ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 366 / C&RL News PUBLICATIONS • The Audubon Society’s Video Guide to the Birds o f North America, introduced by Roger Tory Peter­ son and directed by Michael Godfrey, is a series of tw o 4-hour videocassettes th at presents in video form at everything th at the Peterson printed field guide contains. The arm ch air ornithologist can w atch, for every species th at breeds in N orth Amer­ ica, still and/or m otion picture footage, authentic bird calls, verbal descriptions by the n arrato r, and anim ated range maps showing m igration routes. The first tape in the series is available this m onth and retails for $74.95 in VHS or Beta. For more in­ form ation, contact MasterVision, 969 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022. • Binding Operations in ARL Libraries, SPEC Kit #114 (105 pages, May 1985), discusses the uses of in-house and commercial binding, organization and staffing issues, binding standards and guide­ lines, and autom ation. The kit contains 12 docu­ ments dealing w ith organization and adm inistra­ tion, 7 examples of contracts and specifications, 3 descriptions of autom ated systems, 8 descriptions of binding treatm ents, and a list of selected read ­ ings. SPEC kits are available by subscription from SPEC, Office of M anagem ent Studies, ARL, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N .W ., W ashington, DC 20036. Individual kits are available for $20 each, prepaym ent required. • Computer-Readable Databases: A Directory and Data Sourcebook, edited by M artha E. W il­ liams (2 vols., May 1985), provides comprehensive c o v e ra g e of i n te r n a tio n a lly a v a ila b le w o rd - oriented and num eric databases. First published in 1976, this directory was issued previously by the A m erican Society for In form ation Science and Knowledge Industry Publications. Access to infor­ m ation on the 2,800 databases described is pro­ vided by subject, producer, online vendor, and nam e indexes (including nicknames and names of databases subsumed into other bases). One volume covers databases in science, technology, and m edi­ cine; the other includes databases in business, law, social sciences, and hum anities. Copies m ay be o r­ dered for $157.50 (or $87.50 each) from ALA Pub­ lishing Services, 50 E. H uron St., C hicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0415-7. • The Congressional Liaison System is an online database of voting records and other lobbying in­ form ation useful for understanding and anticipat­ ing events in Congress. It consists of 35 programs and 50 databases th at operate together as one pro­ gram for IBM -compatible equipm ent. Biographies of members of Congress and their staff, thousands of im portant bills and votes, political action com ­ m ittee contributions, cam paign inform ation, ra t­ ings, issue positions, and inform ation on each C on­ gressional district, from local political contacts to em ploym ent statistics and key contacts at local newspapers and TV stations, are contained in the system. The vendor is offering a slightly scaled- down version to libraries for $2,000, w ith m onthly updates on floppy diskettes. For more inform ation, contact Jeffrey C. Crigler, Lobbyist Systems C or­ poration, 900 17th Street, N .W ., Suite 400, W ash­ ington, DC 20036. • In Establishing and Maintaining a Library: Two Essays on the University of Sydney Library, by Neil A. R ad fo rd an d John F letch er (60 pages, 1984), has been published by the University of Syd­ ney, Australia, to m ark the centenary of the death of Thomas Fisher, the library’s principal benefac­ tor. In his essay, “Thomas Fisher and the Fisher Be­ quest,” Radford presents a fascinating study of the convict’s son and shoemaker whose nam e lives on in the library he endowed. Fletcher’s essay, “Per Ardua ad Libros,” documents the lively history of Australia’s second-oldest friends group and its con­ tribution to the library’s development. Copies are Aus$12.50 (prepaid) from the University L ib rar­ ian, Fisher L ibrary, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. ISBN 0-949269-33-6. • A Filing and Record K eepin g M anual (50 pages, 1985) has been prepared by the staff of the University of Connecticut Historical M anuscripts and Archives Division as a by-product of a two- year survey of university records. The m anual of­ fers guidelines for getting paper files under control. Copies m ay be ordered for $3 postage and h an ­ dling, from D iane Castillo, Hom er Babbidge L i­ b ra ry , U n iv ersity of C o n n e c tic u t, S to rrs, C T 06268. • Foreign Student Flows, edited by Elinor G. Barber (129 pages, May 1985), is the report of a conference held at the Spring Hill C enter, W ay­ zata, M innesota, April 13-15, 1984, designed to deepen u n d erstanding of foreign-student issues am ong college and university adm inistrators. The Institute of International Education organized the 368 / C&RL News conference, which brought university adm inistra­ tors and education specialists together with social scientists to examine issues as they may affect insti­ tutional policy. In addition to summaries of confer­ ence discussions, the m onograph contains two analyses by social scientists of worldwide and U.S. foreign student flows. Single copies are available free of charge from the Communications Division of HE, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. • A Guide to Hartford Historical Resources pro- vides information on prim ary and secondary re­ sources in 43 libraries, colleges and universities, historical societies, museums, hospitals and medi­ cal societies, corporations and religious organiza­ tions in Hartford, East Hartford, and West H art­ ford, Connecticut. The guide was produced by the C om m ittee on H a rtfo rd H istory Resources, a group of lib rarian s, archivists, and other con­ cerned individuals. Copies may be obtained by sending a check for $1 postage and handling (made out to the Capitol Region Library Council) to CRLC, 599 Matianuck Ave., Windsor, CT 06095. • James Merrill, Poet (32 pages, 1985), is a cata- log of the current exhibit on Merrill at the W ash­ ington University Libraries, St. Louis. The exhibit New EBSS Test Collections Guide ACRL has just published a Guide fo r the De­ velopm ent and M anagem ent of Test Collec­ tions, w ith Special Emphasis on Academic Set­ tings. This 75-page book was produced by the ACRL Education and Rehavioral Sciences Sec­ tion’s Ad Hoc Committee on Test Collections, co-chaired by Emily Fabiano and Nancy P. O ’Brien. The new volume includes chapters on plan­ ning the test collection, scope of the collection, bibliographic control, problems of access, orga­ nizing the collection, acquisitions, budget, cir­ culation policy, staffing patterns, and online access to information on tests. Appendices con­ tain sample test use policies, sample forms, a core collection of tests, a directory of test collec­ tions, and a list of major sources of information about tests and measures. The cost is $9 for ACRL members ($12 for non-members). ISBN 0-8389-6926-7. It joins two other recent publications from EBSS which are available from ACRL: Directory of Curriculum Materials Centers, 2d ed. 196p. $15 for ACRL members ($20 for non-members). ISBN 0-8389-6917-8. Curriculum Materials Center Collection De­ velopment Policy. 27p. $5 for ACRL members ($7 for non-members). ISBN 0-8389-6777-9. Copies may be ordered from ALA Publish­ ing, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. was occasioned by Merrill’s residence at Washing­ ton University as Visiting Hurst Professor in the D epartm ent of English in April. Seventy-eight Merrill publications are profiled. Copies are avail­ able for $4 (checks payable to the Libraries), from Washington University Libraries, Special Collec­ tions, Campus Rox 1061, St. Louis, MO 63130. • Kodak has come out w ith two new pocket guides for traveling photographers: the Kodak Pocket Guide to Travel Photography and the Kodak Pocket Guide to Nature Photography. Roth books are well-illustrated with tips on taking pictures un­ der special travel conditions or in the wild. Copies are $5.95 each from the Eastm an Kodak Com ­ pany, 343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650. ISRN 0- 671-50669-2 (travel), 50670-6 (nature). • The Maine Union List of Serials (1985 micro- fiche ed.) has been published by the Fogler Li­ brary, University of Maine at Orono. This edition includes 16,400 titles in 39,900 holdings statements for 78 academic, public, and special libraries in Maine. Copies are available for $15 (prepaid) from the Fogler Library, University of Maine at Orono, Orono, ME 04469. Specify 24x or 42x reduction. • Microcomputer Spreadsheet Models fo r Li- braries: Preparing Documents, Budgets, and Statisti­ cal Reports, by Philip M. Clark (240 pages, June 1985), instructs beginning and advanced micro us­ ers in the design and use of spreadsheets available in such programs as Visi–Calc, SuperCalc, Perfect- C alc, Lotus 1-2-3, and M u ltiP lan . T he book presents 30 detailed spreadsheet models which demonstrate how to prepare reports, m aintain fi­ nancial records, develop budgets, analyze statis­ tics, and do projections with multiple and chang­ ing v a ria b le s. C opies are $24.95, from ALA Publishing Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISRN 0-8389-0403-3. • The WLN Resource Directory is a microfiche union catalog containing bibliographic data de­ scribing all items held by WLN participants. Over 1.5 million unique titles representing over 7.5 mil­ lion holdings are found in the 1985 edition and can be accessed by author, title, and subject. Cost for buyers outside the WLN service area is $350. Con­ tact the WLN Library Services Section, W ashing­ ton State Library, Olympia, WA 98504-0111. ■ ■ Now there’s more time to get your job done An extra second was added to the official U.S. time scale at the end of June 1985, making the last m inute of the last hour of the last day 61 seconds instead of 60. The change was made to keep atomic clock time closely matched to solar time, which is less accurate. Actually, 12 other “leap seconds” have been inserted since 1972. — National Bureau of Standards Update, May 20, 1985.