ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 291 the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Founda­ tion, the Committee has been investigating pa­ pers and binding materials used in book produc­ tion. The present report on bindings supplements its April 1981 statement on book paper. The Committee recommends that an independent or­ ganization compile information on the longevity of binding materials and it urges publishers to pay more attention to such materials and judge carefully the need for longevity of individual ti­ tles. Copies of the report, On Longevity in Bind­ ing: Preliminary Report, are available from the Council on Library Resources, 1785 Massachu­ setts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (in­ clude a self-addressed mailing label). ■■ Publications RECEIVED (Selected items will be reviewed in future is­ sues of College and Research Libraries). • S h elf Access f o r L ib ra ries‚ by Richard Joseph Hyman (American Library Association, 1982, $12.50), begins with a history of shelf ar­ rangement from ancient times and an analysis of the intrinsic inadequacies of bibliographical schemes for shelf access. The following chapters describe how librarians in the major types of li­ braries deal with the practical problems of direct access by devising shelf schemes appropriate to their clients’ interests and requirements. The final chapter considers the future of shelf classification. • “In the past several years, I have written ex­ tensively on an evolving paperless society and the implications of this evolution for libraries and li­ brarians,” writes F.W . Lancaster. His Libraries and Librarians in an Age of Electronics (Informa­ tion Resources Press, 1982, $22.50) represents an “attempt to pull this and other material together and to present it as a coherent whole. ” • Pierian Press has announced the publication of Union Lists: Issues and Answers‚ number two in the series Current Issues in Serials Manage­ ment. The $16.95 book is intended to assist union list planners to identify concerns and problems they will encounter in their work. It contains the proceedings of a 1979 conference on union list work sponsored by the Technical Services Chap­ ter of the California Library Association. • Reading Research and Librarianship: A His­ tory and Analysis‚ by Stephen Karetzky (Green­ wood, 1982, $37.50), “traces the development of the movement within the library profession to conduct scientific research on the sociological as­ pects of adult reading. ” • Electronic Document Delivery: The AR­ TEMIS Concept fo r Document Digitalisation and Teletransmission, by Adrian Norman and Arthur D. Little, provides a review of the technology of electronic document delivery by focusing on a description of ARTEMIS (Automatic Retrieval of Text from Europe’s Multinational Information Service). The report, available at $45 from Knowledge Industry Publications, explains cap­ ture and conversion techniques, intelligent copiers and printers, and how the user can s d exchange data. • The purpose of Ahead of Its Time: The tore an En­ gineering Societies L ib ra ry ‚ 1 9 1 3 -8 0 (Shoe String, 1982, $25) is to describe the technical re­ sources of the Engineering Societies Library of the United Engineering Society in Manhattan, and the “significant contribution the library has made to the furtherance of the goals of the engi­ neering profession,” writes author Ellis Mount. • Library Leadership: Visualizing the Future‚ edited by Donald E. Riggs, is a collection of 12 essays. Contributors were asked to address the current status of leadership in their areas of ex­ pertise and to project the impact leadership (or lack of it) will have on their specialties. They were asked: 1) not to project beyond the year 2000; and 2) not to devote much attention to li­ brary administration and management. The 1982 hardcover is available from Oryx Press for $27.50. • James R. Mingle & Associates’ Challenges of Retrenchment: Strategies fo r Consolidating Pro­ grams‚ Cutting Costs‚ and Reallocating Resources concerns the difficult management and policy is­ sues facing higher education and government be­ cause of expected declines in enrollment and in financial support.” Published in 1981 by Jossey- Bass, the hardcover is priced at $17.95. • Conservation Treatm ent P rocedures: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures fo r the Main­ tenance and Repair o f Library Materials‚ by Carolyn Clark Morrow (Libraries Unlimited, Handbook Help Wanted The ACRL Community and Junior College Library Section’s Instruction and Use Com­ mittee is attempting to revise and update their published guidelines for producing col­ lege library handbooks, both for students or faculty. Any library that has guidelines for the preparation, revision, or production of such handbooks or flyers (for either students or faculty) is requested to send a copy to: Mary Sue Farrell, Library, Western Nevada Com­ munity College, 2201 Nye Lane, Carson City, NV 89701. 292 1982, $18 U .S., $22 elsewhere) demonstrates the procedures for basic book repair, maintenance, and protective encasement. Illustrated with de­ tailed photographs, the text is intended for the librarian who manages the book repair and main­ tenance activities and the paraprofessional or technician who actually does the work. • C arried out by Jud ith Collins and Ru Finer, National Acquisition Policies and Systems: A Comparative Study o f Existing Systems and Possible Models forms part of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institu­ tions (IFLA) UAP program. “This report attempts to define and identify national acquisition policies and systems which must be considered by na­ tional policy-makers. Current practices are de­ scribed and used to derive a series of basic models th of national acquisition policies and systems.” This 1982 softcover is published by the IFLA In ­ ternational Office for UAP in W etherby, West Yorkshire, England. • Arthur Young details how the American brary Association responded to the call for sup­ port to America s World War I fighting forces, both at home and abroad, in Books fo r Sammies: The American Library Association and World War I. He judges the ALA’s Library War Service “an unusually successful venture” and provides extensive coverage of the library service offered in training camps throughout the nation. Number 15 in the Beta Phi Mu series of modern chap- books, B o o k s f o r Sam m ies (1982, hardcover) is available at $12.50 from the Publications Office, Beta Phi Mu, c/o College of Library Science, Li­ 293 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. • Knowledge Industry Publications has pub­ lished C hanging Inform ation Concepts and Technologies: A Reader fo r the Professional Li­ brarian (1982). The reader consists of chapters selected from 1980 and 1981 Professional L ib ra r­ ian monographs on each of these technologies and concepts: The L ibrary and Inform ation Man­ a g er s Guide to Online Services; Telecommunica­ tions and Libraries: A Primer f o r Librarians and Inform ation M anagers; M icrocom puters an d Li­ braries: A Guide to Technology‚ P roducts‚ and Applications; and Getting Ready f o r AACR2: The C ataloger’s Guide. • The special nature of library services for the handicapped and copyright problems associated with the production and dissemination of mate­ rials in braille, audiotape, and large print are all examined in Copyright and Library M aterials f o r th e H a n d ic a p p e d , by Fran coise H eb ert and Wanda Noel (IFLA Publication No. 21). The study, published this year, is available from K.G. aur. • “This book has been written to guide the ew or inexperienced director of a small library, ho must come to grips very quickly with many spects of management, through the first year of the jo b ,” writes author Beverly A. Rawles in the reface to Human Resource Management in Small ibraries (Shoe String, 1982). An annotated bibli­ graphy at the end of each chapter refers to ooks and articles that treat the subject in more etail. • The second edition of Map Librarianship‚ by arold Nichols ($29.50), represents a thorough evision of the original text, first published in 1976. This 1982 edition, published by Clive Bingley and available from Shoe String, “seeks to ring together the basic principles of map librar­ anship, and to stimulate ideas on the develop­ ent of map libraries and their reference and in­ ormation services.” ■ ■ S n w a p L o b d H r b i m f New Technology • C a r r o l l t o n P r e s s , Arlington, Virginia, is of­ fering Apple II microcomputers on loan to librar­ ies undergoing retrospective conversion. Car­ rollton will deliver the microcomputer and special Apple-SKIP (Search Key Input Program) software to the library and train employees in their use. There is no rental charge, but the library must agree to produce a minimum number of requests per month during the project. On large projects Carrollton will provide multiple micros. In this way libraries can use existing staff to input short search keys (with or without LCCNs) onto Apple floppy disks. These diskettes can be sent to Car­ rollton for conversion to magnetic search tapes and hits will be returned in MARC Communica­ tions format. Hits cost 20 cents per MARC record and 50 cents per REMARC record. For more in­ formation write Carrollton Press, Inc., 1911 Ft. Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209. • D a t a C o u r i e r , Louisville, Kentucky, now provides full-text articles for items in the ABI/ INFORM business and management database by facsimile transmission from the company’s new Panafax unit. The MV-3000 unit is capable of communicating with Group 2 and Group 3 fac­ simile machines. Same-day transmission is avail­ able if orders are received before 1 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. A typical price for transmission of a six-page article in the United States is $60. For more information contact Data Courier, Inc., 620 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, KY 40202. • DIALOG I n f o r m a t io n S e r v i c e s , Palo Alto, California, has announced the online availability of Career Placement Registry/Experienced Pers onnel (CPR/EP) produced by Career Placement Registry, In c., of Alexandria, Virginia, a sub­ sidiary of Plenum Publishing Corporation. The database enables experienced professionals to make their credentials available to prospective employers for a low registration fee. Employers can search the mini-resumes available in CPR/EP to locate all applicants meeting their job criteria. Searchable criteria include work experience, academic background, language proficiency, oc­ cupational and geographic preferences, salary re­ quirements, and availability. For $5 prospective employers can obtain a full resume within 24 hours by issuing a simple command. For further information contact DIALOG Information Ser­ vices, Inc., 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304. • D rexel Library Q uarterly, published by Drexel’s School of Library and Information Sci­ ence, features “The Electronic Library” as the theme for its Fall 1981 issue, edited by Kenneth Dowlin of the Pikes Peak Library D istrict, Colorado Springs. Articles include: “Remote Electronic Delivery of Information through L i­ braries”; “The Human Element: Staff Develop­ ment in the Electronic Library”; and “Financing the Electronic Library: Models and Options.” • I n f o r o n i c s now offers professional catalog­ ing for special libraries so that a total cataloging service can be provided. The new service is tai­ lored to suit individual library requirements and solve problems of online MARC II database searching, searching of NUC and other databases for catalog data not on MARC, original catalog­ ing, en terin g holdings data, and updating