ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Publications
NOTICES

•  Africana Directions is a new series of guides 
to b e issued irregularly by th e African Section of 
th e Library of Congress. The guides will consist 
of b rie f bibliographies, reading lists, or reference 
aids on topics of cu rren t interest. The first issue 
is a 14-page list of re fe re n c e s e n title d  R ecent 
A fro-Libyan Relations, com piled by Joanne M. 
Zellers, which includes 105 en tries and a map. 
Copies of the first and future issues are available 
free of charge from the Library of Congress, Afri­
can and M iddle E a ste rn  Division, African Sec­
tion, W ashington, DC 20540.

•  A Citizen’s G uide to Changes in H um an 
Services Programs‚ ed ited  by Julie M. Sugarman 
(111 pages, S e p tem b e r 1981), describes in con­
s id e r a b le  d e ta il how  th e  U .S . C o n g re s s  r e ­
sponded to many dram atic changes in hum an ser­
vices legislation and appropriations. An appendix 
p ro v id e s a c o m p re h e n siv e  catalog of o v er 250 
p ro g ram  changes re s u ltin g  from  th e  O m nibus 
B u d g et R econciliation Act of 1981. C opies are 
av ailab le for $7.95 from  th e  H u m a n  S ervices 
Inform ation C en ter, 1408 N. Fillm ore St., # 7 , 
Arlington, VA 22201.

•  A D ire c to ry  o f  C o u rses on In d e x in g  in 
Canada and the United States, by Jam es D. 
Anderson (2d edition, 147 pages, 1981), includes 
a course list, a list of textbooks, and a classifica­
tion of indexing concepts and p ro ced u res. The 
book is available for $5 to m em bers of the Am eri­
can Society of In d ex ers, $10 to n o n -m em b ers. 
O rd ers should b e se n t to ASI, 235 Park Ave. 
South, New York, NY 10003.

•  Financing Online Services in Publicly Sup­
ported Libraries‚ by Mary Jo Lynch (55 pages, 
1981), has b e e n  p u b lish ed  by ALA’s Office for 
Research. This rep o rt carries th e results of a sur­
vey conducted among subscribers to BRS, Lock­
heed, and SDC online services to d eterm in e how 
th e services w ere financed. Copies may be or­
d e re d  for $2 from the O rder D epartm ent, ALA, 
50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611.

•  Finding Answers to Copyright Questions: 
Guide to Publications on Copyright‚ com piled by 
the G overnm ent Relations D ep artm en t of th e Na­
tional Audio-Visual Association (1981), em phasizes 
publications th at deal with off-air copying, m i­
crocom puter program s, and software protection. 
Copies are available for $4.95 from NAVA, 3150 
Sp rin g  S t., Fairfax, VA 22031 (free to NAVA 
members).

•  The Guide to Credit by Examination (105 
pages, 1981) sum m arizes exam inations u sed  in 
aw arding cre d it for extra-institutional learning. 
The guide, produced by th e American Council on 
E d u c a tio n  s Office on E d u c a tio n al C re d it and

C redentials, details A C E’s test evaluation process 
and reviews th e content validity and am ount of 
c re d it re c o m m e n d e d  for te s t p e rfo rm a n c e  for 
such te s t series as C L E P , D A N T E S, an d  th e  
Foreign Service In stitu te. Copies may be ordered 
for $20 from A CE, Publication Sales, O ne D u ­
p o n t Circle, W ashington, D C 20036.

•  Internships and Jo b  Exchanges (91 pages, 
N ovem ber-D ecem ber 1981), SPEC Kit # 7 9 , has 
b een  p u b lish ed  by th e  Association of Research 
Libraries. The kit contains 26 docum ents illustrat­
ing guidelines, policies, forms, and program  d e ­
scriptions for in tern sh ip  and job exchange p ro ­
grams in ARL libraries. SPEC kits are available 
by subscription from th e Systems and Procedures 
Exchange C en ter, OMS/ARL, 1527 New H am p­
shire Ave., NW , W ashington, DC 20036. In d i­
vidual kits may be purchased (prepaid only) for 
$15, with checks m ade payable to the ARL Office 
of M anagem ent Studies.

•  Library Compensation Review is a new q uar­
terly jo u rn al th a t analyzes c u rre n t salaries and 
benefits for librarians and information specialists. 
Each issue of th e  review  will sum m arize d ata 
taken from over 1,000 position advertisem ents in 
the previous q u arter and will feature an in-depth 
analysis of such special topics as benefits, years of 
experience req u ired , language and special educa­
tion req u irem en ts, and urban versus non-urban 
salaries. An annual subscription is $25. Contact: 
G raduate Library School, Attn: LCR-P, College 
of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
85721.

•  The Maine Union List o f Serials (3d edition, 
1981) has b een  published by the Fogler Library, 
U niversity of M aine at Orono. This edition in ­
cludes 14,500 titles and 35,500 holdings sta te ­
m ents for 69 academic, public, and special librar­
ies in Maine. Copies are available for $30 (plus 
$1.50 postage and handling) prepaid from Fogler 
Library, U niversity of M aine at Orono, Orono, 
ME 04469.

•  MULS, Third Edition (12 volumes, 1981), a 
regional union list of serials, has b een  published 
by M INITEX and th e M innesota H igher E duca­
tion C oordinating Board. This ed itio n  contains 
over a half-m illion holdings for serials h e ld  in 
M innesota, N orth Dakota, South D akota, W is­
consin, and Iowa. Copies are available for $450 
(postage and handling included) from M INITEX, 
30 Wilson Library, 309 19th Ave. S., University 
of M innesota, M inneapolis, MN 55455.

•  T h e  NASA In d e x ‚ a s u b je c t in d ex  to a s­
tro n o m ic a l p u b lic a tio n s  o f th e  U .S . N atio n al 
Aeronautics and Space Adm inistration, has b een  
p u b lis h e d  by th e  A stronom ical Society of th e  
Pacific. To receive a free copy of th e index, send 
two first-class stamps to NASA Index, ASP, 1290



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24th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122.
•  On-Line Services in Some Academic, Public 

and Special Libraries: A State-of-the-Art Report, 
by Marcy M urphy (24 pages, N ovem ber 1981), 
has b een published as Occasional Paper n u m b er 
151 of th e University of Illinois G raduate School 
of Library and Inform ation Science. The rep o rt 
describes th e results of a survey of 309 libraries 
in 13 states th at in q u ired  about online reference 
services. Available for $3 (single copy, prepaid) 
from th e Publications Office, GSLIS, University 
of Illinois, 249 Armory Bldg., 505 E. Armory St., 
Cham paign, IL 61820-6291.

•  Public Access to Library Automation‚ ed ited  
by J. L. Divilbiss (128 pages, 1981), contains th e 
proceedings of the 1980 Clinic on Library Appli­
cations of D ata Processing. C opies may be o r­
d e re d  for $10 from th e G raduate School of Li­
brary and Information Science, University of Illi­
nois, 249 A rm o ry  B ld g ., 505 E. A rm ory S t., 
Cham paign, IL  61820-6291.

•  R e:s o u r c e s  (Vo1. 1, n o . l ,  W in te r 1981), a 
quarterly environm ental new spaper that provides 
b ack g ro u nd  on ecological issues, access to e n ­
v iro n m en tal organizations, and in -d e p th  bib lio ­
graphic listings on a wide range of topics, includ­
ing transportation (W inter 1982) and occupational 
health hazards (Spring 1982), is published by the 
E nvironm ental Task Force. Libraries qualify for a 
special rate: $12 for one year, $22 for two years. 
Send orders to th e  E nvironm ental Task Force, 
1346 C onnecticut Ave., NW , Suite 918, W ashing­
ton, DC 20036.

•  The Role o f the Information Science Com­
munity in a National Network‚ p rep a red  by the 
ASIS Networking C om m ittee and th e ASIS Spe­
cial In te re st G roup on L ibrary Autom ation and 
Networks (16 pages, 1981), contains five “think 
pieces” in ten d ed  to stim ulate ideas on th e role of 
the information comm unity. F re e  copies may be 
o rd e re d  from  ASIS, 1010 S ix te e n th  S t., NW , 
W ashington, D C 20036.

•  Who's Who in Information Management (128 
pages, 1981) lists th e nam es, titles, addresses, 
and telephone num bers of over 800 information 
managers. The directory may be o rd ered  for $25 
(or free to AIM m em bers) from Associated Infor­
m ation M anagers, 316 Pennsylvania A ve., SE, 
W ashington, DC 20003.

NONPRINT NOTICES

•  A ta p e  of th e  talks g iv en  at th e  g ro u n d  
breaking cerem onies for the $23 million central 
library of Boston College may be obtained for $5 
from th e  U n iv ersity  L ib rarian  s Office, Gasson 
102, Boston College, C h estn u t Hill, MA 02167. 
Speakers include Jill Conway, Smith College; J. 
Donald Monan, Boston College; Philip J. McNiff, 
Boston Public Library; and Thomas F. O ’Connell, 
Boston College.

•  How to Use Biological Abstracts‚ a slide/tape

program  by Eva S. Jonas (enlarged second ed i­
tion, 1981), describes th e 1981 format of Biologi­
cal A b s t r a c t s , its in d e x e s an d  b a sic  re s e a rc h  
te c h n iq u e s . T h e co st is $115 for m ail o rd e rs  
w ithin th e U.S. Send orders to Eva S. Jonas, Li­
brarian, M useum  of Com parative Zoology, H a r­
vard University, 26 Oxford St., Cam bridge, MA 
02138. ■ ■

Local Academies: An Opportunity 
for Professional Involvement

Academic librarians looking for professional 
growth opportunities should take note of the 
various state and local academ ies in th e U.S. 
T here are at least 44 such academies in the 
country at p resen t, and they offer various av­
en u es for involvem ent. M ost academ ies are 
involved p rin cip ally  w ith th e  scien ces, b u t 
m any h a v e  h u m a n itie s  a n d  social sc ie n c e  
in te re s t groups, if not separate sections. At 
least two academ ies, those of Michigan and 
Ohio, already have library science sections.

M any s ta te  a n d  lo cal a c a d e m ie s  w o u ld  
probably welcome overtures to form separate 
sections for librarians; such sections provide a 
way for librarians to deliver papers and in te r­
act w ith colleagues w ith o u t in c u rrin g  long­
distance travel expenses. The ex p erien ce in 
Michigan during th e last th ree years since we 
formed our section is that many librarians are 
em boldened to a tten d  and deliver papers b e ­
cause of th e  frien d ly  local atm o sp h ere; our 
m eetings have becom e a focal point for librar­
ians’ intellectual interaction.

It is also possible to interact with other sec­
tions of the academies, in various ways. Pa­
pers may be delivered to o th er sections, and 
published in th e academy journal or new slet­
ter. O ne could, for instance, do a joint p re ­
sentation with a biology professor on a library 
in structio n p ro ject, and d issem inate th e in ­
form ation to th e re st of th e academ y a fte r­
w ards th ro u g h  p u b lic a tio n . O ne could also 
m ount open forums on instruction, or on new 
developm ents in academ ic libraries as these 
affect research scholars. O pportunities for in­
volvem ent in local academ ies are various, and 
available to any enterprising librarian willing 
to take an in terest and make a com m itm ent.

To find o u t m ore ab ou t local academ ies, 
o rd er the Directory and Handbook o f  the Na­
tional Association o f  Academies o f  Science (at 
$5 p er copy) from the Archivist, Ohio Acad­
emy of Science, 445 King Street, Colum bus, 
OH 43201, or contact Bill Miller, Chair of the 
BIS C ooperation C o m m ittee, c/o R eference 
D e p a rtm e n t, M ichigan State U n iv ersity  L i­
b rarie s, E ast Lansing, M I 48824.—W illiam 
Miller.



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