College and Research Libraries


572 College & Research Libraries 

(such as file and record organization, 
the reference interview, and informa-
tion systems databases) with the scien-
tific study of information retrieval 
models drawn from other contexts.-
Matthew Wall, Drexel University, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania. 

SHORT NOTICES 

I Luoghi della Memoria Scritta: Ma-
noscritti, Incunaboli, Libri a Stampa 
di Biblioteche Statali Italiane. Roma: 
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 
Libreria dello Stato, 1994. 488p. 
L59,000 (ISBN 88-240-0351-6). 
A recent exhibition of manuscripts 

and early printed books from the collec-
tions of the Italian state libraries ("the 
places of written memory" alluded to in 
the title) documents their role in creating 
and preserving a cultural heritage. In 
three sections, each supported by ex-
planatory essays, the catalog focuses on 
the works of early monastic libraries ("I 
Libri del Silenzio"); the collections of 
manuscripts and printed volumes of the 
great Renaissance libraries, such as the 
Medicea Laurenziana of Florence and 
Modena's Estense ("I Libri del Decoro"); 
and treasures from the libraries of Italy's 
cardinals ("I Libri del Porporo"). 
Lengthy entries for each manuscript or 
book exhibited give its provenance, his-
torical significance, and place within a 
particular collection. Bibliographic 
notes lead the reader to secondary 
sources. A helpful index of the manu-
scripts in the exhibition, arranged by 
current library location and collection, 
gives some sense of the riches of each of 
the major state libraries represented 
here. The catalog is well designed and 
beautifully illustrated. GB) 

Guide to Cooperative Collection Devel-
opment. Ed. Bart Harloe. Chicago: 
ALA, 1994. 35p. alk. paper, $10, $9 
member price (ISBN 0-8389-3444-7). 

November 1994 

This booklet, the sixth in the "Collec-
tion Management and Development 
Guides" series, is based on Paul Mosher· 
and Marcia Pankake' s guidelines pub-
lished in the October I December 1983 is-
sue of Library Resources and Technical 
Services. In outline format and very 
sparse prose it sketches the basics of co-
operation: the benefits, the "challenges," 
(the kinder, gentler '90s term -for the 
"problems" of the 1983 edition), types of 
cooperatives, varieties of cooperative . 
activities, planning and implementing 
the agreement, assessing and strength-
ening resources, and providing bibliog-
raphic and physical access. A directory 
of cooperatives, a glossary, and an exten-
sive bibliography complete this care-
fully prepared publication. (SL) 

College and Undergraduate Libraries. 
Ed. Alice Harrison Bahr. Binghamton, 
N.Y.: Haworth, 1994- . Semi-annual. 
$38/year for institutions (ISSN 1069-
1316). 
Specialized journals of this kind are all 

but irresistible to their particular target 
markets, which is not to say that the 
need isn't real enough. This new journal 
was conceived to redress the perceived 
marginalization of college libraries and 
their concerns in the professional litera-
ture. It emphasizes the practical and 
day-to-day, with a corresponding de-
emphasis on what we call "research" 
and "theory." Articles in the first issue 
cover topics such as "holistic" librarian- ·-
ship, summers off, citation analysis of 
freshman papers, a bar-coding project, 
textbooks in the collection, food in the 
library, library-skill workbooks (plus ~a 
change ... ), accessing the Internet. 
Some, but not all of these offer a 
uniquely "college" perspective, but 
much of it, at least in this first issue, is 
depressingly familiar. (SL) 

Contributed by Jane G. Bryan and Stephen 
Lehmann.