College and Research Libraries surrounding him, argues that subject spe- cialization is an academic variation of team librarianship. One deduces that the idea of team librar- ianship was post Jiather than propter hoc . An emerging concern for professionalism among British librarians , joined to the cir- cumstance of the consolidation of large numbers of small libraries into public li- brary systems, made new approaches just as desirable in Britain as in the U.S. Team librarianship proved effective in identifying community needs , in increasing use, and in enhancing the librarian 's professional self- respect . Predictably, there are pitfalls : too many meetings , too little contact between librar- ians and patrons in the library , support staff coming to believe that librarians are super- fluous to the library's operation. American public librarians have dealt with comparable situations in some similar ways , but academic librarians generally have not. This book could be very helpful to academic librarians , however , since , if only by indirection , it raises questions about means of improving services in academic libraries. Should academic librarians trans- fer their offices to faculty office buildings? Should they cruise dormitories , student un- ions, and dining halls, seeking out potential users? Should they hire (and pay well!) administrative professionals to handle routine elements in ILL, binding, and over- dues? Though "team librarianship" may be only a new phrase for some old ideas, this par- ticular book, whatever its flaws in style and content , raises some important questions about what we librarians should be trying to accomplish. It's a volume that would spark ideas in librarians in any kind of institu- tion .-Peter Dollard , Alma College, Alma , Michigan. "Emerging Patterns of Community Service." Margaret E. Monroe and Kathleen M. Heim , issue editors. Library Trends 28 :123-337 (Fall 1979) . $5. ISSN 0024- 2594. Available from: Univ. of Illinois Pr., Urbana, IL 61801. Each decade presents libraries with chal- lenges and problems , each problem seemingly more difficult than the last. Recent Publications I 269 Librarians respond to such situations in a positive, goal-oriented manner. Very often the solution to a problem or the answer to a challenge is the formulation of new services. The turbulence of the sixties and the seven- ties altered many of the traditional percep- tions of library service. Increasingly, librar- ians base their services on the needs of the community, rather than on traditions . Margaret Monroe and Kathleen Heim have compiled and edited a collection of articles that trace the emergence of com- munity-oriented services. The core article , "Emerging Patterns of Community Ser- vice," by Monroe, ties the issue together: providing an insight into the history of var- ious evolutions in service as well as de- scribing the elements of a typical service pattern. Thomas Shaughnessy continues the groundwork for the issue in " Library Administration in Support of Emerging Ser- vice Patterns ." Rather than concentrating on the patterns of community services, he focuses on the systems within which the patterns function. The third leg of the tripod on which this issue is based is Leigh Estabrook's " Emer- ging Trends in Community Library Ser- vices." Estabrook synthesizes Monroe and Shaughnessy, relating the question of the failure of many community services that emerged in the sixties and seventies with the question of the relevance of the tradi- tionally accepted goals of librarianship. The balance of the issue investigates indi- vidual instances of emerging services. With rare coordination, each article deals with those services from a societal, professional, or organizational point of view. The eleven articles deal with many aspects of librar- ianship. Because of the theme, " Emerging Pat- terns of Community Service, " the majority of the articles deal with the prime center of community-based service-the public li- brary. Each article contributes to the over- all impression that libraries do not stand alone or aside from society as cultural de- positories, but interact with their environ- ment. Articles such as "Literacy Education as Library Community Service," by Helen Ly- man, "Uses of Bibliotherapy," by Rhea 270 I College and Research Libraries • May 1980 LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE · SOURCE OF GERMAN. BOOKS AND PERIODICALS? TRY: STERN-VERLAG JANSSEN & CO YOUR RELIABLE GUIDE TO THE GERMAN BOOK WORLD Stern-Verlag Janssen & Co International Booksellers & Subscription Agents POB 7820 · D-4000 Dusseldorf W-Germany We invite you to visit our booth at the SLA and ALA annual conferences Rubin, and "Health Science Librarian," by Agnes Roach stress the direct aid to the community. "Emerging Patterns of Service for Citizens' Groups," by Joan Dorrance, 'The Curriculum Consultant Role of the School Library Media Specialist," by Mar- garet Grazier, and "Video and Cable," by B. K. L. Genova place the library in a facil- itator's position. The contributors as a group have pro- vided the reader with timely and appropri- ate examples drawn from excellent bibliog- raphies. The volume as a whole balances succinct histories of services with predic- tions of their eventual success or failure. Together the selections create a statement about change and adaptation, giving the reader a sense of the universality of the pat- terns of service and the necessity of con- tinual change.-Damaris Ann Schmitt, Meramec Community College Library, St. Louis, Missouri. Allerton Park Institute, 24th, 1978. Supervi- sion of Employees in Libraries. Rolland E. Stevens, Editor. Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library Science, 1979. 113p. $9. LC 79-10860. ISBN 0-87845-051-3. Individuals currently in supervisory posi- tions and those aspiring to become super- visors will find these proceedings stimulat- ing and potentially useful. The intuitive be- liefs of the authors, reinforced by their own supervisory experiences, are the mainstay of this work. The authors also make use of appropriate research results to support key viewpoints. Supervisory issues discussed cover the gamut from the theoretical to the practical. On the whole this is a needed and impor- tant contribution to library management literature. Authors and the titles of their contributions give the scope of the volume: "The Importance of Good Supervision in Libraries" (Hugh C. Atkinson), "Contribu- tions from the Theory of Administration to- ward Understanding the Process of Supervi- sion: Barth's Distinction" (Lars Larson), "The Research Basis of Employee-Centered Supervision" (Richard J. Vorwerk), "An Overview of Supervision in Libraries To- day" (Martha J. Bailey), "Leadership and Employee Motivation" (Donald J. Sager),