ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 428 / C & R L News M arch 8. H e r m ost re ­ cent position w as as co­ ordinator of com m unity college relations a n d a n ­ alyst of acad em ic p ro ­ gram s for th e provost, a post she held a t G over­ nors S tate since 1986. Smith served as acting dean of Governors State’s O ffice o f S p ecial P r o ­ gram s a n d C o n tin u in g E ducation in 1981-1982 an d 1984-1986; she was Barbara A . S m ith assistant dean and direc­ to r of continuing educa­ tio n o f th e special p ro g ram s office in 1979-1981 a n d 1982-1984. She also w o rk ed in th e G overnors S tate U niversity L ib ra ry fro m 1974 to 1979, serv­ in g as m ed ia storage specialist, systems lib r a ria n , a n d h e a d of p u b lic services. S m ith also served for m a n y years as vice p re sid en t a n d secretary of W ei T ’o Associates, I n c ., M atteson, Illinois, w h ich she h elp ed fo und. S m ith ’s p rev io u s p o sitio n s in c lu d e d su m m e r school lectu rer a t th e U niversity of W ashington School of L ib rarian sh ip (1972); coordinator for de­ p a rtm e n ta l libraries, ad m inistrative assistant to th e d ep u ty director, an d circulation a n d reserve li­ b r a r i a n a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f C h ic a g o L i b r a r y (1965-1971); reference lib rarian a t C hicago State U niversity (1964-1965); assistant professor a t th e U niversity of D enver G ra d u ate School of L ib rary and In fo rm atio n Science (1963-1964); reference li­ b r a r i a n a t H o n g K o n g C ity H a ll L i b r a r y (1962-1963); chief of public services, circulation li­ b ra ria n , an d periodicals lib rarian a t th e U niversity of D enver (1954-1961); an d reference assistant in th e F in e Arts D e p artm en t of th e C in cin n ati Public L ib rary (1953-1954). She received h e r MLS (1953) and a b achelor’s degree in hum anities (1951) a t th e University of D enver. ■ ■ PUBLICATIONS • C a rto la i, Illu m in a to rs, a n d P rin ters in Fifteenth-Century Italy, by M ary A. Rouse an d Roscoe A. Rouse (127 pages, D ecem ber 1988), has been published as U C LA University Research L i­ b ra ry D e p a rtm e n t of Special C ollections O cca­ sional Paper no. 1. Illu strated w ith a color frontis­ p ie c e a n d 25 b l a c k - a n d - w h i t e p la te s , th e m onograph discusses th e role of th e p a p er suppliers (cartolai) in th e decoration of p rin ted books in R en­ aissance Florence. In ad d itio n to a catalogue of il­ lu m in a te d an d deco rated books on exhibition a t th e U C LA L ib rary , th e volum e contains a list of all item s know n to have been p rin ted by th e press of San Jacopo di Ripoli in Florence. A copy m ay be requested from th e D e p artm en t of Special Collec­ tions, University Research L ib rary , U C LA , 405 H ilg ard A ve., Los Angeles, CA 90024-1575. • T h e CATLA Union List o f Serials, com piled by th e C hicago A rea Theological L ib rary Association, has been p roduced on five m icrofiche cards using O C L C ’s union listing capability. I t contains rec­ ords for 15,000 serial titles found in th e libraries of 25 theological sem inaries in Io w a, W isconsin, Illi­ nois, n o rth e rn In d ian a, and M ichigan. T he cost is $30.00 (prepaid). C o n ta ct W illiam D a rr, M organ L ib rary , G race Theological Sem inary, 200 Semi­ n a ry D rive, W inona L ake, IN 46590. • Developing Partnerships, a re p o rt th a t docu- m ents a p roject u n d ertak en a t th e O n tario In stitu te fo r S tudies in E d u c a tio n o n b e h a lf o f C o n ta c t N o rth /C o n ta c t N ord, m arks a significant co n trib u ­ tio n to th e lite ra tu re of C an a d ia n a d u lt education in rem ote com m unities. Copies m ay be ordered for $18.50 C a n a d ia n (p rep a id checks m a d e o u t to L a u re n tia n University) from C o n tact N o rth /C o n ­ ta c t N ord, 160 Douglas Street W est, Sudbury, O n ­ ta rio , C a n a d a P3E 1G1. • T h e Directory o f Telefacsimile Sites in North American Libraries (4th e d ., 1988) lists m ore th a n 1,700 libraries w ith telefacsim ile units an d p ro ­ vides fax num bers, contact persons, full in stitu ­ tio n al addresses, an d O C L C o r R LIN symbols. T h e ty p e of fax eq u ip m en t in use is indicated for 1,350 sites, w ith O m nifax eq u ip m en t rep o rted in 28 % of th em . T h ere are entries from all 50 states, th e Dis­ tric t of C olum bia, th e V irgin Islands, and all b u t tw o of th e C an a d ia n provinces. T he directory is available for $24.00 (prepaid, plus $2.00 handling) from CBR C onsulting Services, P .O . Box 248, Bu­ ch an a n D am , TX 78609-0248. 430 / C& RL News • Employee Assistance Programs: Helping the Troubled Employee has been published as Topics in Personnel K it no. 10 by ALA’s Office for L ibrary Personnel Resources. The kit describes step-by-step procedures for establishing, using and evaluating an employee assistance program . It gives standards and flow charts for EAP procedures, and includes articles on contracting w ith employee assistance vendors. Guest editors are Jan Swanbeck and Jane Treadw ell. ISBN 0-8389-7276-4. TIP K it no. 11, M anaging E m p lo yee Perfor­ m ance, describes the theory, purpose and objec­ tives of perform ance appraisal, w ho does perfor­ m ance appraisal, and legal aspects of appraisal. T h e kit contains sam ple perfo rm an ce appraisal forms from libraries. The guest editor is G eraldine B. King. ISBN 0-8389-7277-2. Both TIP Kits m ay be ordered for $10.00 each from th e ALA Office for L ib rary Personnel Resources, 50 E . H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611. • Guide to Petformance Evaluation o f Library M aterials Vendors, developed by th e ALA Re­ sources an d T ech n ical Services D ivision’s Re­ sources Section (24 pages, Jan u ary 1989), suggests m ethods for m easuring vendors’ perform ance in su p p ly in g lib raries w ith in -p rin t m onographs. Such specific vendor services as discounts, speed of shipm ents, num ber of claims and cancellations, and level of custom er service are detailed. The pro­ cedures described are appropriate for both m anual and autom ated ordering systems. Copies m ay be ordered for $4.95 from ALA Publishing, 50 E. H u­ ron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-3369-6. • The Index to Legal Books (6 looseleaf vols., Jan u ary 1989), a subject-oriented m aster index to 800 widely used legal texts, contains 40 chapters w ith designations taken from American Bar Associ­ ation practice sessions, law school curricula, and subject areas created by legal publishers. T he in­ dexed books discuss U.S. law , do not deal w ith the law of a p articu lar jurisdiction, and are not case­ books, reporters, statutes, or form books. The vol­ umes m ay be obtained for $599.00, which includes quarterly updates. For fu rth er inform ation, con­ ta c t R.R. Bowker, 245 W . 17th S t., New York, NY 10011. • Influencing Change in Research Librarianship: A Festschrift fo r Warren J. Haas (108 pages, M arch 1989) has been published by the Council on L i­ b rary Resources to honor Haas after a decade of service as C LR president. The book covers various aspects of H aas’s involvement in the library world, including university librarianship; the role of the C ouncil; the developm ent o f bibliographic ser­ vices; th e genesis of th e Research Libraries G roup; preservation; th e im provem ent of professional ed ­ ucation for librarians; th e relationship betw een li­ braries and foundations; and th e international li­ b ra ry scene. A final chapter provides abstracts of his publications. The idea for the book originated w ith its ed ito r, M artin M. C um m ings, director em eritus of the N ational L ibrary of Medicine and a CLR Board m em ber. O ther contributors include P atricia B attin, Robert M. Hayes, C. Lee Jones, D ean n a M arcum , James M. Morris, and R uther­ ford D. Rogers. A copy m ay be ordered free of c h a rg e from C L R , 1785 M assach u setts A ve., N .W ., Suite 313, W ashington, D C 20036. • Meeting the Preservation Challenge, edited by Jan M errill-O ldham (70 pages, F ebruary 1989), contains the papers presented at the 111th M em­ bership M eeting of th e Association of Research L i­ braries in O ctober 1987. The topics fall into two broad categories: preservation program develop­ m ent in the research library, and special perspec­ tives. In his opening paper, D avid W eber, director of libraries at Stanford University, stresses the im ­ portance of institutional contributions. L ibrarian of Congress James H. Billington discusses the pres­ ervation of ideas and artifacts from a broad philo­ sophical perspective. W illiam Studer, director of libraries at Ohio State University, describes the re­ sponsibilities and challenges of the library director in establishing preservation program s. O ther con­ tributors include Patricia B attin, Barclay Ogden, Jam es Morris, and M errily Smith. The docum ent is available for $28.00 (ARL m em ber institutions, $14.00) fro m th e A ssociation of R esearch L i­ braries, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N .W ., W ash­ ington, DC 20036. ISBN 0-918996-15-5. • A National Library in Theory and Practice, by K. W. H um phreys (86 pages, O ctober 1988), forms th e published record of the th ird series of Panizzi Lectures delivered at the British L ibrary by K. W. H um phreys in November 1987. Founded in 1985 as a result of an anonymous donation for the p u r­ pose, the lectures serve to celebrate the most nota­ ble of the librarians of Victorian Britain and the ef­ fective creator of the British Museum L ibrary at Bloom sbury, Sir A nthony Panizzi (1797-1879). T h e three lectures in this volume reflect the three stages in th e life of a national library, according to Hum phreys: the independent, autarchic library; the co-operative national library; and the current model of the national library as the center of a n a ­ tio n al info rm atio n netw ork. Copies m ay be o r­ dered for £11.50 from th e British L ibrary, M arket­ ing and Publishing, 41 Russell Square, L ondon W C1B 3D G , E ngland. ISBN 0-7123-0153-4. • One Hundred Years o f Sci-Tech Libraries: A Brief History, edited by Ellis M ount (193 pages, August 1988), celebrates the developm ent of sci- tech libraries on the anniversary of the founding of th e first library school at C olum bia in 1887. Topics include: anecdotes about early sci-tech libraries (Karla J. Pearce), education for sci-tech librarian- ship (L in d a C . S m ith), lib r a ry s ta tistic a l d a ta (Emerson Hilker), and CAD/CAM history (Colette O ’Connell). The book is available for $24.95 from H a w o rth Press, 10 Alice S t., B in g h am to n , NY 13904-1580. ISBN 0-86656-745-3. May 1989 / 431 • The Tinker Guide to Latin American and Car- ibbean Policy and Scholarly Resources in Metropoli­ tan New York, edited by Ronald G. Heilman and Beth Kempler Pfannl (217 pages, January 1989), is a list of organizations and collections in the New York area that constitute sources of information and assistance to those interested in Latin Ameri­ can and Caribbean studies. Information is pro­ vided on academic institutions, associations and re­ search c en ters, c h am b ers of com m erce and governm ent offices, consulates, lib raries, UN agencies, bookstores, publications, and City Uni­ versity scholars of Latin American and Caribbean affairs. Copies may be ordered for $27.95 from the Bildner Center for W estern European Studies, CUNY G rad u ate C enter, 33 W . 42d St., New York, NY 10036-8099. ISBN 0-929972-00-7. • The Women’s History Library Collections are still available on microfilm from the W omen’s His­ tory Research Center, even though the Center will probably cease operating after September 1989. The three sets are the only comprehensive records of the changing status of women’s lives from 1968 to 1974. Two of the sets, W omen and Law ($1,738) and W om en and H ealth/M ental Health ($604), contain over 650 subject files of published and un­ published pamphlets and news articles. Each file reflects a topic as it evolved in the women’s move­ ment. The third set, Herstory ($3,790), contains 21,000 issues of 821 women’s newsletters, journals and newspapers published by and about women’s liberation, civic, professional, religious and peace groups. Libraries ordering all three sets receive the Health set free of charge. Sample reels and guides are available from the publisher: W omen’s History Research Center, 2325 Oak Street, Berkeley, CA 94708; (415) 548-1770. ■ ■ CALENDAR June 9-11—Academic libraries: “ The Dynam ics of Small to Medium-Sized Academic Libraries,” a conference sponsored by the Emporia State Uni­ versity School of Library and Information Man­ agement, will be held at the ESU campus. Top­ ics to be discussed in clu d e ex p an d in g connections to curriculum , effecting positive change, addressing challenges within fiscal con­ straints, and in ternationalizing the library. Speakers include Maureen Pastine, Washington State University, and Betsy Baker, Northwestern U n iv ersity . R eg istratio n fee: $50 for ESU alum ni; $60 for all others. C ontact: Allison Level, School of Library and Information Man­ ag em en t, 1200 C o m m e rc ial, E m p o ria , KS 66801; (316) 343-5203. 13-16—Christian librarians: The 33rd annual con­ ference of the Association of Christian Librari­ ans, “Librarians as Pioneers: Publishing, Pro­ d u c in g , an d P re s e rv in g ,” w ill be h eld at Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Ore­ gon. Featured speakers will include Joseph C. Aldrich of Multnomah, Earl D. Radmacher of W estern Conservative Baptist Seminary, and David C. Needham of M ultnomah. Plans in­ clude more than thirty professional workshops, roundtables, and special interest sessions, as well as tours of the Portland area. Contact: Lynn Brock, Executive Secretary, Association of Christian L ibrarians, Box 4, Cedarville, OH 45314; (513) 766-2211. August 17-18—CD-ROM: The University of California at Berkeley School of L ibrary and Inform ation Studies and the UC Berkeley Extension will co­ sponsor a conference called “CD-ROM in the Li­ brary: Today and Tomorrow” to be held on the UC Berkeley campus. Speakers will discuss cur­ rent CD-ROM options for library technical ser­ vices, reference, and public access catalogs, as well as where CD-ROM is going and w hat the future is likely to bring. Contact: Library and Inform ation Studies, UC Berkeley Extension, 2223 Fulton St., Berkeley, CA 94720; (415) 643- 6903. 26-27—Serving immigrants: Librarians, educa­ tors, and representatives of immigrant and refu­ gee groups will explore school library service to immigrant children in a conference titled “New Faces in the Library” to be held at the University of California Extension Center in San Francisco. The conference will include presentations, pan­ els, and workshops. Contact: Library and Infor­ mation Studies, UC Berkeley Extension, 2223 F u lto n St., Berkeley, CA 94720; (415) 643- 6903. ■ ■