College and Research Libraries 598 College & Research Libraries less modest in their submissions. Thus, the William L. Clements Library is given six lines, The John Carter Brown Library, an integral collection on the campus of Brown University, and perhaps the single greatest glory of all academically hosted special collections in the Western Hemi- sphere, is not mentioned. For years the John Crerar Library, a premier special col- lection of scientific primary sources, ex- isted as a separate, nonacademic institu- tion in Chicago. When its collections were merged with the science collections of the University of Chicago, and its name placed on a campus building, it presum- ably then merited a phrase or two. Institu- tional brochures, guides, and other publi- cations such as generated exhibition catalogues need to be listed. Perhaps this unevenness in treatment is the most disturbing-even jolting-aspect of the book. The text cries out for editors who know a bit more· about special collec- tions nationwide, or more willingness to devote time to the needed surveying, be- fore entries can be rushed into print. Still, who in the rare book world can resist the preliminary piece by those grand ladies of that world, Leona Rostenberg and Mad- eleine B. Stem? Their introduction, how- ever, in spite of its fascinating anecdotes and perspective, coming as it does from two booksellers who have long aided in the creation of great college and university special collections, as good as it is, cannot be a substitute for a truly comprehensive survey of the resources that are available in special book and manuscript collections throughout the United States. Appar- ently, we will have to wait a bit longer for one source to do that.-]ohn Neal Hoover, St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. The Architecture Library of the Future: Complexity and Contradiction. Ed. by Peggy Ann Kusnerz. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1989. 197p. $27.95 (ISBN 0-472-10114-5). LC 89-5493. The year 2000 looms ominously in our future . . We presume that since we lived through 1000 the world shall pass through the next millenia! marker without apoca- lyptic conclusion, and so we plan for the September 1989 next century. The proliferation of pub- lished blueprints seems as inevitable as the retrospective surveys that will surely descend upon our bookshelves after Janu- ary 1, 2000. The Architecture Library of the Future in- tends to be such a blueprint. For it, Peggy Ann Kusnerz compiled and edited papers presented at a symposium held in 1987 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Thomas Monaghan, founder and presi- dent of Domino's Pizza and the National Center for the Study of Frank Lloyd Wright, sponsored the symposium, per- haps in hopes that the combined thoughts presented here might provide him with a template from which he might form a li- brary for his center in thirty minutes or less. Satire aside, the volume contains some useful and some puzzling thoughts. The contributors' think pieces all relate to li- braries which cater to the needs of special- ized professionals or professionals-in- training. Most relate to desires and predictions by patrons and providers, but the inclusion of some caused me some perplexity, since they contained only re- portage of current situations and implied no applications for the future. Perhaps the editor's statement that ''The ideal archi- tecture library of the year 2000 will be built upon the strengths of the past and en- riched by the anticipated demands and opportunities of the future'' should have been stated more boldly for both readers and presenters. Judith Holliday's piece on collection de- velopment adds little new thought. Her- bert Scherer's lament on the merging of his art (not architecture) library back into the central collection should not surprise most professionals. James Hodgson's de- scription of the Harvard experience may be of interest to some readers, but the idio- syncracies of the institution bear little rele- vance to the outside world. The same might be said of Stephanie Cormier Byrnes' description of the collection at the American Institute of Architecture. Marilyn Schmitt's summary of Getty Trust projects, Angela Giral' s report on the status of the A VIADOR Project (Avery Videodisc Index of Architectural Draw- ings on RUN) and Mary Ison' s descrip- tion of COP AR (Committee for the Preser- vation of Architectural Records) might also fall in this category except that these developments provide us with stepping- stones into the future. Close study and memorization of these chapters will re- ward the reader. Memorization is almost essential since access to the factual infor- mation contained in them otherwise dis- appears due to the lack of an index for the book. · As a professional concerned with the success of client-based information deliv- ery I found Elizabeth Byrnes' contribution specifically and generally applicable. Mar- garet de Popolo's and Nancy Schuller's papers help us see the importance of im- ages as an information source and stress the necessity for making them easier to use. Nancy Lambert's description of Yale's planning process provides a practi- cal example for others just as Daphne Ro- loff's report of the Canadian Center for Architecture inspires us with a success story. I'm not sure how universally applicable Recent Publications 599 are the desires of users such as Anatole Senkevitch, Kurt Brandle, Hemalata Dan- dekar, Kenneth Herbert, and Gunnar Birkerts. A more convincing case might have been made by the organizers of the symposium if a professional or an educa- tor outside the University of Michigan had been invited. In any case, the librarian de- scribed by Carla Stoff1e will be able to hear and will try to meet the needs of such spe- cialized library users. Stoffle' s job qualifi- cations for such a librarian listed on p.l47, however, may seem to be matched only by a candidate from Plato's Cave or Krypton. Throughout the papers themes of time, immediacy, and quick delivery of infor- mation rise to the top. Large library net- works, systems, and centralized facilities lead the way in developing quick elec:.. tronic access to large bodies of information because they are more economically effi- cient. Branch libraries often function bet- ter than centralized ones in selecting the appropriate type of information and pro- viding it in a personalized package, and this is what the users say they want. Kathryn Deiss' observation that the influ- It's All in the Pages of BA/RRAf®! BA/RRM provides coverage of meetings, patents, books and more! Between the covers of Biological Abstracts!RRM® (Reports, Reviews, Meetings) lies the difference between having it all and needing more. BAIRRM is the only publication that provides you with com- prehensive coverage of life science symposia papers, unique in- ternational meeting abstracts, review publications, bibliographies, research communications, books, book chapters and U.S. patents. 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BIOSIS is a registered trademark of Biological Abstracts Inc. 600 College & Research Libraries ence of the librarian who delivers the in- formation, not the "extraordinary cata- logs, databases, and indexes," will help to ''provide visionaries in architecture or any other field,'' seems pertinent here. As we look to the future let us also look to the institutions of the future. They may not benefit from the models of the past. Only Richard Dougherty, ironically a former director of libraries both in Berke- ley and Ann Arbor which support well- established branch libraries, cautions us September 1989 against blindly accepting models of the past. "These specialized service outlets have served their purpose well but, as in- terdisciplinary studies and research have gained greater favor, the ability of small, specialized collections to support such re- search has diminished.'' Perhaps a closer look at the interdisciplinary divisional li- brary should be considered for those insti- tutions not already tied to a modeL-David L. Austin, University Library, The University of Illinois at Chicago. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Africa Bibliography 1987. Ed. by Hector Black- hurst. New York: St. Martin's, 1989. $49.95 (ISBN 0-7190-2942-2). American Art Directory 1989-90. New York: Bowker, 1989. 765p. $129.95 (ISBN 0-8352- 2476-7). American Dramatists. Ed. by Matthew C. Roudane. Contemporary Authors Bibliogra- phy Series, V.3. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 484p. $64 (ISBN 0-8103-2227-7). Barnhart, David K. Barnhart Dictionary Compan- ion: Index 1982-1985. Cold Spring, N.Y.: Lexik House, 1989. lOOp. (ISBN 0-9363-6805- 5). LC 86-81562. Baxter, Craig and Syedur Rahman. Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1989. 156p. $22.50 (ISBN 0-8108- 2177-X). LC 88-35946. Bestsellers '89: Books and Authors in the News. Ed. by Donna Olendorf. Pub. quarterly. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 90p. $45/year (ISBN 0- 8103-2893-3). Carpenter, John. Pharmacology from A to Z. New York: St. Martin's, 1989. 119p. $29.95 (ISBN 0-7190-2988-0). Children's Literature Review. Ed. by Gerard J. Senick. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 261p. $84 (ISBN 0-8103-2776-7). LC 75-34953. Computing Information Directory: 1989. Comp. and ed. by Darlene Myers Hildebrandt. Fed- eral Way, Wash.: Pedaro, Inc., 1989. 400p. $145.95 (ISBN 0-9331-1304-08). Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography: The Twenties, 1917-1929. A Broccoli Clark Layman Book. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 326p. $60. (ISBN 0-8103-1824-5). LC 86-33657. Cox, J. Randall. Man of Magic and Mystery: A Guide to the Work of Walter B. Gibson. Metu- chen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1988. 416p. $39.50 (ISBN 0-8108-2192-3). LC 88-31917. Cross Reference Index: A Guide to Search Terms. Ed. by Thomas V. Atkins and Rona Ostrow. New York: Bowker, 1989. 970p. $89.95 (ISBN 0-8352-1918-6). Directory of Pain Treatment Centers in the U.S. and Canada. Ed. by Kaye Reed. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1989. 224p. $65 (ISBN 0-8977-4529-9). Duiker, William J. Historical Dictionary of Viet- nam. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1989. 285p. $32.50 (ISBN 0-8108-2164-8). LC 88-29721. Eddleman, Floyd Eugene. American Drama Crit- icism: Supplement II to the Second Edition. Ham- den, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1989. 244p. $42.50 (ISBN 0-2080-1978-2). Encyclopedia of Physical Sciences and Engineering Information Sources. Ed. by Steven Wasser- man, Martin A. Smith, and Susan Mottu. De- troit: Gale, 1989. 736p. $140 (ISBN 0-8103- 2498-9). Energy Information Abstracts Annual1988. New York: Bowker, 1989. 869p. $495 (ISBN 0-8352- 2642-5). Environment Abstracts Annual 1988. New York: Bowker, 1989. 1,361p. $495 (ISBN 0-8352- 2643-3). Faculty White Pages 1989. Ed. by Peter Dresser. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 1,837p. $79.95 (ISBN 0- 8103-2892-5). Gale Directory of Publications, 1989. Ed. by Donald P. Boyden. 2/v. set. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 4,370p./2v. $145 (ISBN 0-8103-2795-3). Goodenberger, Jennifer. Subject Guide to Classi- cal Instrumental Music. Metuchen, N.J: Scare- crow, 1989. 171p. $20 (ISBN 0-8108-2209-1). LC 89-4129. Hoffman, Frank. Intellectual Freedom and Censor- ship: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1989. 254p. $27.50 (ISBN 0- 8108-2145-1). LC 88-18811. Lei£, Irving P. Larry Eigner: A Bibliography of His