College and Research Libraries nition even more information than it in- cludes in that field." But Foskett's measured good humor in the 3d edition of his The Subject Approach to Information (SAl) is only occasional in requiring such foils. The "lobsterbacks" re- ally are leading the way in information re- trieval, and Foskett's recapitulant style humanizes these achievements with the ap- lomb of a Times letters-to-the-editor con- tributor. Quite the weakest portion of both edi- tions (2d and 3d) of Foskett's work is epis- temology. The indefatigable scholar, at once urbane and donnish, betrays rampant idealism. What would Foskett make of Paul Weiss' assertion: "Applied with control and knowledge, classification takes the form of a disciplined discovery" (Philosophy in Proc- ess, v. 7)? When this reviewer observes the overweening faith and bias Foskett exhibits in Austin's PRECIS quincunx, he concludes that Foskett would have the generosity to agree with Weiss. Are all classifiers Platonists? Hegelians? And yet how useful for classroom use this work must be. The reviewer has been twenty-plus years out of cataloging and clas- sification tuition (with twenty years' index- ing), but its value as an introductory or in- termediate survey text he rates as quite high. Some of the tabular exemplars are either dead wrong or typos continued intact from the 2nd edition, e.g., the 3d edition's treatment on page 266 of "Peek-a-boo 383 +" index entry includes a modification line not in 3d edition index and without ci- tation. There is an observable British flavor to Mr. Foskett's prose: Are we to suppose the phrase "issue systems" on page 274 intends "circulation systems"? It does appear that photographic copy reproduction should be employed for examples of classification schedules for the 4th edition of SAl. The 3d edition is a genial introduction, a secondary reference source, and contains excellent and timely bibliographies.-Richard B. O'Keeffe, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Bolte, Charles G. Libraries and the Arts and Humanities. Syracuse, N.Y.: Gaylord Professional Publications, Gaylord Bros., Inc., 1977. 239p. $12.50. LC 77-12926. Recent Publications I 327 ISBN 0-915794-13-6. This book grew out of a conference, "De- veloping Collaboration between Libraries and Other Humanities Agencies," sponsored in early 1977 by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The intent of the book is to encourage librarians to become. familiar with and to take advantage of federal and state programs supporting the arts and humanities. Following a brief summation of the con- cern the federal government showed for the arts and humanities prior to the 1960s, the author traces the main features and legisla- tive intent behind the bill that established the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Human- ities. The contrasting organizational struc- tures of each endowment are described, as well as the state councils that each endow- ment directly or indirectly sponsors. Responses to questionnaires sent by the author to each state arts and state humanities council are randomly quoted. These replies briefly outline state and local arts and humanities projects that involved librar- People Serving People! Our greatest assets are the skilled and trained people giving you "Con- cerned Service" - the personalized service that makes your problems ours. No computer gives you continu- ing errors; our people make sure that you get quick, accurate an: swers. You will find that we give fast service, designed to meet your needs every time. Try the Book House now and see what we mean! Call 517-849-2117 Collect - the BOOK HOUSE SINCE 1962 JOBBERS SERVING LIBRARIES WITH ANY BOOK IN PRINT 208 WEST CHICAGO STREET JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN 49250 328 I College & Research Libraries • July 1978 ies. A separate chapter is devoted to a de- tailed case study of the execution of an NEH "Films Plus" grant by the Lewiston (Maine) Public Library. Academic librarians will find some useful information on successful college library grant applications in the sections devoted to the NEA and NEH. The projects culled from state council questionnaires have few academic library references. The book's final chapter addresses itself primarily to policy makers. On the whole, individual chapters are poorly organized and the book is poorly edited. Citations to appendix papers are either unclear or missing. Samples of the questionnaires and the sources for statistics quoted in the appended tables are not in- cluded. Program examples are not detailed enough to provide even the barest amount of information about the design, execution, or evaluation of the library projects de- scribed. Librarians should respond positively to Mr. Bolte's concern for greater library par- ticipation in NEA- and NEH-related pro- grams; however, they will obtain more prac- tical guidance by querying each endowment as well as appropriate state councils for pro- gram and grant application information and by examining successful grant abstracts.- Thomas L. Bonn, State University of New York, College at Cortland. The Organization and Retrieval of Eco- nomic Knowledge. Proceedings of a Con- ference Held by the International Eco- nomic Association at Kiel, West Ger- many. Edited by Mark Perlman. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1977. 520p. $38.50. LC 76-30513. ISBN 0-89158- 721-7. One of the refreshing aspects of this sym- posium is that the participants take a sober look at the organization and retrieval of economic knowledge. No longer do we have bright-eyed individuals telling us that if all the data were computerized there would be no problems. 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