Information,” seminar sponsored by the National Federation of Abstract-