College and Research Libraries 238 j College & Research Libraries • May 1975 might be best used in particular circum- stances.-Robert K. Bruce, Carleton Col- lege, Northfield, Minnesota. Farber, Evan Ira, and Walling, Ruth, eds. The Academic Library: Essays in H01l0f' of Guy R. Lyle. Metuchen, N.J.: Scare- crow, 1974. 171p. $6.00. This gift to Guy Lyle of twelve essays that describe the academic library scene serves several purposes. First, of course, it is a beautiful tribute that reflects the warmth and respect of Mr. Lyle's col- leagues and friends. But beyond that, ~e volume serves as an exact and accurate rrn- age of where academic libraries are in 1975. Some librarians will be surprised, perhaps, that the library "establishment" is concerned and aware of the problems that they confront daily. But administrators will be heartened by this confirmation that their problems are universal academic li- brary problems. So this volume becomes both handbook and inventory as written by members of the academic community. Service, recently re- discovered as the academic library problem of the seventies, is highlighted in Evan Ira Farber's "College Librarians and the Uni- versity Library Syndrome" and in Ruth Walling's survey of attempts at " ... Quan- titative Reference Standards." Eldred Smith's "Impact of the Subject Specialist Librarian . . ." does not directly address the service problems but acknowledges that as collections grow, some direct and personal way must be found to link the user with the complexities of collection development. Academic library administrative prob- lems are addressed in David Kaser's "Dia- lectic for Planning in Academic Libraries" and Jerrold Orne's "Future Academic Li- brary Administration." Four other essays reflect concern with interlibrary cooperation and faculty-library relationships. The ever present problem of the library and the 1!- brary school is described in Jack Dalton s essay. The "Core Collection" concept is exam- ined carefully by Paul Bixler. His article, while it may not solve the problem of the undergraduate library that has become a small research library, does refocus on ob- jectives and goals and becomes an incisive outline for those who may wish to rethink Core Collection implementation. The Academic Library may have raised more issues than it settles. One feels the tension of being on the edge of "break- through" without a sense that resolution will follow quickly. An example is the article by Irwin Simp- kins, "The National Collection: Its Growth and Accessibility," which strongly defends a fee system for interlibrary loan. (This kind of move toward corporate thinking and "self-sustaining" service units could lead, in the extreme, to catalog depart- ments selling catalog cards to the reference department.) Mr. Simpkins suggests that a fee system will help libraries limit the de- mand for interlibrary lending. Is there a "proper" quantity of interlibrary lending beyond which libraries should not respond? Who will determine a "right" price for ser- vice or a "proper" quantity of service? Questions are raised, also, in the discus- sion of the "university library syndrome." Will we ever be in a position to question the validity of that syndrome in the univer- sity library? It isn't difficult to follow Far- ber to his conclusion that the university li- brary syndrome has eroded the mission of the college library. The "breakthrough" may come when we can recognize that what Farber describes is also destructive to the university library. It would seem that these and other is- sues must be addressed with a commitment to conclude that change is both desirable and urgent. The Academic Library is the place from which we can start.-Nina Co- hen, Associate Director, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle. Harmon, Gary L., and Harmon, Susanna M. Scholar's Market: An International Directory of Periodicals Publishing Lit- erary Scholarship. Columbus, Ohio: Publications Committee, The Ohio State University Libraries, 1974. 703p. (73- 620216). (ISBN 0-88215-033-2). After a literary scholar has written a piece of criticism, he or she faces the hurdle of deciding where to submit it for publica- tion. Beyond PMLA and a few other well- known general journals, and after exhaust- ing certain specialized titles concentrating on an individual subject, the scholar may sooner or later file the piece away with its associated rejections. Now there is a new tool which should help such manuscripts find a home, for Gary and Susanna Har- mon's Scholar's Market provides a compre- hensive reference work on all periodicals on a worldwide basis which publish literary criticism or bibliography in the English lan- guage. Directed to researching and publishing scholars, librarians, and collectors, Scholar's Market lists 848 journals from thirty-four countries and includes the first comprehen- sive list of periodicals dealing with a par- ticular author or literary period. For exam- ple, titles are grouped in such a way that writers with a particular interest in Emily Dickinson or medieval literature are able to locate concerned publications together or through cross-references. Sections includ- ed are single- and multiple-author period- icals; periodicals devoted to a subject by age or nationality; periodicals devoted to the genres of poetry, theater, and fiction; periodicals devoted to American ethnic mi- norities, folklore, film, and other specialized topics; periodicals devoted to teaching about literature; and periodicals featuring literary reviews, general reviews, and bib- liographical and literary resources. Spe- cifically excluded are journals containing creative writing and little magazines unless they also publish literary criticism. This eliminates many campus literary magazines and fanzines. About twenty pieces of information are provided for each entry including such items as the editor's name and address, sub- scription cost and size of circulation, a de- scription of the journal's contents, the pol- icy on considering unsolicited contributions, the editor's estimated response time to a manuscript, the time lapse to expect be- tween acceptance and publication, and pre- ferred manuscript length. The name of the professional group, organization, or institu- tion which publishes or sponsors the title is not included unless this information ap- pears as part of the title or publisher's ad- dress (for example, a user would not know from this list that the American Scholar is issued by Phi Beta Kappa) . Nonetheless, there is substantially more information pro- vided than in Bowker's annual Literary Recent Publications/ 239 Marketplace and, for the field of literary criticism, in Academic Media's Directory of Publishing Opportunities (2d ed., 1973). The annually issued Writer's Market, which in 1975 is in its forty-sixth edition, is pri- marily concerned with mass market publi- cations. Comparable in disciplinary scope to William L. Camp's Guide to Periodicals in Education (Scarecrow, 1968), Scholar's Market as well as Camp will require its currency maintained. The Harmon editing team or the Ohio State University Libraries Publications Committee should insure that the list be kept up to date with regularly issued new editions or supplements, a task which lends itself to a machine-readable product. Two excellent essays are included with Scholar's Market. One is an analysis by co- editor Gary L. Harmon, an English scholar at the University of North Florida, of peri- odicals publishing literary scholarship, with a special discussion of those founded be- tween 1969 and 1973. The other essay is by Richard R. Centing of The Ohio State University Libraries providing a compre- hensive comparison of locations for biblio- graphic information about literary period- icals including bibliographies issued as jour- nal articles. He points out that librarians should be especially aware of specialized literary periodicals dealing with a particular author, not only for reasons of acquisition and reference but also for purposes of in- terlibrary loan since institutions issuing single-author newsletters often develop special collections of that author's work. The format of the list requires special praise. As the product of a major research library, it undoubtedly was required to meet the rigorous demands of Ohio State reference librarians, and their influence shows. The volume is well spaced between entries and easy to use, with titles, cross- references, and captions in capital letters. The same printed captions are included for each entry, thereby eliminating the need of a key. They are separated by generous spacing; although this adds considerable length to the book, it increases the ease of its use and invites browsing in its pages. A first-rate professional job for a library to is- sue!-Susan Brynteson, Associate Director for Technical Services, Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.