ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 368 / C &R L News Publications RECEIVED (Selected items will be reviewed in future issues of C ollege & R esearch Libraries). •Academic Librarianship: Yesterday‚ Today‚ and Tom orrow ‚ ed ited by R o b e rt S tu e a rt (N eal- Schuman Publishers, 1982, $24.95), is a collection of thirteen essays dealing with such academic li­ brary issues as how academic librarians should re­ tool for the future in this age of fiscal conservatism, leadership roles in the information industry, and the effects of technological advances on interli­ brary cooperation. •As more information is created and dissemi­ nated in electronic form, will the book and journal become obsolete? Books‚ Libraries and Electronics: Essays on the Future o f Written Communication, by E fram Sigel and others (Knowledge Industry, 1982, $24.95), explores these issues from the view­ points of the editor, publisher, author, media ana­ lyst, librarian, and computer scientist. •AACR2 Headings: A Five-Year Projection o f Their Impact on Catalogs, by Arlene Taylor Dowell (Libraries Unlimited, 1982, $22.50 U .S ., $27 else­ where). W ith the implementation of AACR2, li­ brarians have been faced with decisions of whether to attempt to change conflicting headings, provide “see also” cross-references, or begin new catalogs. The results of this analysis will be helpful in making such decisions. •Reading Research and Librarianship: A History nd Analysis, by Stephen Karetsky (Greenwood, 982, $37.50), treats one of the most significant hapters in the history of modern librarianship— he reading research movement. The author con­ entrates his attention on reading research in merica, and summarizes the values, philosophies, nd findings of Waples, William Haygood, Louis ound Wilson, and other American reading re­ earchers. •Libraries and Librarians in an Age o f Electron­ cs, by F .W . Lancaster (Information Resources, 982, $22.50, plus $2.10 postage and handling), is esigned to stimulate members of the library pro­ ession to reassess the role of the library as an insti­ ution and the role of the librarian as an informa­ ion specialist in a time of extensive social and echnological change. •Do libraries and their organizations not need eaders and leadership? The authors of the 12 chap­ ers of Library Leadership: Visualizing the Future, dited by Donald E . Riggs (Oryx, 1982, $27.50), ave done some crystal ball gazing while predict­ ng the events of the 80s and 90s. More impor­ antly, they have identified the role leadership ust serve during this decade and the ensuing one. •Library experts explore all major aspects of au­ omated serials control as it exists now and as it will robably exist in the next few years in The Manage­ ent o f Serials Automation: Current Technology a 1 c t c A a R s i 1 d f t t t l t e h i t m t p m November 1982 / 369 and Strategies fo r Future Planning, edited by Peter Gellatly (Haworth, 1982, $45). This book exam­ ines major working serials control systems in the United States and Canada, describes their opera­ tions, and discusses their successes and shortcom­ ings. •The Changing Concept o f Information: An In­ troductory Analysis, by Kevin J. McGarry (Clive Bingley, 1981, $19.50), evaluates the impact of the various technologies for recording and disseminat­ ing inform ation, the opportunities which new technologies open up, the constraints which they impose, and the way that society adapts itself to the means of communication available. •Richard M. Neustadt, in The Birth of Electronic Publishing (Knowledge Industry, 1982, $32.95), collects the whole of current U.S. communications laws and regulations and analyzes their probable effect on the new electronic technology. •The authors in Research in the Age o f the Steady-State University, edited by Don I. Phillips and B e n ja m in S .P . Shen (W estv iew , 1 9 8 2 , $16.50), point to the need for a strong cooperative relationship between research and education. Rep­ resentatives of the scientific, educational, and gov­ rnment sectors look at the problems and prospects facing U.S. research and university education, pre­ senting the perspectives of their own institutional biases and turning also to the experiences of Can­ ada and Western Europe. •Tomorrow’s Universities: A World Wide Look at ducational Change, compiled by W . W erner Prange, David Jowett, and Barbara Fogel (West­ view, 1982, $20), provides an important contribu­ tion to higher education and to the understanding of university innovations throughout the world. The authors of this volume have provided a much- needed, authoritative, and comprehensive account of the practical as well as the philosophical reasons for global university innovation at the beginning of the 1980s. ■ ■ e E New Technology •CL S y s t e m s . I n c ., Newtonville, Massachusetts, has introduced a Model P-300 Report Printer for larger libraries which have a high volume require­ ment for printing management reports and patron notices with the LIBS 100 System. The printer fea­ tures a 96-character upper and lower case charac­ ter set and prints at a speed of 240 lines per minute. Originally manufactured by Printronix, In c., the Model P-300 was selected by C LSI because of its high quality, high reliability, and proven perform­ ance in many other data processing applications. The printer has already been installed at the C ali­ fornia State University Library, Northridge, and the Herbert H. Lehman College Library, Bronx, New York. Contact C L SI, 81 Norwood Avenue, Newtonville, MA 02160; (617) 965-6310. • C O M M T E X I n t e r n a t i o n a l , the prim ary American exposition for communications and in­ formation technologies, will be held in the New Orleans Superdome on January 21-24 in conjunc­ tion with the 1983 National Audio-Visual Associa­ tion Convention. The exposition is cosponsored by NAVA and the Association for Educational Com­ munications and Technology and replaces their in­ dividual annual exhibits. This first annual show will feature the newest equipment and materials/ software of more than 400 major manufacturers and producers of A-V/video/microcomputer prod­ ucts. The NAVA Covention will feature technol­ ogy updates, funding and legislative outlooks, and special events. AECT will also hold its annual con­ vention at the same time and will include over 300 sessions, workshops and seminars on such topics as telecom m unications, media program m anage­ ment, microcomputer applications, and training program design. F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n on C O M M TEX, contact NAVA, 3150 Spring Street, Fairfax, VA 22031; for further details on the A ECT Convention, contact A E C T , 1126 16th Street, N .W ,, Washington, DC 20036. • D IA L O G I n f o r m a t i o n S e r v i c e s , I n c ., has added nine databases to its retrieval system: T ele­ gen, produced by the Environment Information Center (biotechnology and genetic engineering); Books in Print, from the R .R . Bowker Co. (includes forthcoming books); L a b o rla w , produced by the Bureau of National Affairs (labor relations, fair A lternate Life-Styles Jeff Selth, reference librarian at the Univer­ sity of California, Riverside, has begun a pro­ ject which should result in a directory of special collections in libraries, archives, and other in­ stitutions relating to the history and practice of nudism, the free sex movement, group mar­ riage, or communes featuring any of these life­ styles. He would like to contact as many li­ braries, associations, or individuals that possess any material, published or unpublished, which would be useful to researchers interested in the history of alternative life-styles, especially in the United States and Canada in recent dec­ ades. Typed or handwritten documents and newspaper articles are considered especially valuable. Readers with any information should con­ tact Jeff Selth, The Library, University of C ali­ fornia, Riverside, CA 92517.