ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries June 1984 / 317 features a full-screen editor and uses variable- length records containing MARC-tagged variable- length fields. The database may be searched by au­ thor, title, call number, or order number. The cost is $895. An operating manual and a demonstration version of the program are available separately. Contact: Small Library Computing, 837 Twining Road, Dresher, PA 19025; (215) 884-1722. ■ ■ PUBLICATIONS Notices ♦ The 18th Annual Report of the National En- dowmentfor the Humanities contains brief descrip­ tions of NEH programs and policies, and a com­ plete list of all NEH grants, entered by the division and program in which they were funded, for fiscal year 1983. Single copies are available from the NEH Public Affairs Office, Room 409, 1100 Penn­ sylvania Avenue, N .W ., Washington, DC 20506. 9 The Assistant/Associate Director Position in ARL Libraries, SPEC Kit #103 (100 pages, April 1984), reports on the varying responsibilities, qual­ ifications, and m anagem ent styles of the senior manager position. The kit contains survey results, documents concerning the position from eight li­ braries, and a short list of readings. Single copies may be purchased for $15, prepaid only, from the SPEC Center, Office of Management Studies, As­ sociation of Research Libraries, 1527 New H am p­ shire Avenue, N .W ., Washington, DC 20036. 9 The Comet Halley Handbook: An Observer’s Guide will undoubtedly be in demand as the fa­ mous comet becomes visible to the naked eye in 1985-1986. The handbook provides a current orbit of the comet th at includes observations through January 1983; the expected behavior of the comet in terms of brightness, coma diameter, and tail lengths; observing conditions for the comet; histor­ ical, physical, orbital, and ephemeris data from 1982 to 1987. It may be ordered for $4.75 from D ep t. 36-EN , S u p erin ten d en t of D ocum ents, Washington, DC 20402 (033-000-00892-9). • The Directory o f Public Domain (and User- Supported) Software for the IBM Personal Com­ puter (109 pages, January 1984) catalogs hundreds of public domain programs already available for the IBM PC. O ther user-supported program s, those which the authors distribute with a request for a donation, are also listed. Programs are listed for word processing, communications, DOS and BASIC utilities, games using color graphics, Pas­ cal, spreadsheet templates, RAM disks, and others. Copies are $4.95 from the PC Software Interest Group, 1556 Halford Ave., Suite 130, Santa Clara, CA 95051. ISBN 0-915835-01-0. • “Documenting America”: Assessing the Condi- tion of Historical Records in the States, edited by Lisa B. Weber (72 pages, 1984), summarizes the findings and recommendations of historical rec­ ords assessment and reporting projects completed in nearly two dozen states in 1982-1983 with grants from the National Historical Publications and Rec­ ords Commission. These projects, carried out by State Historical Records Advisory Boards, an a­ lyzed the condition of historical records program ­ ming in four areas: state government records, local government records, historical records reposito­ ries, and statewide functions and needs. The Na- Seed information no longer scattered Science and horticulture librarians will be pleased to note th at the Council on Botanical and H orticultural Libraries is planning to pub­ lish a comprehensive list of locations for both old an d c u rre n t seed catalo g s. A lthough ephemeral, seed catalogs contain much valu­ able research information for agricultural his­ torians. The Council’s list, developed with the cooperation of the National Agricultural Li­ brary, will direct researchers to nursery and seed companies, nurserymen, historical soci­ eties, museums, and libraries th at have such collections. If your have or know about a collection of seed or nursery catalogs and have not yet re­ ceived a questionnaire from the Council, con­ tact: June Rogier, Co-Chairman, CBHL Nur­ sery and Seed Catalog Project, P.O. Box 39, Chanhassen, MN 55317. PLAIN AND SIMPLE O ur physical size and financial strength —necessary to make and honor commitments— indicate the successful working relationships we have with thousands of libraries worldwide. But the plain truth is, simply, that it is our sensitivity to your unique requirements, and our flexibility in providing an exhaustive and relentless effort for total customer service that is our real strength. We want to work with you—to help you provide exceptional patron service, which is your strength. We can help. Write today— P.0. Box 1943 Birmingham, AL 35201 (205) 991-6600 Telex: 78-2661 June 1984 / 319 tional Association of State Archives and Records Administrators secured a grant from the NHPRC to hold a conference of project managers in Atlanta in June 1983 and to engage four consultants to sum­ marize the state reports. The consultants’ summar­ ies, together with the recommendations for action delivered at that conference, make up “Document­ ing Am erica'. To request a copy, contact Bruce W. D earstyne, NASARA Executive D irector, New York State Archives, Room 10A75, Cultural Edu­ cation Center, Albany, NY 12230. • Leaders in American Academic Librarianship, 1925-1975, edited by Wayne A. Wiegand (419 pages, 1983), has been published by ALA as Beta Phi Mu’s sixteenth chapbook. It contains 15 essays on prominent academic library leaders written by 15 different historians under a grant from the Council on Library Resources. The librarians cov­ ered are: R obert B. Downs, C harles H arvey Brown, Blanche P. McCrum, Keyes Metcalf, Louis Round Wilson, Ralph Ellsworth, Ralph Shaw, Robert Vosper, William S. Dix, Maurice Tauber, Guy Lyle, Lawrence Clark Powell, Stephen Mc­ Carthy, Lillian Baker Griggs, and Jerrold Orne. Six of these individuals have been presidents of ACRL. Copies are $50 from ALA Publishing Ser­ vices, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0- 910230-16-X. • Linking: Today’s Libraries, Tomorrow’s Tech- nologies (63 pages, March 1984) is the report of the C anadian Bibliographic and Com m unications Network Pilot Project (Canadian Network Papers, number 7). It marks the completion of a four-year effort undertaken by the National Library of Can­ ada to investigate options for building a nation­ wide, decentralized, and voluntary library and in­ fo rm a tio n n etw o rk as a vehicle to fa c ilita te resource sharing. Copies may be requested from the Publications Section of the Public Relations Of­ fice, National Library of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, O ttaw a, C anada K1A 0N4. ISSN 0226- 8760. • Managing Information As a Resource: The Key to Productivity in the Information Economy is a pamphlet written by Donald A. Marchand, direc­ tor of the Institute of Information Management, Technology and Policy at the University of South Carolina, for the Special Libraries Association. It persuasively describes the role of information spe­ cialists and librarians in U.S. businesses. Multiple copies may be requested from SLA, 235 Park Ave­ nue South, New York, NY 10003; (212) 477-9250. • Music Cataloging Policy in the General Li- hraries, by Judy Winslow (1984), has been pub­ lished as the University of Texas Contribútions to Librarianship, number 8. It contains guidelines for cataloging music scores and sound recordings and pulls together rule interpretations and changes re­ ported in the Music Cataloging Bulletin. Copies may be ordered for $15 (payable to the University of Texas at Austin General Libraries) from Publi­ cations, The General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box P, Austin, TX 78712. • Nucleotide Sequences 1984, the first interna- tional compendium of nucleic acid sequences, has been published as a supplement to the May 1984 is­ sue of Nucleic Acids Research. The compendium, which represents the databases of GenBank, the Genetic Sequence Data Bank, and the European M olecular Biology L aboratory Nucleotide Se­ quence D ata Library, contains nearly 3 million base pairs representing over 4,000 sequences. This includes virtually all sequences reported between 1967 and 1983. Sequences are categorized into mammalian, other vertebrate, invertebrate, plant, organelle, bacterial, structural RNA, viral, bacte­ riophage, and synthetic and reco m b in an t se­ quences. This 2-volume set may be ordered for $75 from IRL Press, Suite 907, 1911 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. • Part-Time Employment in America (83 pages, 1984) contains highlights of the first National Con­ ference on Part-Time Employment. Experts from business, congressional, union, academ ic, and non-profit association sectors describe the place of part-time workers in today’s labor force; the needs of older workers, women, and families for more work opportunities; and practical details on the cost of employee benefits for part-time workers. Copies may be ordered for $21.95 from the Associ­ ation of Part-Time Professionals, P.O. Box 3419, Alexandria, VA 22302. • Photographs at Harvard and Radcliffe: A Di- rectory, compiled by the Harvard Photo Curators G roup (83 pages, 1984), lists 50 repositories throughout the university—including academic departm ents, research facilities, museums, li­ braries, administrative offices, and archives—and briefly describes the photographic holdings of each. It records the existence of approximately 4.5 million photographs at the two institutions. Copies may be purchased for $7.50 from the Harvard Uni­ versity Library, Wadsworth House, Cambridge, MA 02138. • The SCOLMA Directory of Libraries and Spe- cial Collections on Africa in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, edited by H arry Hannam (184 pages, 4th ed., 1983) and sponsored by the Standing Conference on Library Materials on Af­ rica, spotlights 275 Africana collections in 16 coun­ tries. Entries in the directory are arranged by coun­ try, then by city within each country section. An index lists libraries, associated organizations, sub­ jects, countries, regions, types of m aterial, and named collections. Originally published by Hans Zell Publishers, an imprint of K.G. Saur, the direc­ tory may be ordered for $42 from Gale Research Co., Book Tower, Detroit, MI 48226. • The Third International Conference on User Education, Proceedings, edited by Peter Fox and Ian Malley (174 pages, 1983), reprints 18 papers read at the Conference, held at the University of Attention: Catalogers and Reference Librarians! T H E NTIS CORPORATE AUTHOI AUTHORITY LIST Trace Government Agency and Corpora­ tion Name Changes Through Comprehensive Cross References: • Current and Former Organization Names • NTIS 9 Digit ID Codes • Other Agency ID Codes • AACR2 Version of Organization Names • Some 35,000 Main Entries! • More than 25,000 Cross References! FIRST PRESS RUN COPIES NOW AVAILABLE AT $175 Per Copy SAMPLE ENTRY National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA. 055 665 000 (AACR2: United States, National Tech­ nical Information Service.) 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