College and Research Libraries 78 I College & Research Libraries • January 1976 print from Library Journal of October 15, 1967. Four of the essays are concerned di- rectly with librarianship, and the remainder with communications, including those of academia; an appendix gives the text of the proceedings and findings in the case of Mrs. Joan Badger of the Missouri State Library. Mr. Berninghausen's views are those of the traditional libertarian; they therefore express little previously unknown to any li- brarian of any experience, but they should be useful to those who know naught of On Liberty. This would appear to include 95 percent of the entering class of a well- known school of librarianship, which, by extension, does not speak well of the corpus of undergraduate learning brought to the graduate school. The volume could there- fore be of great use and value to survey courses in the principles of librarianship, particularly because of the examples of sup- pression of writings and ideas, many of which are drawn from the author's experi- ence of over a quarter-century. The more advanced reader, however, will find that the disorderly structure imposed, of neces- . sity, by the assembly of diverse essays does not lead to an orderly progression of ideas. The book contains good, topical material; twenty years hence, however, it will prob- ably be referred to only for its illustrative material drawn from the two decades be- tween McCarthy and Nixon. It is probably vain to hope that it will not be referred to because the subject will be a dead one.- H enry Miller Madden, University Librari- an, California State University, Fresno. Shackleton, Robert. Censure and Censor- ship: Impediments to Free Publication in the Age of Enlightenment. (Fifth An- nual Lew David Feldman Lectureship in Bibliography.) (Bibliographical Mono- graph Series, No.8) Austin: University of Texas, Humanities Research Center, 1975. 26p. $4.95. (LC 72-619567) Bodley's librarian tells a lucid, even fas- cinating, story of some applications of cen- sorship ("examination of a text before pub- lication, by someone in authority, with a view to ascertaining its fitness to appear") and censure ("examination of a text, after publication, with a view to deciding wheth- er it had been fit to appear") in the eigh- teenth century. Examples of censorship are drawn from France, and of censure from France and Rome-notably the Congrega- tion of the Index. The author points out the degree of flexibility which existed among the royal censors in France, and the various loopholes which enabled the publication of such works as Helvetius' De r esprit and the Abbe de Prades' thesis. After reading this bright essay, one somehow feels safer with the censors of the eighteenth century than with the censurers of twentieth-century America. The handsome little volume is marred by a heavy ligature ff, which is particularly noticeable on p.23.-Henry Miller Madden, University Librarian, California State Uni- versity, Fresno. Withers, F. N. Standards for Library Ser- vice: An International Survey. ( Docu- mentation, Libraries and Archives: Stud- ies and Research, 6) Paris: Unesco Press, 1974. 421p. $12.95. (Available in U.S. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York, NY 10016) This important volume owes its origin to the initiative of Unesco. In 1968 it made a contract with IFLA for a survey of stan- dards for libraries of all types in different countries. Fortunately, this complex task was entrusted to an authority, F. N. With- ers, research associate, the Polytechnic of North London School of Librarianship, and a former official of the Department of Edu- cation and Science in London. He prepared this survey as a document in 1970. It was so well received that he revised and ex- panded it for general distribution in 197 4. Repeatedly, this reviewer has been con- cerned with library standards abroad, e.g., when editing the issue of Library Trends, October 1972, on standards and most re- cently in an article on the subject to be published in volume 16 of the Encyclope- dia of Library and Information Science. He knows from these experiences how difficult it is to assemble up-to-date documents on the subject. Withers deserves a great deal of credit for having gathered together a wealth of information. He has been able to make use of pertinent materials not only from the Anglo-Saxon countries, but also from many other parts of the world. Includ- 1 ed are, among others, France, the two Ger- manies, the USSR, Belgium, Scandinavia, Hungary, and Poland; also Japan, India, Singapore, South Africa, and Mexico are more or less adequately represented. But the survey has still considerable gaps, e.g., concerning South America. One would wish to see them filled in another edition. Withers has organized the material ac- cording to types of libraries. National li- braries receive limited space only. Libraries in universities and colleges are more amply covered. Withers is well aware of the diffi- culty in making valid quantitative compari- sons between academic libraries in different countries (and often even different institu- tions in the same country). He provides ex- tensive abstracts from important standard documents. For instance, his summary of the ALA Standards for College Libraries (1959) occupies almost seven pages. The Canadian University Library Standards (1964), the recommendations of the Wis- senschaftsrat for scholarly libraries in West Germany (1964), and the Standards for Colleges of Technology issued by the British Library Association (1971) are re- produced in considerable detail, to give but three other examples. About half of the volume is devoted to public libraries. This rich coverage is due to the fact that standards for them have been developed in many countries. School libraries and special libraries receive much less space. The last chapter deals with the difficult subject of standards for library ser- vice in developing countries. Asked by Unesco, Withers has prepared a set of standards which might be applied in devel- oping countries, but he recognizes the fact that the level of library service depends not only on the desire but on the capacity of a country to provide the resources needed. Withers has been successful in avoiding partisanship and hasty judgments. The text reads well. Surprising for a publication on libraries, it lacks a comprehensive bibliog- raphy and an index. Nevertheless, this is an essential purchase for larger academi'c libraries.-Felix E. Hirsch, Professor Emer- itus, Trenton State College. Thomson, Sarah Katharine. Learning Re- . Recent Publications I 79 source Centers in Community Colleges: A Survey of Budgets and Services. Chi- cago: American Library Assn., 1975. 146p. $6.50 (LC 75-16150) (ISBN 0- 8389-0206-5) Statistical studies of community college libraries supported by empirical knowledge obtained by visits of informed investigators have long been needed so that valid quanti- tative standards may be developed. Thom- son, familiar with the community college as well as an experienced surveyor, pro- vides a solid research report which can be of great use in understanding the problems and services of such two-year institutions. Twenty-seven community colleges in ten states were selected from among the forty with the largest expenditures. Each was visited so that financial data could be inter- preted in relation to services provided. Only partial budget data were available from some of them, limiting certain conclusions. The study confirms the greater involve- ment in instruction, the comprehensiveness of learning resources programs, and the dif- ficulty in obtaining comparable financial data. The extent of computer utilizati'on, DEAN OF LffiRARIES New York University New York University invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of Libraries. Candidates should have ex- tensive experience with a major academic library and proven . administrative capa- bility. The position offers a challenging opportunity for a person committed to working in a framework of collegial gov- ernance and to serving in an urban en- vironment. Advanced degrees and pub- lications will weigh favorably. Salary: $25,000-$45,000 depending upon qualifi- cations. Send inquiries, resumes and nomi- nations to: R. Bayly Winder, Faculty of Arts and Science Chairman, Dean of Libraries Search Committee, 5 Washington Square North, New York, N.Y. 10003 New York University is committed to equal opportunity employment and af· firmative action.