ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries April 1 9 9 5 / 2 7 9 N ew Publications G e o rg e M. Eberhαrt The 1 9 95 Inform ation Please W om en’s Source­ book, e d ite d b y Lisa D i- M ona a n d C o n s t a n c e Herndon (5 9 1 p a g es, N o­ vember 1994), is an ess e n ­ tial c o m p e n d iu m o f r e ­ sources, statistics, and advice on w om en ’s issues. Top ics include education, em ploy­ m ent, c h ild c a r e , h e a lth , sexuality, politics, and activ­ ism. Throughout the b o o k , interesting facts and q u ota­ tions a re fe a tu re d in th e margins o f the page. Essays and excerp ts from sp eech es b y Ru th B a d e r G in sb u rg , H illary Rodham Clinton, Anita Hill, E lizabeth D ole, Martina Navratilova, and others offer thoughts on the status o f w o m en in k ey areas. T h e edi­ tors have also gathered together som e helpful lists: seven suggestions for w om en candidates from w o m en political leaders; h o w to b e an activist parent; Lifetime telev ision ’s 100 ideas for change; and b o o k s by w om en w h ose words have c h a n g ed th e w orld. $ 1 3 .9 5. H oughton Mifflin Com pany, 215 Park A venue South, New York, NY 10003. ISBN 0-395-70067-1. 150 Y e a rs of Je w ish Thought & Culture: A Guide to Library Resources in Metropoli­ tan Milwaukee, sp onsored by Ethel N. and Norman N. Gill (4 5 pages, 1994), d escribes the resources o f 41 sem inaries, synagogues, aca­ demic, public, and sch o o l libraries with signifi­ cant collection s in Judaism . T h e availability o f materials for children, in H ebrew o r Yiddish, or in audiovisual form ats is also included. $3.00. W isconsin Society for Je w ish Learning, 5225 N. Ironwood Rd., Suite 120, M ilwaukee, WI 53217. The A ll Music G u id e, e d ite d b y M ich ael Erlewine w ith Chris W ood stra and Vladim ir B o g d an o v (1 4 1 5 p a g e s , 2d e d ., N o v em b er 1994), has added 230 p ag es and m uch new information to the m om entous first edition o f 1992 (s ee C&RL News, April 1993). More than 150 m usic critics and journalists contributed the mini-reviews and biograp h ies, w h ich are ar­ ranged in 22 genre categories ranging from clas­ sical to w orld beat. T h e only significant genre not represented in this guide is that o f com edy and novelty recordings. Libraries m ay w ish to retain the previous edition, s in c e s o m e m a te r ia l h a s b e e n d ropped to m ake w ay for the new . Artists are listed a lp h a b e tica lly w ith in e a c h categ o ry , alo n g w ith th eir birth date, instrum ent, b io g ­ raph y, an d th eir b e s t and m ost im portant recordings. Anyone seek in g information n o t fo u n d in th e p r in te d All Music Guide m ay consult the onlin e version in Com ­ p u S e r v e ( g o a l l m u s i c ) . $ 2 4 . 9 5 . M ill e r F r e e m a n B ooks, 6600 Silacci Way, Gilroy, CA 95020. ISBN 0 -8 7 9 3 0 -3 3 1-X. The H um anities: A Selective G u id e to Inform ation Sources, by R on B la z e k and Elizabeth Aversa (5 0 4 pages, 4th ed., O cto b er 1994), is an ann otated guide to 1,250 m ajor referen ce tools in philosophy, religion, the vi­ sual arts, the perform ing arts, and language and literature. E ach topical bibliography is prefaced by a section d escribing the field and its m ajor divisions, gen erally helpful m aterials, use and user studies, and electron ic resources. Numer­ ous supplem entary sou rces are detailed in the descriptions o f the primary entries. $45.00. Li­ braries Unlimited, P .O . B o x 6 633, Englew ood, CO 8 0 1 55-6633. ISBN 1-56308-176-9. International H an dbo o k on Services for the Elderly, edited by Jo rd a n I. K osberg (501 pages, O cto b e r 1994), analyzes the role and structure o f care fo r th e elderly in 32 rep resen ­ tative cou ntries. Inclu d ed are d iscu ssions o f in c o m e m a in te n a n c e a n d e m p lo y m e n t r e ­ sou rces, health care, housing, support systems, leisure-tim e resources, and ad vocacy and pro­ tective program s o f various kinds. Instructive com parisons m ay b e m ade betw een social poli­ cies in such cou ntries as G erm any and New Z ea la n d , fo r e x a m p le . $ 9 9 .5 0 . G r e e n w o o d Press, 88 Post Road W est, W estport, CT 06881- 5007. ISBN 0-313-28338-9. The J e r r y L e w is Film s: An A n a ly tica l Filmography o f the Innovative Comic, by Ja m e s L. N eibaur and T ed O kuda (285 pages, Jan u ary 1995), m akes a c a se for Lew is’s gen u­ ine significance as a com edian and filmmaker. 2 8 0 /C&RL News This b o o k , apparently th e first com p lete analy­ sis o f Lew is’s screen w ork written in English, review s his w ork with D ean Martin from 1949 to 1956, his solo films with other directors, his ow n directorial efforts, and his co m e b a ck in 1980 after a ten-year layoff. N eibaur and Okuda rem ind us that Jerry Lewis was th e first director to u se a v id eotape p layback system that he d evelop ed and patented to m onitor scen es as they w ere bein g tested. Lew is’s personal o b ­ servations on his m ovies and p eo p le h e kn ew are p resented verbatim , obtain ed by the au­ thors in a recen t series o f interviews. $32.50. M cFarland & Com pany, B o x 611, Jefferso n , NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-961-4. Po w er an d Influence: Enhancing Infor­ mation Services within the Organization, by G uy St. Clair (183 pages, D ecem b er 1994), offers advice to information pro­ viders on h o w to p resent a jus­ tification for library e x p e n d i­ tures in terms that those w ho con trol the budgets can under­ stand. St. Clair show s that su c­ cessful librarians are often those w h o best understand the value o f cultivating relationships with influential p eop le within the or­ ganization. Chapters cov er the value o f ad vocacy and political sponsorship, strategies for m an­ aging inform ation services, and s u c c e s s fu l p a rtn ersh ip s w ith m anagem ent. $34.95. K.G. Saur, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974. ISBN 1-85749- 098-9. Reference Services in the H um anities, edited b y Ju d y Reynolds (2 1 4 pages, D ecem ­ b e r 1994), is a w ell-ch o sen collectio n o f situa­ tions and challeng es en cou n tered b y referen ce librarians in the humanities. O f particular inter­ est are articles o n political issues: accessin g Native-American art materials, censorship o f the arts and hum anities in libraries, and ethical is­ sues associated with limiting access to special collections. This volum e was pu blished simul­ taneously as no. 47 o f The Reference Librarian. $39.95. Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., B in gham ­ ton, NY 13904-1580. ISBN 1-56024-692-8. Robert Louis Stevenson: Life, Literature and the Silver Screen, by Scott Allen Nollen (4 6 8 pages, D ecem b er 1994), brings together for critical analysis all o f th e film, television, r a d i o , a n d s p o k e n - w o r d a d a p t a t io n s o f Steven son ’s novels and short stories from 1908 to 1994. T he text includes a history and sum ­ mary o f ea ch adapted story and all m ajor Ameri­ can and European film adaptations. T h e ap ­ p end ices list all m ajor and m inor prose, poetry, adaptations, con tin u ation s, p arod ies, e d u c a ­ tional films, d ocum entaries, and record album s b a s ed o n o r ab o u t S te v e n s o n ’s w ork s. T h e author’s com m entary o n versions o f Treasure Island, Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped is insightful and exhaustive. $ 5 7.00 postpaid. McFarland & Co., B o x 611, Jefferso n , NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-788-3. The Sitw ells an d the A rts of the 19 2 0 s and 1930s (2 4 0 p ag es, February 1 995) c e l­ ebrates the life, writings, and acquaintances o f th e litera ry fa m ily o f D am e E d ith , S ir O s b e r t, a n d Sache- verell Sitwell. P u blished as a catalog o f an exhibition held last autumn at the National Portrait G a llery in L on d on , th e b o o k is filled w ith drawings, paint­ ings, and photographs o f the Sitwells by the circle o f artists that surrounded them. Among them are caricatures by Siegfried Sasso o n , draw ings by W ynd ­ ham Lewis and Max B eerboh m , photographs by Cecil B eaton , and original dustjacket art for th e ir m an y b o o k s , all an e n g a g in g e n c a p ­ sulation o f 50 years o f British cultural history. $ 4 9 .5 0 . P u b lis h e d b y th e N a tio n a l P o r tra it Gallery, and distributed by the Antique Col­ le c to r s ’ C lu b Ltd., M ark et S tre e t In d u strial Park, W ap p ing ers Falls, NY 12590. ISBN 1- 85514-140-X . The SLA Biennial S a la r y S u rv e y 1995 (7 2 pages, D ecem b er 1994) contains the most detailed and accurate salary information for sp e­ cial librarians and inform ation professionals in th e United States and Canada. T h e information is b ased o n 1994 data. T ab les include basic annual salaries from 1970 to 1994, the C on­ sum er Price Ind ex and m ean salaries, and sal­ ary distributions by jo b title, academ ic b a c k ­ ground, and type o f organization. $ 42.00 (SLA m em bers, $33.00). Special Libraries Association, 1 700 E ig hteenth St., N .W ., W ash in gton , DC 20009-2508. ISBN 0 -87111-423-2.