ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


44/C&RL News

N ew 
Publications

G e o rg e  M . E berha r t

B la c k  A m e ric a n a  P ost­
card Price Guide: A Cen­
tury o f History Preserved 
on Postcards, by J. L. Mash- 
burn (351 pages, O ctober 
1995), is more than a price 
guide for collectors— it offers 
hundreds o f exam ples o f 
postcards p u b lish ed  b e ­
tween 1895 and 1980 that 
portray the social history o f 
African Americans. Many o f 
the images are demeaning 
racial stereotypes that would 
be unthinkable today. Oth­
ers depict famous athletes and entertainers, 
black soldiers, convicts, and families attending 
church. A  catalog like this one is a good  re­
minder o f how  valuable postcards can be as 
historical documents, especially since some 
photographs (including a lynching in 1908) 
w ere published only as postcards. $19.95 (plus 
$3 00 handling). Colonial House, P.O. Box 609, 
Enka, NC 28728. ISBN 1-885940-01-7.

H u b b le  V is io n : A s t r o n o m y  w i t h  th e  
Hubble Space Telescope, by Carolyn Collins 
Petersen and John C. Brandt (252 pages, N o­
vember 1995), tells the Hubble story from first 
launch in 1990 to its refurbishing in 1993. The 
real stars o f the mission are the spectacular pho­
tographs the telescope made and which are 
presented in detail here. Planets, star clusters, 
and supernovae are shown here in detail never 
previously seen, as w ell as such exotic objects 
as black holes, active galactic nuclei, peculiar 
stars, and optical jets. A  glossary helps to bring 
scientific terms into focus. Never seen two gal­
axies collide? Hubble Vision has a photo. Re­
member Jupiter’s collision with a comet in 1994? 
See the scars close up, all for only $39.95. Cam­
bridge University Press, 40 W. 20th St., N ew  
York, N Y  10011-4211. ISBN 0-521-49643-8.

J u d ith  S a rg e n t M u r r a y : H e r F irst 1 0 0
Letters, edited by Marianne Dunlop (118 pages, 
July 1995), contains the first 100 o f more than 
2,000 letters to friends and family written by 
Murray, an 18th-century Boston essayist and

George Eberhαrt is editor and compiler o f T he 
W h o le  Library H a n d b o o k s  (ALA, 1991, 1995). He 
was editor of C & R L N e w s  fro m  1980 to 1990.

perhaps the first feminist 
theorist. The letters she cop­
ie d  in to  20 v o lu m e s  o f  
leather-bound letterbooks 
sat for 160 years in a private 
library in Natchez b efo re 
th ey w e re  red is c o v e re d . 
They document American 
life during the Revolutionary 
W a r and co n ta in  her 
thoughts on how  the new 
nation might redefine social 
v a lu es. $39.95. Sargent 
House Museum, 49 Middle 
St., Gloucester, MA 01930.

L ib r a r y  P a tro n s  a n d  th e  L a w , by Arlene 
Bielefield and Lawrence Cheeseman (142 pages, 
October 1995), outlines the constitutional and 
statutory rights o f library users. Chapters cover 
the First Amendment, the right to receive infor­
mation and ideas, the right to privacy, freedom 
o f information (sunshine) laws, copyright, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act, codes o f eth­
ics, censorship, and patron rules o f conduct. 
Relevant cases like Board o f  Education v. Pico 
are discussed in plain language. $35.00. Neal- 
Schuman Publishers, Inc., 100 Varick St., N ew  
York, N Y  10013. ISBN 1-55570-132-9.

The O x f o r d  series o f dictionaries continues 
with pictorial C h in e s e -E n g lis h  (July 1995, 
$21.95, ISBN 0-19-582785-6), Ita lia n-E n g lish  
(July 1995, $19.95, ISBN 0-19-864517-1), and 
E nglish (September 1995, $17.95, ISBN 0-19- 
861311-3) dictionaries, as w ell as pocket En­
g lis h -L a t in  (July 1995, $1 1 .9 5, ISBN 0-19- 
864228-8) and En g lish -R u ssia n (August 1995, 
$11.95, ISBN 0-19-864526-0) dictionaries. Con­
tact Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave,, 
N ew  York, N Y  10016.

The R u b b e r S ta m p  S o u rc e b o o k : A  C om ­
plete Guide to Images, Projects, Resources, 
by David Ward (334 pages, O ctober 1995), 
showcases some 3,000 copyrighted rubber- 
stamp images and explains h ow  to use rubber 
stamps to enhance letters and postcards, book­
marks, personal checks, office memos, and 
wrapping paper. Special techniques such as 
embossing, sponging, masking, and eraser carv­
ing are also described. The author provides 
comprehensive lists o f rubber stamp stores, mail



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order catalogs, suppliers, 
and clubs (fo r those w ild 
rubber stamp collectors), as 
well as a useful bibliogra­
phy o f books, videos, and 
m agazines. $19.95 (plu s 
$4.00 shipping). Cornuco­
pia Press, 4739 University 
Way N.E., Suite 1610-B, Se­
attle, W A  98105. ISBN 0- 
9641445-0-6.

T e m p le  o f  L i b e r t y :  
Building the Capitol for a 
New Nation, by Pam ela 
Scott (159 pages, July 1995), 
accompanied the Library o f 
Congress exhibition in 1995 
to commemorate the bicen­
tennial o f the U.S. Capitol building. Many rare 
drawings and prints held by LC were assembled 
for the occasion, along with documents and 
artifacts from other institutions that shed light 
on the design and construction o f the Capitol. 
Scott, w h o served as guest curator for the col­
lection, describes the symbology that went into 
the building, the design competition, and fea­
tures o f the dome, rotunda, porticoes, wings, 
and extension. A  bibliography and photographic 
catalog o f objects accompany the text. $21.95. 
Oxford Univ. Press, 198 Madison Ave., N ew  
York, N Y  10016. ISBN 0-19-509858-7.

W a s h in g to n  O n lin e : H o w  to  Access th e  
Government’s Electronic Bulletin Boards, 
by Bruce Maxwell (340 pages, April 1995), o f­
fers detailed information on nearly 200 federal 
bulletin board systems (BBSs). Each listing pro­
vides v o ic e  and data telep h on e numbers, 
FedWorld gateway numbers, availability o f a 
manual, time restrictions, background, and ba­
sic features and structure. Some o f the more 
interesting places are: the Environmental Pro­
tection Agency’s Online Library System, Tele­
phone Time for Computers, and the Hay Loca­
tor Service. $19.95. Congressional Quarterly 
Books, 1414 22nd St., N.W., Washington, DC 
20037. ISBN 1-56802-000-7.

A related reference is The In te rn e t G u id e  
f o r  th e  Legal R e se a rch e r, by Don MacLeod 
(306 pages, February 1995), which (after the 
obligatory Internet overview  for newbies) lists 
and describes law-related listservs, talk and chat 
servers, gophers, online state resources, W eb 
sites, and law libraries. Practical and succinct

advice. $50.00 (plus $6.00 
shipping). Infosources Pub., 
140 Norma Rd., Teaneck, NJ 
07666. ISBN 0-939486-34-2.

W h o ’ s W h o  in  R ussia 
and the CIS Republics, 
edited by Vladimir M orozov 
(328 pages, February 1995), 
p resen ts b io g ra p h ie s  o f  
m ore than 1,000 political 
leaders, military command­
ers, scientists, religious fig­
ures, entrepreneurs, and 
others from the former So­
viet Union. An introduction 
explains the intricacies o f 
the Commonwealth o f Inde­
pendent States, and appen­

dices offer access by profession, government 
affiliation, honors or awards, and publications. 
$60.00. Henry Holt and Co., 115 W. 18th St., 
N ew  York, N Y  10011. ISBN 0-8050-2691-6. ■

(ACRL cont. fro m  page 10)
academic librarians as leaders. An advisory 
committee has already been appointed to de­
velop the infrastructure for the center, and some 
exciting programs are in the developmental 
stages.

ACRL is engaged in a major cooperative 
project with the Middle States Association o f 
Colleges and Schools, the Western Accrediting 
Commission for Senior Colleges and Universi­
ties, and the American Association o f Higher 
Education to collect data for the purpose o f 
documenting practices o f schools in integrat­
ing information resources and technologies in 
higher education curricula across the United 
States. In addition to surveying the institutions 
in the six accrediting regions, a series o f “best 
case” workshops was held and others are 
planned, a journal article is being written, and 
the American Council o f Education is publish­
ing the results o f the study in book form.

S h a re  y o u r  id e a s  w it h  us
These are just the highlights o f a number o f 
tangible projects in the works at ACRL. Watch 
C&RL News for updates on our progress and 
remember, the Strategic Plan is a living docu­
ment. Be sure to send us your ideas and com­
ments on how  to make ACRL an effective orga­
nization that meets your needs. ■