ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries • O C L C and O n lin e C o m p u ter System s, I n c ., of G erm a n to w n , M ary lan d , h ave en tered into nego­ tiatio n s lead in g to w ard jo in t developm ent o f a lo ­ c a l lib ra ry system to b e m arketed and supported ex­ clusively b y O C L C . T h e new system w ill include an o n lin e p u blic access ca ta lo g , a u th o rity co n tro l, c ircu la tio n co n tro l, acquisitions and serials co n ­ tro l, as w ell as a clusterin g ca p a b ility . T h e system w ill b e designed fo r a w ide ran ge o f sizes and types o f lib ra ries, w ill b e integrated w ith th e O C L C cen ­ tra l system , and ca n b e read ily expanded by th e l i ­ b ra ry o r cluster to m eet fu tu re g row th. O C L C w ill fund and guide O n lin e in developing a new system w h ich w ill b uild upon th e consid erable develop­ m en t effo rt b y O n lin e for th e system a t th e L ister H ill N atio n al C en ter for B io d ica l C om m un ication s a t the N ation al L ib r a ry o f M edicine. T h e jo in tly developed system w ill b en efit from th e exp erience O C L C has gained in developing its ow n lo cal l i ­ b ra ry system . ■ ■ P UBILCATIONS RECEIVED (Selected item s w ill b e review ed in fu tu re issues of C o lleg e & R esea rch L ib ra ries.) • The studies o f M a rc ia J . M yers and Jassim M. Jirje e s h ave b een published in T he Accuracy o f Tel­ e p h o n e R eferen ce/In fo rm ation Services in A cadem ic L ibraries (S ca recro w , 1 9 8 3 ). F o rty acad em ic li­ b raries w ere investigated by th e authors fo r this study, w h ich sought to observe th e effectiveness o f reference/ inform ation services through users’ te le ­ ph one questions. •Archival F orm s’ M anual, com p iled by th e S o ci­ ety of A m erican Archivists ($7 to m em bers, $ 1 0 to others) ‚ co ntains over 100 form s from all types o f a rch ival repositories and is arranged in to five c a te ­ gories: ap p raisal and disposition, accessioning, a r­ ran gem en t and descrip tion , use, and specialized form s. A b ib lio g rap h y o f arch iv a l m anu als is also included. • B an ned Film s: M ovies, C ensors a n d th e First A m endm ent, by E d w a rd de G ra z ia an d R oger K . N ew m an (B ow ker, 1 9 8 2 , $ 2 4 .9 5 c lo th ), is th e dra­ in a tic story o f m ovie censorship in th e U n ited States and th e n a tio n ’s struggle fo r freedom o f expression as gu aran teed by the F irs t A m endm ent. T h e first p u b lica tio n to d raw upon th e papers o f th e la te Ju s­ tic e Jo h n M arsh all H a rla n o f th e Su p rem e C o u rt, B a n n ed F ilm s represents an im p o rtan t co n trib u ­ tio n to th e litera tu re o f censorship. •One o f th e effects o f th e info rm atio n explosion is th e p ro lifera tio n o f m ach in e-rea d a b le files. T o ensure b etter b ib lio g ra p h ic control over this m e­ d iu m , th e C o u n cil on L ib r a ry Resources aw arded a g ra n t to Su e A. D odd to sup port her w ork on a c a ta ­ lo g in g m a n u a l. C a ta lo g in g M a c h in e -R e a d a b le Files: An Interpretive M anual (A m erican L ib ra ry A s s o c ia tio n , 1 9 8 2 , $ 3 5 ) is th e re s u lt o f D o d d ’s w ork. T h e book is divided into th ree sections: the first answers questions a b o u t d a ta files and com - BI Handbook A C R L ’s B ib lio g ra p h ic In s tru ctio n Se ctio n has an n o u n ced th e p u b lic a tio n of its B ib lio ­ g r a p h ic In stru ctio n H a n d b o o k this sum m er. L o n g discussed and eagerly aw aited by B I li­ b ra ria n s, th e H a n d b o o k w ill co n ta in chap ters on “E v a lu a tio n and Its U ses,” by D avid K in g of th e H ouston A cadem y o f M ed icin e; “E v a lu a t­ in g in T erm s o f Estab lished G oals and O b je c ­ tiv es,” by V irg in ia T ie fel o f O h io S ta te U n iver­ s i t y ; “ R e s e a r c h D e s ig n s A p p r o p r ia te fo r E v a lu a tin g B ib lio g ra p h ic In stru ctio n , ” by B o n ­ n ie G r a tc h o f SU N Y -B ro ckp o rt; “D a ta G a th e r­ in g In stru m en ts,” by M ignon Adam s, SUN Y- O sw ego; “D a ta M a n a g em en t and S ta tis tic a l A nalysis,” by M ark M orey, D ep a rtm en t o f Psy­ chology, SU N Y -O sw ego; a review o f th e lite ra ­ tu re b y R ich a rd W erk in g o f T rin ity U niversity; and a glossary o f term s re la tin g to th e ev alu a­ tio n o f b ib lio g ra p h ic instru ction b y Jo h n M ark T u ck er o f P urd ue U niversity. T h e H a n d b o o k w ill a ttem p t to o ffer an in tro ­ duction to th e su b ject o f ed u catio n al evaluation w ith an overview o f th e sta tistica l m ethods to be used, and w ill show how this m ethodology ca n b e applied to b ib lio g ra p h ic instru ction. O rd er in fo rm a tio n for th e B I H a n d b o o k w ill b e announced in a la ter issue o f C & R L N ews. 166 / C & R L N ew s p u ters; th e second section explains w h y th e files are difficu lt to c a ta lo g and offers interp retatio n s to A A C R 2, C h a p te r 9 ; and th e th ird section offers guidelines for b ib lio g rap h ic conventions. • Taking th e view th a t th e free and open flo w of in fo rm a tio n is a b a sic elem en t o f effectiv e lib ra ry co m m u n ica tio n , C om m unication T hroughout L i­ braries, by N orm an D . Stevens (S ca recro w , 1 9 8 3 , $ 1 4 .5 0 c lo th ), describes in d etail various adm inis­ tra tiv e and m a n ag erial functions w ith in th e lib ra ry in rela tio n to th e com m u n ica tio n process. E x a m ­ ples o f effectiv e tech n iqu es a re provided. A ppro­ p ria te references to o th er works in th e field o f li- b ra ria n sh ip and o rg a n iz a tio n a l c o m m u n ic a tio n are also given, and suggestions on how to m a in ta in cu rren t aw areness o f sign ifican t developm ents are offered . •Do lib ra ry schools ed u cate lib ra ria n s to m eet th e needs o f th e ir fu tu re em ployers? B laise C ron in discusses this question in T he E ducation o f L ib ra r y - Inform ation Professionals: A C onflict o f Interest? (Aslib O ccasion al P u b lica tio n no. 2 8 , 1 9 8 2 , £ 9 .5 0 ). A reas e x a m in ed a re th e o b je c tiv e s o f l i b r a r ia n tra in in g requ irem en ts, B ritish lib ra ry school p ro­ spectuses; and jo b annou ncem ents as a m eans o f d eterm in in g em ployer expectations. •M any o f th e ed ucation al ideals and social goals o f c o n tem p o ra ry W e s te rn civ iliz a tio n w e re a d ­ vanced o r shaped during th e 18th cen tury. T he F ou n dations o f the G erm an A cadem ic L ib rary , by H u go K u n o f f (A m e rica n L i b r a r y A s s o c ia tio n , 1 9 8 2 , $ 1 5 p a p e r), provides a carefu lly docum ented acco u n t o f th e em ergen ce o f fo u r m a jo r G erm an aca d em ic lib raries in th e second h a lf o f th e 18th cen tu ry. T h e lib raries o f L e ip zig , H a lle, Je n a , and G o ttin g en illlsu trate th a t scho larly research de­ pended on th e c o m m itm en t o f an enlightened cen ­ tra l governm ent. •Seventeen authors co n trib u ted to th e L ib ra ri­ ans' A ffirm ative Action H a n d b o o k , ed ited b y Jo h n F . H arvey an d E liz a b e th M . D ick in so n (S c a r e ­ c ro w , 1 9 8 3 ). T h e editors w rite in th eir in tro d u c­ tio n th a t “T h is book’s a u th o rs.. .co llectiv ely sh are a b elief in th e im p o rta n ce o f a ffirm a tiv e actio n in figh tin g c e rta in o f A m erican society’s em p loym ent ills, and p a rticu la rly in figh tin g th e em p loym ent discrim ination p roblem s present in lib ra ria n s h ip .” C h ap ters includ e “T h e L e g a l Basis for E q u a l E m ­ ploym en t O p p ortu nity and A ffirm ative A ction ” (R o b ert M itch ell and Shelley Phipps); “A ffirm ative A ctio n fo r N a tiv e A m erica n L ib r a ria n s an d L i ­ b ra ry W o rk ers” (L otsee P. Sm ith ); “A ffirm ative A ction fo r L ib ra ria n s and L ib r a ry W o rk ers W h o Are H an d icap p ed ” (K ieth C . W rig h t); and “H ow to D evelop a L ib r a ry A ffirm ative A ction P ro g ra m ” (Silvia D . W atson ). •T h e M ultim edia L ib ra r y ‚ by Ja m e s C a b eceiras (2d ed itio n, A cadem ic Press, 1 9 8 2 ), exam ines the w ide v ariety o f m edia a v a ila b le to lib ra ries, such as m otion p ictu res, slides, audio recordings, televi­ sion, m aps and m icro fo rm s, and defines th e roles of these m ed ia in th e lib ra ry ’s in fo rm a tio n system. A pplications o f m aterials selection , selection aids and th e systems ap p ro ach to selectin g m a teria ls are also explored in this book. •Authors C h in g -ch ih C h en and Su sanna S ch ­ w eizer sum m arize th eir book Online B ibliog rap h ic Searching: A Learn in g M anual (N eal-Schu m an ): “T h is book is a b egin n er’s guide to th e skills neces­ sary fo r th e retriev al o f in fo rm atio n from co m p u t­ erized b ib lio g rap h ic files, w ith special em phasis on tech n iqu es o f o n lin e in tera ctiv e search in g. I t is de­ signed to serve as a self-instru ction m a n u a l, an d , as such, to encom pass b o th th e th eo retica l an d the p r a c tic a l.” T h e opening ch a p ter provides an over­ view o f th e su b ject a t h and . C h a p te r 2 discusses the fu nd am entals o f o n lin e b ib lio g ra p h ic search in g, w hile C h a p ters 3 and 4 deal w ith question n ego tia­ tion and search in g d a ta b a se indexes in m o re detail. M u lti-d a ta b a se search in g is covered in C h a p te r 5. T h e system features o f m a jo r b ib lio g ra p h ic d a ta ­ b ase vendors a re addressed in C h a p ter 6 . C h a p te r 7 considers th e in fo rm a tio n sp ecialist’s ro le in p la n ­ n in g, im p lem en ting , ev alu atin g, and m arketin g o n lin e search services w ith in th e lib ra ry . • The p o ten tia l m arket fo r th e en d-p rod uct o f re­ search is explored in R esearch an d th e Practitioner: D is s e m in a tio n o f R e s e a r c h R esu lts w it h in th e L ibrary -In form ation Profession, by P eter L y n a m , M arg aret S la te r, and R en n ie W a lk er (Aslib O c c a ­ sional P u b lica tio n no. 2 7 , £ 1 6 .5 0 ). P ra c titio n e r a t­ titu d es to w ard s and ex p ecta tio n s o f lib ra ry re ­ s e a r c h w e re s tu d ie d . P r e fe r e n c e s c o n c e r n in g dissem ination o f findings w e re exam ined. T h e re­ search process itself and th e fo rm al research report did not em erge unscathed from com p arison w ith o th er professional activities and m edia. ■ ■ ACRL University Library Statistics 1981-82 Published Statistics fo r 9 2 university lib ra ries have just b een published by A C R L . T h ese a re lib raries in P h .D .-g r a n tin g institutions in th e U nited States and C a n a d a w h ich do not b elon g to th e Associ­ a tion o f R esearch L ib ra ries. T h e survey was m odeled on A R L Statistics and co ntains d a ta on c o lle ctio n s, in te r lib ra r y lo a n s , exp end itu res, and personnel. M edians are given fo r each c a te ­ gory, alo ng w ith o th er analyses o f selected v a ri­ ables. R a n k o rd er tables a re given fo r 14 d ata categories and th e d a ta has b een ru n against th e A R L L ib r a ry Index. Statistics published here c a n b e com p ared against an e a rlie r p u b lica ­ t i o n , A C R L U n iv er sity L i b r a r y S ta tis tic s 1 978-1979. C op ies o f th e 1 9 8 1 - 1 9 8 2 co m p ila tio n a re a v a ila b le prep aid a t $ 1 2 fo r A C R L m em bers a n d $ 1 5 f o r n o n - m e m b e r s . C o p ie s o f th e 1 9 7 8 -1 9 7 9 study a re still a v a ila b le fo r $1 . O r­ ders should be directed to A C R L /A L A , 5 0 E . H u ron Stree t, C h ica g o , I L 6 0 6 1 1 .