ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries October 1988 / 627 PUBLICATIONS • Americans & World Affairs: A Guide to Organi- zations and Institutions in Northern California, edited by Marguerite Green (235 pages, 2d ed., August 1988), lists more than 700 Bay Area organi­ zations working in some way on America’s role in world affairs. In addition, it analyzes 79 indepen­ dent sector organizations in depth, providing a brief history of the group and information on legal status, funding, geographic and problem areas ad­ dressed, current priorities, programming, types of members, perspective on world politics and strat­ egy of work, and publications. Cross-reference guides and several appendices make this a very use­ ful regional reference tool. Copies may be obtained for $11.00 from the World W ithout W ar Council, 1730 Martin Luther King Jr. W av, Berkeley, CA 94709. •The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, edited by Robert K. Barnhart (1,284 pages, May 1988), presents, with a minimum of abbreviations and technical terminology, the origin and evolution of 30,000 words basic to contemporary American E n ­ glish. The editors have used information contained in standard scholarly resources, consulted the Barnhart quotation files, drawn from research done for The Middle English Dictionary at the Uni­ versity of M ichigan, and added numerous new American coinages (such as “yuppie” and “mo­ dem”) and recent changes in American vocabu­ lary. Sources and dates of first occurrence are given w here known for the m ajor meanings of each word. The editors give the first English occurrence of “ lib r a ry e ” as a p lace co n ta in in g books, in Chaucer’s translation of Boethius’ D e Consolatione Philosophiae. Glossaries in the back of the book de­ fine language names and linguistic terms and pro­ vide a short description of literary works cited in the etymologies (so that the user will understand such sources as Cynthia’s Revels and Have With You to Saffron-W alden). Copies are available for $59.00 from the H. W . Wilson Company, 950 Uni­ versity Ave., Bronx, NY 10452. ISBN 0-8242-0745- 9. • C ivil E ngineering Practice: Volume 2, H y- draulics/Mechanics (780 pages, August 1988) is the second in a five-volume encyclopedia of civil engi­ neering theory and practice. This volume, which presents the efforts of 39 contributing international specialists, is divided into six sections: hydraulics and open channel flow; flow in pipes; flow with bed load; mechanics and solid mechanics; fluid mechanics; and solid-fluid interaction. Accompa­ nying the text are hundreds of data tables, dia­ grams, and other schematics. Extensive references provide a detailed guide to the literature on each topic. Each volume costs $165, and the set retails for $750 (all five should now be available). Con­ tact: Teehnomic Publishing C o ., 851 New Holland Ave., Box 3535, Lancaster, PA 17604. ISBN 0- 87762-546-8. • Collection Developmen t: Options fo r Effective Management, edited by Sheila Corrall (155 pages, August 1988), contains the papers delivered at a conference of the Library and Inform ation R e­ search Group held at the University of Sheffield in 1987. Topics range from strategies and techniques of collection management to national issues and initiatives. Copies may be ordered for $34.00 from Taylor Graham (Publishing), Suite 187, 12021 Wiìshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025. ISBN 0-947568-25-5. •High er Education and the Public Trust: Im- proving Stature in Colleges and Universities, by Richard L. Alfred and Julie Weissman (147 pages, August 1988), has been published as A SH E-ER IC Higher Education Report, no. 1987-6. The authors define stature as the “aggregate of positive percep­ tions and representations held by specific individ­ uals, groups, and publics in reference to particular characteristics and/or performance attitudes pro­ jected by colleges and universities over tim e.” The report contains specific suggestions on how institu­ tions can enhance their stature using techniques of strategic assessment, allocation of resources, out­ comes assessment, and image management. One notes with interest that the only entry in the index dealing with libraries is “library size.” The cost is $10.00. Copies may be ordered from A SH E-ER IC Higher Education Reports, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036-1183. ISBN 0- 913317-41-1. •Library Development and Fund Raising Capa- bilities, SPEC Kit no. 146 (117 pages, July-August 1988), provides an overview of current fund raising and development strategies in ARL libraries. The kit contains the results of two surveys, staffing and organization documents from 10 institutions, five examples of presentations and activity reports, five examples of targeted gift campaigns, eight exam­ ples of general campaign and endowment materi- October 1988 / 629 als, and a selected reading list. SPEC kits are avail­ able for $20.00 (prepaid) from SP E C , Office of Management Services, 1527 New Hampshire A ve., N.W ., W ashington, D C 20036. •A L iving D inosaur? In Search o f Mokele- M bembe, by Roy P. Mackal (340 pages, 1987), de­ scribes the expeditions to the Likouala region of the Republic of the Congo led by the author, a Univer­ sity of Chicago biochemist. Reports by natives of large, amphibious animals encouraged Mackal to mount the expeditions, which, although they did not result in a capture, uncovered considerable evi­ dence that one or more species of reptile resembling a sauropod dinosaur awaits discovery in the Con­ golese swamps. A scholarly analysis of a scientific mystery, the book will be of interest to zoological and Africana collections. Copies are available for $24.95 from W .S . Heinman, Inc./ E .J. Brill, 1780 Broadway, Suite 1004, New York, NY 10019. ISBN 90-04-08543-2. Another book on African wildlife, also published by E .J . Brill, is Lena Godsall Bottriell’s King C hee­ tah: T he Story of the Quest (241 pages, 1987), which recounts the 1978 fieldwork in southern Af­ rica th at led to the discovery of a new race of striped cheetah that has evidently adapted to a woodland and thornbush habitat. Also $24.95 and available from the same address. ISBN 9 0 -04 - 08588-2. •New Horizons fo r the Information Profession: Meeting the Challenge o f Change, edited by Hilary Dyer and G w yneth Tseng (225 pages, August 1988), contains the papers presented at the annual conference of the Institute of Inform ation Scien­ tists, University of W arw ick, 1987. Topics covered include: corporate information systems, applica­ tions and implications of technology, and the social and professional implications of technology. The book may be ordered for $34.00 from Taylor G ra­ ham (Publishing), Suite 187, 12021 W ilshire Bou­ levard, Los Angeles, CA 90025. ISBN 0-947568-32- 8 . • Online Search Services in the Academic Li- hrary: Planning, Management, and Operation, by Janice F . Sieburth (331 pages, August 1988), is in­ tended as a guide for managers or coordinators of online search services in academic libraries. It cov­ ers planning and organization, beginning at the preliminary stage as an online services proposal is prepared, continues through the establishment of the service to the expansion of services and the se­ lection of database systems for patrons to do their own searching. Chapters include the management tasks, the responsibilities of searchers, and the pro­ cedures manual that guides the operation and en­ sures consistent patron service. Copies are avail­ able for $30.00 from ALA Publishing, 50 E . Huron S t., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0490-4. •Protecting Engineering Ideas ò_ Inventions, by Ramon D . Foltz and Thomas A. Penn (223 pages, 1987), provides an overview of patents, copyrights, secrecy agreem ents, outside disclosures, outside consultants, and trademarks that will be useful to researchers and inventors in engineering as well as in other fields. One very useful section deals with methods of obtaining patent inform ation. The manual costs $42.00 and may be ordered from the Penn Institute, P .O . Box 41016, Cleveland, OH 44141. ISBN 0-944606-02-4. • Striking Research Gold (35 pages, 1988) is a booklet that lists the special collections holdings of C alifornia’s independent colleges and universities. Published by C a lifo rn ia P riv ate A cadem ic L i ­ braries (CAL/PALS), the listings are based on a survey that attempted to identify m ajor collections capable of supporting m ajor research projects; manuscript collections; extensive collections of au­ thors, literary genres, and particular subject m at­ ter; non-profit collections of a significant nature; and other unique collections. Bibliographic access has been indicated for each of the 42 libraries de­ scribed. Copies may be ordered for $5.00 (plus $.90 handling, payable to CAL/PALS) from the D ean’s O ffice, Gleeson Library, University of San F ra n ­ cisco, San Francisco, CA 94117. • Science in Cinem a: Teaching Science Fact Through Science Fiction Films, by Leroy W . Du- beck, Suzanne E . Moshier, and Judith E . Boss (185 pages, 1988), analyzes ten prominent science fic­ tion films (including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and T he Androm eda Strain) ac­ cording to scientific fact and misinformation. Use­ ful as a textbook for non-science undergraduate students, the authors hope to cultivate an interest in physical science through sensible discussions of these films. For example, a serious, two-page dis­ cussion of hypothetical gigantism by mutation in ants follows the plot synopsis for Them ! Capsule Civil W ar diaries sought For a monograph and exhibition on David M cN eely Stau ffer (1 8 4 5 -1 9 1 3 ), who served three separate Union enlistments in the Civil W ar, I am searching for his diaries for the latter two of those enlistments. His personal diary for the first enlistment (Company E , Second Penn­ sylvania Infantry, September 1 2 -2 5 , 1862) is in the collection of Franklin and Marshall Col- lege. Photocopies of the diaries for his other two enlistments— Independent Battery I, Pennsyl­ vania Light Artillery, June 1 5 ,1 8 6 3 , to January 6 ,1 8 6 4 , and the U .S. Navy, on the U.S. Alexan­ dria, 1st District, Mississippi Squadron, Febru ­ ary 11, 1864, to August 24, 1865— are required to compare dates with Stauffer’s autobiography and resolve inconsistencies. The confidentiality of the present owners will be respected. — Edith A nderson Rights, L ib ra ria n , M ontclair A rt M useum, South Mountain and Bloomfield Ave­ nues, P.O . Box 1582, M ontclair, N J 07042; (201) 746-5555. 630 / C&RL News descriptions of 24 additional films are also in­ cluded. Copies are av ailab le for $15.95 from Teachers College Press, C olum bia University, 1234 Am sterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027. ISBN 0-8077-2915-9. • The University Software Resource Guide has been produced by Computer Learning Month (see boxed item on p.605) in partnership w ith EDU- COM. It contains information to help college fac­ ulty get started using or expanding their use of com­ puters in instruction. The guide has four sections: an introduction to using and developing software for instruction in higher education; abstracts of faculty-developed software recognized by EDU- COM; abstracts of sponsor companies’ software appropriate for university use; and abstracts of m a­ jor software directories, review groups, and other key sources of inform ation on higher education software. The guide is available free of charge in college bookstores and libraries or for a $3.00 ship­ ping and handling charge from: Com puter Learn­ ing Month, P.O. Box 60967, Palo Alto, CA 94306­ 0967. • The Zip/Area Code Directory, compiled by Ruth Marks (47 pages, 1988 ed.), is a very useful tool for people who make or receive many long­ distance telephone calls. The booklet is in two parts: part one is a numerical list of zip codes with corresponding telephone area codes (so that when you finally decide to call the person who wrote you months ago on letterhead that omitted a phone num ber, you don’t have to play guessing games with the telephone book); and p art two is a num er­ ical list of area codes with the corresponding state or province and its largest city (so that when you return a call from a particular area code you can choose to do it at such a time when the other party is neither at lunch or still asleep). Copies may be or­ dered for $3.95 (plus $1.00 handling) from Pilot Books, 103 Cooper St., Babylon, NY 11702. ISBN 0-08576-083-X. ■ ■ THE CLASSIFIED ADS Deadlines: Orders for regular classified advertisements must reach the ACRL office on or before the second of the month preced­ ing publication of the issue (e.g. September 2 for the October issue). If the second falls on a weekend, the deadline is the following Mon­ day. 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