College and Research Libraries 88 College & Research Libraries This work, however, has a conservative slant. Its terminology fails to correct past biases; for example, the reference to writer David Walker (1785-1830) as a ''black mili- tant," whereas abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) is a "white radical." In addition, its representation of politics, science, and industry is weak; more should have been said about these impor- tant aspects of African-American history. Nevertheless, the African-American Mosaic is a tool all should consult who wish to explore the rich African-Ameri- can historical and cultural resources at the Library of Congress.,- Itibari M. Zulu, University of California, Los Angeles. Encyclopedia of Library History. Ed. Wayne A. Wiegand and Donald G. Davis,Jr.NewYork:Garland,l994. 707p. alk. paper, $95 (ISBN 0-8240-5787-2). In the Encyclopedia of Library History (EoLH) editors Wayne Wiegand and Donald Davis offer a handy, one-volume encyclopedia of library history. The word history in the title distinguishes it, at least in intention, from other library- limning lexica. In practice, however, some of the 275 articles have not much more historical content than entries in other encyclopedias, particularly the ALA World Encyclopedia of Library and In- formation Services (2d ed., 1993), with which the present title will inevitably be compared, and the Encyclopedia of Li- brary and Information Science (1968- ), which, indeed, it occasionally cites. Too many of the articles fail to provide new information or a different perspec- tive. Sometimes, however, a fresh per- spective is achieved. One of the editors' stated goals was to focus on the library as an institution. Thus we find entries on military libraries, prison libraries, serv- ices to labor groups, fiction in libraries- topics other encyclopedias have ignored or treated only fleetingly. Articles on the library as institution, exemplified by "Film Libraries and Librarianship," con- stitute one of the major achievements of this new reference work. The EoLH breaks subjects down into smaller units than some other reference works do, making it easier to find arti- January 1995 des about major libraries without hav- ing to wade through the entire entry on a particular country. One result of the focus on institutions is that separate bio- graphical entries are not included. Al- though some key figures in library history can be located with the thorough index, the EoLH is not the first place to look for biography of librarians. The in- dex is also necessary to find standard terms such as bookmobile (found under "Itinerating Libraries") and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (listed as "Ger- man Research Society"). Organizing the work of more than 220 contributors is a daunting task. Quite a few of the authors write about subjects in which they have established reputa- tions. Thus we have Paul N. Banks on conservation and preservation, Francis L. Miksa explaining classification, and E. Stewart Saunders writing on collection development. Most authors are drawn from the ranks of U.S. university librar- ies, although intemationallibrarianship is well represented. The editors write in the introduction about the difficulty in finding suitable contributors for each en- try, and, indeed, a few contributors seem to be writing entirely out of their field. The quality of .the contributions varies widely. A few entries are quite simplistic, offering very little substance, while oth- ers are extremely well written and infor- mative. The entries on classification and collection development, in particular, are very well done, the former because it so elegantly and lucidly explains how librarians have attempted to organize classification, the latter because it takes a truly international and diachronic per- spective on the subject. The editorial decision to group smaller countries into cultural or geo- graphic aggregate areas such as Franco- phone and Anglophone Africa probably saved some space. A side effect of this decision, however, is the large number of "see references" for country names (which are, of course, repeated in the index). The geographic grouping also leads to a disjunct and desultory quality in the articles, given the diverse library traditions within a geographic area. Some- one interested in Cuban library history, for example, must dig out a few nuggets from five columns on the Caribbean. The EoLH is certainly not an unwieldy tome, but that convenience comes at a price. The word limit for some articles was simply too small, forcing authors to write in vague generalities; for example, a certain library "moved ahead with core programs." And although the Library Bill of Rights is quite short, it is not quoted in the article on that topic. Because of their brevity, the entries for small countries are less informative than the longer articles for major countries. Bibliographical refer- ences-occasionally quite dated-have been deliberately restricted, with only one or two citations for the shorter articles, while the longest entries may have five to seven references. The editors largely accomplished the difficult task of harmonizing and unify- ing the work of a great many contribu- tors, and there are only occasional errors in foreign-language phrases. In their in- troduction they signal their hope to re- dress the inevitable imbalances and omissions in subsequent editions. Exam- ples: there is no entry for the Linda Hill Library or for the Enoch Pratt, although the Boston Public Library can be found; bibliotherapy has its own entry, but bib- liometrics does not. The treatment of the impact of technology on libraries is gen- erally weak. While the discussion of chained books in medieval armaria is entertaining, I missed a good outline of the history of OPACs. Despite the flaws of this work, the pro- duction of a reliable and informative, one-volume encyclopedia is a laudable accomplishment. The EoLH, with its his- torical focus, supplements and comple- ments the practical side of library education; I wish there had been a book like this to place in my hands when I finished library school. However, since the volume has no tables, charts, or illus- trations, the $95 price tag seems high.- John B. Rutledge, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Drabenstott, Karen M. Analytical Review of the Library of the Future. Washington, Book Reviews 89 D.C.: Council on Library Resources, 1994. 200p. $15 prepaid. [anonymous FTP: sils.umich.edu.] The development of this report was supported by the Council on Library Resources. Its purpose is to assist li- brarians to "keep abreast of new devel- opments ... [in order thatthey] can shape the future, lay claim to crucial roles, and ensure that the new digital libraries re- flect their own values and are not re- placed by those of other professions." The objectives of the project were (1) to identify the literature published on this topic between the years 1983 and 1994; (2) to create a digital database of docu- ment surrogates; (3) to generate an ana- lytical bibliography; and ( 4) to provide a synthesis of the ideas. The report has several useful features. First, the report can be retrieved at no cost via anonymous FTP from sils. umich.edu, which then allows the files to be searched and manipulated at will. The verso of the contents page carries detailed informa- tion on how to access the files, which are available in both Mac and DOS formats. ProCite software is necessary to use the DOS files. A second useful feature is the presen- tation. The key findings, claims, and rec- ommendations are quoted directly and organized in topical outline form under these main section headings following the Introduction (section 1): 2. A Shared Vision of the Future; 3. Digital Libraries; 4. Phases in the Application of Informa- tion Technology to Libraries; 5. Print- based Technology; 6. Tools for Accessing Digital Libraries; 7. Digital Library Mod- els; 8. Stakeholder Motivations and Con- cerns; 10. Libraries of the Future; 11. Harnessing the True Potential of Infor- mation Technology. The subdivisions under the main headings are helpfully specific. For ex- ample, 3. Digital Libraries is broken down to 3.1 Definitions; 3.2 Impetus; 3.2.1 Putting a Halt to Building New Fa- cilities; 3.2.2 Reducing or Controlling Costs; 3.2.3 Harnessing Enabling Tech- nologies; 3.2.4 Accepting the Access Paradigm Shift. This information is pre- sented in a two-column format, with