College and Research Libraries A m e r i c a . His common-sense definitions o f the b i n d i n g responsibilities of a research li- brary will be useful on b o t h sides of the A t l a n t i c . T h e t r e a t m e n t of special libraries by Nor- bert Fischer is perhaps more v a l u a b l e for the description o f special library organiza- tions and individual libraries, especially in E u r o p e , than for an exposition o f adminis- trative principles. W h i l e certain b r o a d prin- ciples can apply to g e n e r a l research libraries in all countries, the details of o p e r a t i o n o f a medical library, for e x a m p l e , are somewhat different from those o f an art library. F o r this reason Alfons O t t ' s essay on the music li- brary will be more useful to music l i b r a r i a n s than Fischer's will be to o t h e r special li- brarians. Leyh's essay on shelving a n d call n u m b e r s reflects his broad knowledge of practices in o t h e r countries, a n d his decades o f successful a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a m a j o r research library c o m m a n d serious a t t e n t i o n to his words. T h o s e o f us who see forty thousand to o n e h u n d r e d thousand volumes a year p o u r i n g i n t o o u r stacks may live to regret the day that we d i d n ' t heed Leyh's warnings a b o u t classified a r r a n g e m e n t for the b u l k o f o u r holdings. Leyh's study of library statistical records involves definition a n d e x p o s i t i o n r a t h e r than analysis. T h e vagaries of library records are so confusing that the simple and practical a p p r o a c h is difficult even w i t h i n homoge- neous groups. Leyh urges consideration of large bodies of statistical data r a t h e r than isolated facts, separation of the f u n d a m e n t a l from the secondary, thoughtfulness in mak- ing comparisons. H e i n r i c h T r e p l i n a n d H i l d e b e r t K i r c h n e r study laws governing library use, acquisition a n d disposal o f u n n e e d e d books, copyright law (including policies on p h o t o g r a p h i c copying), a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l law (especially in c o n n e c t i o n with destruction a n d " l i b e r a - t i o n " by military action). L i b r a r y legislation in the U n i t e d States is generally studied in a m u c h n a r r o w e r sense (mainly covering laws on p u b l i c m u n i c i p a l a n d state-wide library service), a n d the b r e a d t h o f the T r e p l i n - K i r c h n e r approach deserves serious consid- e r a t i o n by authors of o u r manuals on re- search library a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . T h e late H u g o Andres Kriiss' c o n t r i b u t i o n on i n t e r n a t i o n a l aspects o f library work was copied verbatim from the first edition of the Handbuch ( I I [1933], 717-752), a n d Brey- cha-Vauthier covers the last three decades, i n c l u d i n g the d e v e l o p m e n t o f the interna- tional F e d e r a t i o n of L i b r a r y Associations, U N E S C O , i n t e r n a t i o n a l aspects o f documen- tation a n d standards, a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l li- braries (mainly of the U N ) . T h e c o n c l u d i n g c h a p t e r on library archi- tecture by L e y h a n d G e r h a r d L i e b e r s is o n e of the most v a l u a b l e in the e n t i r e work. As customary for all Handbuch essays, there is a significant a n d instructive historical intro- duction. Liebers, who has travelled in the U n i t e d States, gives a perceptive a n d critical analysis of t h e n u m e r o u s new buildings here in the last decade a n d a half, a n d he is a b l e to e x t r a c t some basic principles from o u r b r o a d e x p e r i e n c e , extensive theorizing, a n d exchanges of ideas. A t the same time he does n o t overlook new library b u i l d i n g s in o t h e r parts o f the world, a n d he is able to r o u n d out the historical a n d theoretical ma- terial in Leyh's section to form a b r o a d and c o h e r e n t s t u d y . — L a w r e n c e S. Thompson, University of Kentucky Libraries. Standards at Work The Sioux Falls College Library: A Survey. B y M a r k M . Gormley a n d R a l p h H . H o p p . Chicago: A L A , 1961. iii, 34p. $2.50. T h o s e f a m i l i a r with library surveys might consider this slim volume, at first glance, scarcely o f passing interest. S i o u x Falls Col- l e g e — c o e d u c a t i o n a l , l i b e r a l arts, d e n o m i n a - tional, e n r o l l m e n t 4 9 6 — i s typical o f hun- dreds of its genre. Its library is hardly u n i q u e (discouragingly), reflecting years o f semistar- v a t i o n : collections l a m e n t a b l y small, staff skeletal, b u i l d i n g i n c a p a b l e o f accommodat- ing foreseeable e n r o l l m e n t increases. T h i s r e p o r t is in turn typical (in the best sense) of what a college a d m i n i s t r a t i o n may e x p e c t u p o n r e q u e s t i n g a library survey un- der A L A auspices: a visit by a team o f able a n d e x p e r i e n c e d l i b r a r i a n s — h e r e , the execu- tive secretary o f A C R L , and the associate M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 7 3 d i r e c t o r o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a L i - b r a r i e s — w h o , f o l l o w i n g a few i n t e n s i v e days o f i n t e r v i e w i n g c a m p u s p e r s o n n e l a n d e x a m - i n i n g l i b r a r y c o l l e c t i o n s , p r o c e d u r e s , a n d physical p l a n t , w i l l p r o v i d e a n e x p e r t assess- m e n t o f s t r e n g t h s a n d weaknesses a n d c o g e n t g u i d e l i n e s b o t h f o r m e a s u r e s i m m e d i a t e l y de- s i r a b l e a n d f o r l o n g - r a n g e l i b r a r y d e v e l o p - m e n t . W i t h these S i o u x F a l l s C o l l e g e n o w s t a n d s e q u i p p e d . T w o f e a t u r e s m a k e this r e p o r t o f i n t e r e s t b e y o n d t h e c o l l e g e ' s own c o n s t i t u e n c y . Sadly u n d e r n o u r i s h e d as t h e l i b r a r y is ( t h e survey- ors p o u n d h a r d o n the f a c t t h a t a f t e r years o f s u b s t a n d a r d s u p p o r t , a l i b r a r y will not re- g a i n its f e e t by a n y o r d i n a r y " f o r m u l a , " b u t t h a t , i n s t e a d , outsize e x p e n d i t u r e s are re- q u i r e d , a n d f o r a g o o d l o n g t i m e ) , yet t h e r e p o r t is n o t a b l e f o r all it r e l a t e s as b e i n g right i n t h e l i b r a r y . T h e r e e m e r g e s a n in- s p i r i t i n g p i c t u r e o f w h a t c a n b e a c c o m p l i s h e d , d e s p i t e p r i v a t i o n s , in r o u g h l y two years by a l i b r a r i a n w h o a p p l i e s a s t u t e n e s s a n d e n e r g y to a l i b r a r y t h a t is in a b a d way: v i g o r o u s w e e d i n g , f o r e x a m p l e , so t h a t a c c e l e r a t e d ac- q u i s i t i o n s c a n l a t e r b u i l d o n a solid n u c l e u s ; e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f s o u n d p r o c e d u r e s in tech- n i c a l processes; new services, h o w e v e r neces- sarily r e s t r i c t e d in scale, f o r r e a d e r s . T h e sur- veyors r i g h t l y e x p r e s s a d m i r a t i o n o f t h e c o l l e g e ' s l i b r a r i a n . A s — o n e t r u s t s ! — t h e n e w level o f r e c o m m e n d e d s u p p o r t m a t e r i a l i z e s , h e a p p e a r s r e a d y to s h i f t r i g h t i n t o h i g h g e a r . N o t all survey r e p o r t s r e v e a l such a p i c t u r e ; this o n e m a k e s g o o d r e a d i n g . T h e o t h e r r e m a r k a b l e a s p e c t o f this r e p o r t is t h e surveyors' u t i l i z a t i o n o f the n e w ALA Standards for College Libraries. T h e y h a v e t h o r o u g h l y i n t e g r a t e d t h e m i n t o t h e i r r e p o r t , a c t u a l l y r e p r o d u c i n g p e r t i n e n t p a r a g r a p h s i n f a c s i m i l e as i n t r o d u c t i o n to m o s t s e c t i o n s : " S t r u c t u r e a n d G o v e r n m e n t , " " R e f e r e n c e C o l l e c t i o n , " e t c . T h e y t h e n a p p l y these q u o - t a t i o n s to t h e l o c a l s c e n e , e m p h a s i z i n g o r e l a b o r a t i n g o n p a r t i c u l a r p o i n t s as n e e d e d . I t is a n effective t e c h n i q u e , e c o n o m i c a l o f space a n d o f e x p l a n a t o r y v e r b i a g e . I t b r i n g s i m m e d i a t e l y to b e a r the m o s t a u t h o r i t a t i v e s t a t e m e n t s o n e a c h b r o a d a s p e c t o f a c o l l e g e l i b r a r y . ( I n e v i t a b l y , they find o c c a s i o n also to q u o t e G u y L y l e . ) I t n e e d h a r d l y be a d d e d t h a t b o t h a u t h o r i t i e s s t a n d u p e x c e l l e n t l y . So does this s u r v e y . — R o b e r t L. Talmadge, Tulane University Library. Books Briefly Noted Annual Legal Bibliography, & Selected List of Books and Articles Received by the Harvard Law School Library from July 1, 1960 through June 30, 1961, including all items which have appeared in volume one of Current Legal Bibliography. V o l u m e o n e . E d i t e d by V a c l a v M o s t e c k y . C a m - b r i d g e , M a s s . : H a r v a r d L a w S c h o o l L i - b r a r y , 1961. 2 1 5 p . A p p l y . Ariel: Essays on the Arts and the History and Philosophy of Medicine, [by] F e l i x M a r t i - I b a n e z . N e w Y o r k : M D P u b l i c a t i o n s , I n c . , [ 1 9 6 2 ] . 2 9 2 p . $ 6 . 5 0 . Belle Lettres of the United States of America in German Translations, a b i b l i o g r a p h y by R i c h a r d M u m m e n d y . B o n n , G e r m a n y : H . B o u v i r e r u. c o . ; C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , V a . : B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l S o c i e t y o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a , 1961. 199p. A p p l y . Bibliography of Medical Reviexvs: Vol. 6— Cumulation, 1955-1961, [by t h e ] N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y o f M e d i c i n e . W a s h i n g t o n : U . S. D e p a r t m e n t o f H e a l t h , E d u c a t i o n , a n d W e l f a r e : P u b l i c H e a l t h S e r v i c e , 1 9 6 1 . 4 3 6 p . $ 3 . 5 0 . The Catholic Booklist, 1962, e d i t e d by S i s t e r M a r y R e y n o l d i n e . V i l l a n o v a , P a . : T h e C a t h o l i c L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , [ 1 9 6 2 ] . 6 4 p . $1.00. 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