College and Research Libraries -+ Chisholm, Margaret, and McDonald, Den- nis D., eds. Reader in Media, Technol- ogy and Libraries. (Reader Series in Li- brary and Information Science) Engle- wood, Colo.: Micro card Editions Books, 1975. 530p. $18.95. (LC 75-8050) (ISBN 0-910972-51-6) Many librarians are acquainted with Margaret Chisholm's long-standing interest and involvement with media. Her selection as editor of this most recent volume from the well-known Reader Series in Library and Information Science is fortunate. She has done an excellent job in pulling to- gether pertinent articles relating to media, technology, and libraries. The work is divided into fifteen separate sections, which together consider the sev- eral aspects of media and its utilization and application in librarianship. Chisholm's in- troductory statements to each of these sec- tions are perceptive and adequately intro- duce the topics under consideration. The editor's underlying philosophy relat- ing to media and libraries as well as the tone of the entire volume is established in her introduction to the section on "Defini- tion and Terminology." She notes that one of the fundamental problems of the media field has been the lack of agreement on basic terms such as "media." The term "media" as related to informa- tion includes all those forms in which in- formation is stored and transferred. This includes all print forms and all audiovisual materials. A traditional manner of distin- guishing the different formats is to use the term book and non-book or print and non- print. Neither of these terms non-book and non-print is satisfactory. Both terms are negative .... The term non-book forces the creation of a schism between the book or a form and all other material and this is precisely . what must not happen. There must not be a division between the book and other forms of media. This is a wise word of counsel for li- brarians and "audiovisualists" alike who all too frequently look for differences in the treatment of media rather than similarities. The scope of this work is relatively broad. A total of seventy-six articles is di- vided among the fifteen different sections. Many will find particular interest in the sec- Recent Publications I 563 tion, "Media: State of the Art," which not only includes articles relating to audiotape cassettes, microforms, videotapes, and so forth, but also to holography, demand pub- lishing, facsimile transmission, and com- pressed speech, topics that are pertinent yet not widely discussed among librarians. A few case studies relating to the planning, development, and operational aspects of media systems have been included. Among the specific systems described are those lo- cated at Federal City College, Evergreen State College, and Oral Roberts Universi- ty. It is not possible, for this reviewer at least, to select any one article, or any ten articles for that matter, that stand uniquely alone in being superior. Each reader will have different tastes and different interests, but most assuredly they will be met by reading this work. Indeed, Margaret Chis- holm has been successful in bring together "in convenient form the key elements re- quired for a current and comprehensive view" of media, technology, and libraries, thus meeting the primary objective of this series. This is a welcome and much-needed addition to the literature of librarianship.- David B. Walch, Director of Academic Ser- vices, State University College at Buffalo. Black, Donald V., and Cuadra, Carlos A. Directory of Academic Library Consortia. 2d ed. Santa Monica, Calif.: System De- velopment Corporation, 1975. 437p. $25.00 .. (Available from Baker & Taylor, Drawer Z, Momence, IL 60954.) The first edition of the Directory of Aca- demic Library Consortia, prepared by Di- ana D. Delanoy and Carlos A. Cuadra, was published by System Development Corpo- ration in 1972. It listed and described 125 cooperative organizations meeting rigid standards, such as having a membership consisting of more than 50 percent academ- ic libraries and including as participants at least two autonomous institutions. Using more relaxed criteria (e.g., only one mem- ber of a consortium need be an academic library), Kean Mantius identified 135 addi- tional consortia and summarized the organi- zation and activities of each in his Supple- ment to the Directory of Academic Library Consortia, also issued in 1972. ------------------------------------------ 564 I College & Research Libraries • November 1976 Here Are the Facts Your Patrons Need to Evaluate America's Major Corporations CORPORATE PROFILES FOR EXECUTIVES AND INVESTORS 1978-1977 EDITION It's the one comprehensive sourceboQk for anyone doing business with the top 2,000 public corporations-and for any-, : one hoping to do so in the future. Gives you four separate ways to locate each corporation: alphabetically, geoQraphi- cally, by principal industrial activ1ty and by Standard Industrial Classification ' (SIC). Newly expanded and updated. EXCLUSIVE I EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS- name, address, telephone number INVALUABLE INFORMATION FOR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES! • Unique and concise metl1od of , presenting individual company data • Corporate addresses and phone numbers : • Names and titles of key operating executives . • Sales by product group and international op- erations · · · • Five-year review of annual sales, earnings per share, net earnings, dividends, interna-. tional sales ' •Two-year r:eview of assets, liabilities, debt, interest, number of shares, stock range, etc. 384 pagea • 8~" x 11" SBN 528-84715-3 1111.115 a/ao available In aoft cover 528-84715-5 114.95 Please order from your Library Wholeaaler ~Rand M9Nally P.O. Box 7600 • Chicago, Ill. 60680 Donald V. Black and Carlos A. Cuadra have developed this 1975 edition by merg- ing, updating, and expanding material found in both 1972 publications. Descrip- tions of consortia that went out of existence by 1974 were deleted, and data on over a dozen new cooperative groups were added. The resulting volume contains entries for 264 consortia, providing for each the fol- lowing information: name and date of founding; geographical area served; mem- bers and dates of joining; purposes and ob- jectives; current activities; projected activ- ities; conditions of participation; annual budget and sources of funding; staffing; ad- visory boards; publications; location of headquarters; and contact person. There are several signi£cant academic library networks that are not listed in this second edition (e.g., P ALINET, SLICE, SOLINET, the SUNY library system, and the Research Libraries Group). Similarly, entries for some organizations are over four years old and now obsolete. Nevertheless, this book can be useful to those interested in learning about cooperative groups. In- dexes to consortia by activities (ranging from acquisitions to workshops), by names of organizations (including parent bodies and acronyms), and by geographical areas served simplify the location of information. Unfortunately, this new Directory of Aca- demic Library Consortia lacks the detailed analyses of data, comparisons, and statis- tical tables found in both the first edition and its supplement.-Leonard Grundt, Pro- fessor and Chairperson, Library Depart- ment, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York. Media in Higher Education, The Critical Issues: Ideas, Analysis, Confrontation. Pullman, Wash.: Information Futures, 1976. 111p. $13.85. In February 1976 Information Futures sponsored a "conference-seminar" on media in higher education. The purpose of the meeting was to identify and discuss-not solve-problems in the field of media in higher education. This publication is a re- sult of that conference. Most of the nine papers in this collec- tion cover familiar ground; seven papers deal with "issues," and there are introduc- t