ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries September 1985 / 447 PUBLICATIONS • Brigham Young University has published a new collection development policy statem ent (676 pages) detailing its collection policy for the entire LC class. Included are narrative descriptions for each academic departm ent, current collecting lev­ els and existing strengths based on Research L i­ braries G roup definitions, statements for M anu­ scripts and Special Collections, and an exhaustive subject index. Copies are $30 and are available from the Collection D evelopm ent D ep artm en t, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young Univer­ sity, Provo, UT 84602. • Career Opportunities fo r Writers, by Rosemary Guiley (247 pages, 1985), describes 91 jobs for writers, including the requirem ents and prospects for advancem ent offered in each position, a sum ­ mary career profile and career ladder flow chart. All types of w riting careers are highlighted includ­ ing editorial assistant, reporter, research analyst, public inform ation officer, press secretary, jingle w riter, poet, historian, and librarian. The book should prove useful as a general guide for u n d er­ graduates contem plating such careers. Copies are $18.95 from Facts on File, 460 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016. ISBN 0-8160-1015-3. • The Directory of Periodicals Online: Indexed, Abstracted and Full–Text, ed ited by C a th e rin e Chung (Volume 1, 524 pages, July 1985), provides inform ation on 25,000 periodicals available on more than 375 databases. Each current title record contains the nam e of the publisher, ISSN, fre­ quency, subject area, database availability, length of coverage, lag tim e, form at, and database ven­ dor. The first volume covers periodicals in news, law, and business; two additional volumes will in­ clude medicine and social science, and science and technology. T he p rice for V olum e O ne is $90 (prices for later volumes not yet determ ined). C op­ ies may be ordered from Federal D ocum ent Re­ trieval, 514 C St., N .E ., W ashington, DC 20002. ISBN 0-932929-00-1. • D irectory o f Specialist Bookdealers in the United Kingdom Handling Mainly New Books (3d e d ., 1984, 83 pages) lists 681 booksellers by subject. A new feature in this edition is a geographical place name index th a t makes it easier to locate shops in a given area. The cost is £8.50, plus 50 pence postage and handling, from Peter M arcan Publications, 31 Rowliff Road, High W ycombe, Bucks, England. ISBN 0-9504211-7-0. • The EC Index is a new m onthly index and ab- stract service covering the publications of the E uro­ pean Communities. Published by Europe D ata of the Netherlands, the index is m arketed in the U.S. by Congressional Inform ation Service. EC Index provides comprehensive access to Commission fi­ nal docum ents, E uropean P arliam en t w orking documents, Economic and Social Com m ittee doc­ uments, C o u rto f Justice judgm ents and opinions of the Advocates General, and Official Journal infor­ m ation and notices and legislation. A one-year sub­ scription is available for $995; the m onthly issues are cum ulated quarterly and annually. W rite EC Index, Congressional Inform ation Service, P.O . Box 30056, Bethesda, MD 20814-3389. • The EDUCOM Bulletin, vol.20, n o .l (Spring 1985), is a special issue devoted to libraries and com puting. EDUCOM is a consortium of 500 col­ leges and universities th a t promotes resource shar­ ing, facilities planning and m anagem ent of infor­ m a tio n te ch n o lo g y in h ig h e r e d u c a tio n . T he Call for papers in the history of American reading The M argaret W oodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, has called for papers th at exam ine th e w ays in w h ich A m erican life shaped and was shaped by the reading m aterial people brought into their homes. The papers are being sought for presentation at a sympo­ sium on November 21, 1986, th a t will com ple­ m ent an exhibition at the Strong Museum on “At Home w ith a Book: Reading and Living in America, 1840-1940.” Topics will include, but not be lim ited to, popular literature and its arti- factual spin-offs, the presentation of classics w ithin the home, and home libraries and the furniture and accessories m ade for reading. Scholars are asked to subm it a 200-word ab ­ stract stating the hypothesis and approach of th e ir p ro p o sed p a p e r, its expected le n g th , w hether it requires illustrations, and a curricu­ lum vita. Proposals are due by December 1, 1985. To subm it a proposal or request further inform ation, contact: Mary Lynn Heininger, Assistant Historian, Strong Museum, One M an­ h a tta n Square, Rochester, NY 14607; (716) 263-2700. 448 / C& RL News articles in this issue include “Building Networks for Scholarly In fo rm atio n ,” by Richard W . McCoy and W ayne E. Davison of the Research Libraries G roup, and “Academic Libraries and C om puting: A Tim e of C hange,” by C. Lee Jones of the Council on L ibrary Resources. Single copy price is $5, and a full subscription is $20 annually (libraries at EDU- COM m em ber institutions m ay obtain a free single copy). • A Guidebook fo r Shelf Inventory Procedures in Academ ic Libraries, by C liffo rd A. H ak a and Nancy Stevens (July 1985), has been published as Occasional Paper #10 by the ARL Office of M an­ agem ent Studies. It expands on a “Research Notes” article in the M arch 1985 issue of College & R e­ search Libraries. The guidebook provides a set of inventory procedures w ith 10 flowcharts and d ia­ grams, as well as examples from an inventory con­ ducted at the University of Kansas, and has been printed w ith a three-hole punch form at to allow staff to use it as a workbook. Copies are available for $15 from ARL/OM S, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N .W ., W ashington, DC 20036. • Microforms in Libraries: A Manual fo r Evalua­ tion and Management, edited by Francis Spreitzer (63 pages, July 1985), describes the organization and m anagem ent of a library microform reading facility and explains the physical properties of dif­ ferent types of microforms and how to evaluate their technical quality. The book was prepared by the ALA Resources and Technical Services D ivi­ sion’s R eproduction of L ibrary M aterials Section and the RTSD Resources Section. Copies may be ordered for $8.95 from ALA Publishing Services, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389- 3310-6. • The Moon and Planets: A Catalog o f Astronomi- cal Anomalies, edited by W illiam R. Corliss (383 pages, June 1985), lists 199 different types of u n u ­ sual event observed in our Solar System. A descrip- Telefacsimile project W estern Illinois University, M acomb, is p a r­ ticipating in a project for the developm ent of resource sharing through telefacsimile tran s­ mission. The members of the project are in ter­ ested in m aking contact w ith other academ ic, business, public, or medical libraries th a t have a telefacsimile m achine and are interested in sh arin g resources on a lim ite d exchange or emergency basis. If interested, please contact D orothy M ont­ gomery, C irculation L ibrarian, W estern Illi­ nois University, M acom b, IL 61455; (309) 298- 2411. The following inform ation is requested: nam e of in stitu tio n , address, co n tact person and telephone num ber, FAX telephone n u m ­ ber, type of FAX equipm ent, and the C C IT T group if known. tion and references are given for such phenom ena as ephem eral earth satellites, lights on the Moon, periodic brightenings of Uranus, Saturn’s kinked rings, and M ercury’s unexpected m agnetic field. The book should make an interesting com panion piece to the new C am bridge Atlas o f Astronom y. Copies may be ordered for $18.95 from The Sour­ cebook Project, P .O . Box 107, Glen Arm , MD 21057. ISBN 0-915554-19-4. • Photocopy Services in ARL Libraries, SPEC Kit #115 (106 pages, June 1985), details the results of an Office of M anagem ent Studies survey on both self-service copiers and staffed copy centers in 79 research libraries. The kit includes 2 policy state­ ments, an outline of cost factors, 9 descriptions of services and price lists, 17 position descriptions, ad ­ vertising copy from 3 libraries, 3 user surveys, and 5 vendor contracts. SPEC kits are available by sub­ scription from the SPEC C enter, ARL/OMS, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N .W ., W ashington, DC 20036. Individual kits are available for $20 each, prepaym ent required. • The Research Guide to Musicology, by James W . P ruett and Thom as P. Slavens (175 pages, June 1985), is the fourth and final work in the ALA se­ ries, Sources of Inform ation in the Hum anities. The guide has tw o parts: a series of essays surveying the field, and an annotated bibliography of refer­ ence works. All periods of serious music history are covered, from antiquity to the present. Copies may be ordered for $30 from ALA Publishing Services, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389- 0331-2. • Scholarly Communication, the new newsletter published by the Office of Scholarly C om m unica­ tion and Technology, an affiliate of the American Council of L earned Societies, issued its first n u m ­ ber in June 1985. L ibrarians interested in publish­ ing, research, new technology, and library policy m ay w rite for a sample copy (12 pages). The con­ tents include a report on Stanford’s experiment to provide com puters to professors in the hum anities, a brief roundup of developments in preservation, the copyright paym ent problem , and a review of software. To obtain a copy, w rite the Office of Scholarly C o m m u n icatio n , 1717 M assachusetts Ave., N .W ., W ashington, DC 20036. •Shelf Browsing, Open Access and Storage Ca­ pacity in Research Libraries, by John J. Boll (34 pages, June 1985), has been published as O cca­ sional Paper num ber 169 of the University of Illi­ nois G rad u ate School of L ibrary and Inform ation Science. This paper advocates lim iting shelf brow s­ ing capability to areas of a research-oriented li­ b rary th a t deal prim arily w ith current and fre­ quently used resources. The cost is $3, available from the GSLIS Publications Office, 249 Armory B uilding, 505 E. A rm ory S t., C h a m p a ig n , IL 61820. • The Supply List of the Guild of Book Workers (82 pages, M arch 1985) includes’ inform ation on September 1985 / 449 more than 220 suppliers of materials for bookbind­ ing, conservation and calligraphy, principally in the U.S. and C anada, although a num ber of E uro­ pean and Asian suppliers are also listed. Addresses, telephone numbers, lists of supplies and services, minimum order requirem ents, shipping restric­ tions, availability of catalog and sample books are given for each supplier. Copies are available from Jean G unner, Supply Chairperson, Guild of Book W orkers, 118 C arnegie Place, P ittsb u rg h , PA 15208, for $12.50 prepaid ($1 surcharge for invoic­ ing). ■ ■ British Library MARC records converted Beginning in April, the Library of Congress C a t­ aloging Distribution Service began offering a con­ version service for British Library (UKMARC) c at­ alog records. The m achine–readable bibliographic records available through this new service corres­ pond to those found in the printed British National Bibliography covering current books and first is­ sues of serials published in the United Kingdom. British Library cataloging-in-publication records are also included. O C LC , In c ., of D ublin, Ohio, announced a sim­ ilar agreem ent w ith the British L ibrary at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. UKMARC records are now being added to the OCLC database under a license to O C L C from th e B ritish L ib ra ry . O CLC m em ber lib raries w ill thus at no extra charge have access to the British national output. The Research Libraries Group is currently negoti­ ating a similar arrangem ent for RLIN users. Under the terms of L C ’s arrangem ent w ith the British L ibrary, those in the United States and else­ where wishing to receive British Library MARC records in the USMARC com munications form at must first enter into a subscription agreem ent w ith the British Library. The subscriber will then enter into a separate agreem ent w ith LC for the conver­ sion of British UKMARC records into USMARC. OCLC m em ber libraries, however, will not need a separate agreement. The new LC conversion service parallels a simi­ lar service offered by the British Library, whereby libraries in the United Kingdom and other coun­ tries wishing to receive L ibrary of Congress MARC records in the UKMARC exchange form at will sub­ scribe directly to the LC tape service, but will re­ ceive the records from the British L ib rary con­ verted into UKMARC. O CLC members may now also order documents from the British Library Lending Division via the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem. British Library cataloging adheres to the second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloging Buies (AACR2), although the nam e and title headings will not always conform to Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. Libraries needing to contact the British Library for subscriptions to the UKMARC Tape Service should contact the M arketing and Support Office, The British Library, Bibliographic Services Divi­ sion, 2 Sheraton St., London W1V 4BH, United Kingdom. To obtain the LC conversion service (which costs $1,600 for 1985), contact the Cus­ tom er Services Section, Cataloging Distribution Service, L ibrary of Congress, W ashington, DC 20541. ■ ■ ARL launches Recon Project F ollow ing th e com pletion of a th re e -m o n th planning study, the Association of Research L i­ braries has launched a new program , the ARL Re­ con Project, designed to enrich the North American database by including bibliographic records for monographs from all significant collections in U.S. and C a n a d ia n research lib raries, in c lu d in g li­ braries not represented in ARL. The project will ensure th a t newly-added records meet m inimum quality standards and th a t they are universally ac­ cessible. Achievement of these goals will improve access to scholarly resources, serve as the basis for resource sharing and cooperative preservation pro­ grams, and increase the num ber of records avail­ able for local conversion efforts to support online catalogs and collection m anagem ent activities. W idespread interest in retrospective conversion th roughout the lib rary com m unity encouraged ARL to proceed w ith the planning study and ulti­ m ately the ARL Recon Project. The ARL C om m it­ tee on Bibliographic Control will serve as the advi­ sory co m m ittee for th e p ro ject, an d w ill help establish priorities and criteria for recon projects, and assist in identifying potential participants in m ulti-institution efforts. The overall objective of the program is conver­ sion of about 6-7 million records for monographs not yet in m achine-readable form. The program will be based on voluntary efforts, and participa­ tion is encouraged from both individual institu­ tions and groups of libraries. It will em phasize avoiding duplication of effort, ensure th a t stan- 450 / C&R L News dards are being met, and arrange for the widest possible availability of the converted records. Ju tta Reed-Scott has been appointed project co­ ordinator. The Recon Project (formerly the ARL Program for Coordinated Retrospective Conver­ sion of Bibliographic Records for Monographs in North American Research Libraries) grew out of a planning study conducted for ARL by Reed-Scott early in 1985. T hat study, supported by funds from the Council on Library Resources, dem onstrated the feasibility of such a program and provided a plan of action for conducting it. The report of the planning study, Plan fo r a North American Pro­ gram fo r Retrospective Conversion, is available for $15 prepaid (ARL members, $10) from ARL, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N .W ., W ashington, DC 20036. For more inform ation on the Recon Project, co n tact J u tta Reed-Scott, ARL Recon Project, B ra n d e is U n iv e rsity L ib r a r y , W a lth a m , MA 02254. ■ ■ CALENDAR September 20—Western New York/Ontario Chapter: “Aca­ demic Libraries in a Changing E nvironm ent,” 10th A nniversary C o n feren ce of th e ACRL Western New York/Ontario C hapter, Prince of CARL workshop on public speaking “Preparing and Giving Effective Presenta­ tions” drew a capacity crowd of 40 librarians to the University of California, Berkeley, on May 4 for a workshop sponsored by the California Academic and Research L ibrarians (CARL) and the Bay Area L ibrary Inform ation N et­ work (BALIN). Douglas P. Kreitz, of L aw ­ rence Berkeley L aboratories, transferred his considerable expertise in training scientists and engineers to com m unicate effectively to the particular needs of academic, public, and spe­ cial librarians. Kreitz directed his remarks at presentations fre q u e n tly m a d e by p a r tic ip a n ts , such as budget inform ation to boards, one-hour in­ structional sessions, technical inform ation for non-technical audiences, and papers at profes­ sional meetings. Using his own presentation to dem onstrate techniques, Kreitz focused on two key areas: presentation organization and p reparation, and the delivery skills necessary to ease the fear of public speaking. Kreitz stressed the use of vu- graphs or transparencies to eliminate notes, or­ ganize an effective presentation, and improve com munication w ith the audience. The work­ shop ended w ith all p a rtic ip a n ts p re p a rin g their own vu–graphs and delivering a portion of a group presentation. Wales H otel, N iagara–on–the-L ake, O ntario. Speakers include Sharon H ogan, E .J. Josey, Elaine Cohen, and H oward Clark. Fee: Chapter m em bers, $30; non-m em bers, $40. C ontact: Ray E. Metz, Rush Rhees Library, University of R ochester, Rochester, NY 14627; (716) 275- 5602. 26—Printing: “Print C ulture and Enlightenm ent T h o u g h t,” the sixth an n u al H anes L ecture, sponsored by the Rare Book Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and presented by E lizab eth Eisenstein. C ontact: Libby Chenault, Rare Book Collection, Wilson L ibrarv 024A, University of N orth C arolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 962-1143. October 3 —In te lle c tu a l freedom : “ T he L ib rary Bill of Rights in 1985,” a conference sponsored by the University of Iowa School of Library and Infor­ mation Science, Iowa City. Keynote speaker will be Judith Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Fee: $31.50 ($25 without lunch). Contact: Ethel Bloesch, University of Iowa SLIS, 3087 Library, Iowa City, IA 52242; (319) 353-3644. 5—Personnel: “Com parable W orth: The Issue of the 80s,” a forum sponsored by the California Li­ brary Association, at the Chico Branch of the Butte C ounty L ibrary. Fee: $12. Register by September 21. Contact: Glenda Fain, CLA Fo­ rum , Butte County Library, 1820 Mitchell Ave., Oroville, CA 95966. 10-12—South Carolina: “As the W orld Turns: Li­ braries in the Inform ation Age,” 59th Annual Conference of the South Carolina Library Asso­ ciation, Charleston. The conference theme fo­ cuses on the dynamics of societal trends and their relationship to inform ation-seeking behavior