College and Research Libraries 76 College & Research Libraries ter fighting equipment than a thorough knowledge of the history and the reasons for the defense of freedom of the mind, and equally full knowledge of the dark purposes and deleterious activities which make up the history of censorship through the ages" (p.104). Purchase of this volume is recommended for library science collections and academic libraries wishing Oboler articles. "Censorship in the Eighties," Drexel Li- brary Quarterly, should be purchased by academic libraries. The articles address a variety of current issues that affect our freedom to read, even though they are fairly traditional in their approach. Busha's introduction paints a broad pic- ture of intellectual freedom issues (most of it said before) and successfully encapsu- lates the essence of the articles that follow. Busha blames the New Right for most of the recent problems, while overlooking a growing tendency by the Left to reject me- dia perceived as racially or sexually stereo- typed. Many of the articles focus on the Moral Majority's role in the suppression of our right to read. Murray and Wood's article discusses the New Christian Right and its relationship to what the authors feel is an inhibition that has been inflicted upon our freedom of expression. By sum- marizing agendas, methods, groups, and programs, the authors attempt to evaluate and relate the New Christian Right to cur- rent censorship activities. Schuman con- tinues by focusing on the Moral Majority and what he perceives as politically moti- vated censorship. His thesis is that Moral Majority tactics obstruct the ability of pub- lic institutions to facilitate the right of free inquiry and, more specifically, the right to read. Serebnick' s article looks at censor- ship surveys that have been used and comes to the conclusion that improve- ments need to be made and more atten- tion paid .to the conceptualization of the checklist survey and how it is constructed and used in censorship research. Berninghausen' s rather scholarly ap- proach to the history and theory behind intellectual freedom contrasts the policies and practices that have developed in our public libraries with library operations in authoritarian countries. He briefly January 1984 touches upon the censorship activities of groups such as the Council on Interracial Books for Children. However, his state- ments on ALA documents are traditional and outdated and can be found else- where. Eleanore Richardson lays some theoretical groundwork for the upsurge of textbook censorship and explains why many people feel that this is one of the few places they can exert local control over the lives of their children. She pinpoints ob- jectionable material found in recent text- books and mentions several states that .have applied pressure on textbook pub- lishers. Oboler briefly summarizes how intellectual freedom is viewed interna- tionally. The issue concludes with yet an- other bibliography that lists already well known sources, most of which were pub- lished in the 1970s.-Susan L. Heath, Nico- let College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Archival Forms Manual. Comp. by the Society of American Archivists. Chi- cago: Society of American Archivists, 1982. 145p. $7 to members, $10 to oth- ers. LC 82-61142. ISBN 0-931828-53-8. Archives & Manuscripts: Reprography. By Carolyn Hoover Sung. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1982. Basic Manual series. 68p. $5 members/$7 oth- ers. LC 82-50454. ISBN 0-931828-51-1. Evaluation of Archival Institutions. Comp. by Report of the Task Force on Institutional Evaluation. Chicago: Soci- ety of American Archivists. 1982. 43p . $4 members/$5 others. ISBN 0-931828- 55-4. Here are three publications from the So- ciety of American Archivists (SAA). The first was compiled by tDe SAA Forms Manual Task Force, with Patrick M. Quinn of Northwestern University as chair. In 1973 the SAA's College and Uni- versity Archives Committee compiled a Forms Manual designed to be used by col- lege and university archivists. Accord- ingly, this Manual reproduces forms deal- ing with (1) appraisal and disposition, (2) accessioning, (3) arrangement and de- scription, (4) use, and (5) specialized items such as loan agreements, oral history, so- licitation, and conservation. The forms come from many divergent institutions: Department of Archives and History, At- lanta, Georgia; University Archives, Uni- versity of Illinois; Records Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; John Deere and Company Archives; Nebraska State Archives; Weyerhaeuser Archives; University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library; and many other institutions. It hardly needs to be pointed out that one does not have to be an archivist to find this Archival Fonns Manual of value. Any- one working with manuscripts will have reason to use it from time to time. It is highly recommended to special collec- tions and rare book librarians. The second item similarly will appeal to a wider audience. It is by Carolyn Hoover Sung and is titled Archives & Manuscripts: Reprography. By way of background, in 1977 the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported SAA' s publication of five manuals dealing with archival functions. A second series, also supported by NHPRC, was begun in · 1980; this volume is the fifth of that SAA Basic Manual .Series. Carolyn Hoover Sung was assistant chief of the Photoduplication Service· at the Library of Congress when this volume was written and is an acknowledged au- thority on the subject of "reprography." She defines reprography as ''a wide vari- ety of processes whose purpose is to repli- cate documents by optical or photome- chanical means.'' The book is divided into nine chapters: (1) ''Copying in Archives,'' (2) "Choosing a Reprographic Process," (3) "Microphotography," (4) "Source Document Microfilming,'' (5) ''Using Mi- croforms," (6) "Photocopying," (7) ''Photography,'' (8) ''Managing a Repro- graphic Service," and (9) "Additional Sources.'' Clearly an authoritative work, it is rec- ommended to anyone involved in or con- cerned about the copying and reproduc- tion of manuscripts. The third item is the Report of the Task Force on Institutional Evaluation of the SAA, titled Evaluation of Archival Institu- tions: Services, Principles, and Guide to Self- Study. The Council on Library Resources' support made possible the testing and publication of this report. Briefly, the SAA Recent Publications 77 ''offers a variety of services to assist archi- val institutions in evaluating and improv- ing archival programs." This publication ''describes the constituent services of the program of institutional evaluation-data collection, self-assessment and peer re- view.'' Included is detailed information on how to conduct a comprehensive self- study, how to prepare the self-study re- port, and how to prepare for and conduct a site visit. If one wishes to do an evalua- tion of an archival operation, this publica- tion tells one how to do it. One can do nothing but admire the high quality of the materials published by SAA of which the three noted above ar.e excel- lent examples.-Clyde C. Walton, Univer- sity of Colorado, Boulder. Books and Society in History. Ed. by Ken- neth E. Carpenter .. Papers of the Associ- ation of College and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Precon- ference, 24-28 June, 1980. New York: Bowker, 1983. 254p. $29.95. LC 82- 20565. ISBN 0-8352-1675-6. Historical studies have frequently been subject to fluctuations in fashion. During the past few decades, we have seen the rise and assimilation of such subdisci- plines as family and demographic history, psychohistory, the history of popular cul- ture, women's studies, quantitative social-scientific history, and a host of oth- ers. Some have been attacked for their imaginative or speculative leaps; others have dealt only with the quantifiable facts in a quest for scientific history. All pave provided new perspectives on our past and our psyches. In his fascinating introduction to this collection of papers from the 1980 Boston RBMS preconference, Robert Darnton places histoire du livre as the present front- runner of historical studies, "one of the few sectors in the human sciences where there is a mood of expansion and a flurry of fresh ideas." Happily, Kenneth Car- penter's volume Books and Society in His- tory provides a useful guidepost and weather vane to the diversity and direc- tions of this burgeoning discipline. One might argue with Darn ton's claim that the history of the book is likely to find a place