ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries December 1991 / 743 the National Library o f Canada’s National Library News. This article provides advice on the care and handling o f recorded sound materials in collections ‚ focusingprimarily on the nature and composition o f the recording media. The Commission’s Annual Report July 1,1990-June 30,1991 includes a special report called “The Agony o f Choice: Strategies for Preservation and Scholarship” by Henry W. Riecken, senior program advisor. All three reports are available free from Trish Cece, Communica­ tions Assistant, Commission on Preservation and Access, 1785 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. #313, Wash­ ington, D C 20036-2117; phone (202) 483-7474. • Washington, D.C. The College Libraries Committee met at the Commission on Preserva­ tion and Access office in October and agreed to move ahead in planning a second seminar on pres­ ervation management to be held in the northeast in summer 1992 with tuition held at the current rates. The first one-week preservation manage­ ment seminar, developed jointly by the commis­ sion and SOLINET (Atlanta, Georgia), was held July 2 0 -2 7 , 1991, at Washington & Lee University. Further information on application procedures and location may be obtained from SOLINET, (800) 999-8558. ■ ■ P U B L I C A T I O N S by George M. Eberhart • The Associations Yellow B ook (758 pages, vol. 1, no. 1, Summer 1991) covers more than 900 U.S. trade and professional associations with annual budgets in excess o f $ 1 million. The names and titles o f officers and management staff are provided, with direct-dial phone numbers when available. Boards o f directors, including their company affiliations, are also listed, as are selected publications, branch offices, upcoming meetings, the number o f mem­ bers and staff, and when the organization was founded. There are six indexes— associations, in­ dustries, individuals, political action committees, acronyms, and budget classification. The directoiy is scheduled for semiannual revisions. Subscription price is $150.00 per year from Monitor Pub., 104 Fifth A ve, New York, NY 10011. ISSN 1054-4070. • B uilding Sustainable Communities: An E nvironm ental G uide f o r Local G overnments is a new series o f 12 environmental resource hand­ books designed to guide local governments toward environmentally and economically sound policies and programs. The handbooks are published by the Center for the Study o f Law and Politics, a nonpartisan organization based in San Francisco. Each book consists o f a “menu o f projects” for policymakers to tackle, supplemented with sound advice and sample city and county ordinances where appropriate. The handbook on water conservation and reclamation, for example, features such projects as: adopt a waste water ordinance; offer a training program for landscape maintenance personnel; provide audits for industrial businesses; distribute water conservation devices door-to-door; change plumbing codes to permit use o f reclaimed water in high-rise buildings; and offer water conservation programs at schools. The 12 handbooks cover the following topics: solid waste, water conservation, toxics, transporta­ tion, energy efficiency, urban forestry, air quality, greenhouse gases, land use, open space, water quality, and environmental management. Lists o f relevant publications, service organizations, and local programs supplement each one. The full set costs $180 and individual handbooks are $20 apiece. For more information contact the Global Cities Project, 2962 Fillmore St., San Francisco, C A 94123. ISSN 1056-3865. • The C om puters, Freedom and Privacy Video L ibrary Series (15 videocassettes, 1991) consists o f the videotaped proceedings o f the Com ­ puters, Freedom and Privacy Conference held in San Francisco in 1991 and sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. The series covers many electronic issues involving the Bill o f Rights. O f special interest are: Law Enforcement and Civil Liberties (volume 8), covering the inter­ action o f computer crime, law enforcement, and civil liberties, in which civil libertarians, computer specialists, and attorneys rake federal and local prosecutors over the coals for their current and 744 / C&RL News proposed policies; Computer-Based Surveillance o f Individuals (volume 10), featuring A LA ’s Judith F. Krug, w ho describes the FBI’s attempts to re­ cruit librarians as domestic spies; and Access to Government Information (volume 13), on allowing access while protecting confidentiality, with Kather­ ine Mawdsley (UC-Davis) and Robert Veeder (O f­ fice o f Regulatory Information Affairs). Individual tapes are $55.00 each (plus $4.00 handling), and the entire set is $480.00 (plus $15.00 handling). For further information contact Sweet Pea Produc­ tions, P.O. Box 912, 1673 Happy Trail, Topanga, CA 90290; (213) 455-3275. • A D escrip tive D ictio n a ry an d A tlas o f Sexology, edited by Robert T. F rancoeur, Timothy Perper, and Norman A. Scherzer (768 pages, Au­ gust 1991), defines more than 6,000 terms and theories essential to an understanding o f the field and documents important contributions to sexol­ ogy— ranging from the observations o f Greek phi­ losophers to the findings o f Krafft-Ebing and Mas­ ters and Johnson. Bibliographical sources are pro­ vided for each topic. The terms defined are largely biological, medical, and social; slang and jargon have been excluded. Copies are available for $95.00 from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. ISBN 0-313-25943-7. • D raw ! P olitical C artoons fr o m L e ft to R ight, edited by Stacey Bredhoff (144 pages, July 1991), features 130 cartoons by such notables as Thomas Nast, Bill Maudlin, Clifford K. Berryman, David Levine, Pat Oliphant, Charles Schultz, and Gene Bassett. Based on a National Archives exhibi­ tion commemorating the 200th anniversary o f the Bill o f Rights, Draw! illustrates how some Ameri­ cans have exercised their First Amendment rights. Copies may be ordered for $7.95 (plus $3.00 han­ dling) from the National Archives Trust Fund, P.O. Box 100793, Atlanta, GA 30384. • E d u ca tio n C ounts: A n In d ic a to r System to M o n ito r the N a tio n ’s E d u ca tio n a l H ealth, by a special study panel on education indicators for the National C enter for Education Statistics (123pages, September 1991), will assist Congress and others to understand where new statistical indicators or bet­ ter information on education in the United States is needed. The report calls for a comprehensive infor­ mation, data, and research system to guide the decisions o f education policymakers. Copies are available for $6.50 from the Superintendent o f Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D C 20402-9325. Stock no. 065-000- 00463-1. • G uide to R esearch in C lassical A rt and M y th o lo g y , by Frances Van Keuren (307 pages, August 1991), identifies, critiques, and explains the essential classification tools that students and schol­ ars should consult w hen researching Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art and antiquities. Part One describes library research sources in art and archi­ tecture for each period, while Part Tw o covers mythology in the art and literature o f antiquity and postclassical times. By examining different literary variants o f a myth, for example, and discovering which texts were available in a given time and place, Van Keuren shows how the researcher might iden­ tify likely literary sources for specific artistic rendi­ tions. Part Three describes the available literature on artifacts o f particular interest, such as Athenian vases, Etruscan mirrors, and Roman Imperial coins. This is an excellent guide to the literature for students o f classical art and archeology. Copies are available for $35.00 ($31.00 for ALA members), from the American Library Association Order D e ­ partment, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0564-1. • H ow Q u a in t th e W ays o f Paradox! by Philip H. Dillard (208 pages, 1991), an annotated bibliography o f works by and about Sir W . S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, includes much more than the com ic operas for which they are most widely known. The book identifies more than 1,000 ar­ ticles, monographs, dissertations, poems, plays, li­ brettos, and musical scores. Works o f analysis and history cover their lives, their separate and joint professional careers, and the Victorian world in which they lived and worked. A copy may be or­ dered for $25.00 from Scarecrow Press, P.O. Box 4167, Metuchen, NJ 08840. ISBN 0-8108-2445-0. • L ib r a ry T echnical Services: O perations December 1991 / 745 and M anagement, edited by Irene P. Godden (284 pages, 2d ed., June 1991), reflects the significant advances made in library automation since the first edition was published in 1984. The chapters on acquisitions, automation and networking, preserva­ tion, and bibliographic control have been substan­ tially expanded. The authors contributing to this noteworthy textbook are Leslie A. Manning, Karen Homy, Sara C. Heitshu, Betty G. Bengtson, A. Dean Larsen, and Randy H. Silverman. The book costs $49.95 and may be ordered from Academic Press, 1250 Sixth Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. ISBN 0-12-287041-7. • Local Area N etw orks in Libraries, by Kenneth E. Marks and Steven P. Nielsen (151 pages, July 1991), covers the basics and benefits o f LANs in a library setting. Not designed as a how-to manual, the book offers a general review o f the sequence o f activities that come into play as librar­ ians consider installing an LAN. The cost is $42.50 from the Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane W est, Westport, CT 06880. ISBN 0-88736-705-4. • Scientific Journals: Im proving L ibrary Collections through A nalysis o f P ublishing Trends, by Tony Stankus (205 pages, December 1990), focuses on the advantages to users o f access to a good assortment o f science journals and pro­ vides practical advice on alternatives to expensive foreign journals by looking at international publish­ ing patterns. Some interesting ideas and tips are to be found in this supplement to The Serials Librar­ ian. Copies are available for $29.95 from Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. ISBN 0-86656-905-7. • Sources f o r U.S. H istory: N ineteenth- C en tury Comm unities, by W. B. Stephens (558 pages, August 1991), offers a comprehensive guide to sources for the study o f local history at the county, city, township, or village level. Long regarded as a topic suitable only for amateurs or genealogists, local American history has recently gained respect as a legitimate academic discipline. The book is arranged topically, each chapter providing a de­ tailed bibliographic roadmap to such subjects as ethnicity, patterns o f land use, religion, govern­ ment, industry, trade, education, and crime. Spe­ cial collections and archives are clearly identified. Copies are available for $75.00 from Cambridge University Press, 40 W. 20th Street, New York, NY 10011. ISBN 0-521-35315-7. • Strategic Planning in H igher Education: Im plem enting New Roles f o r th e Academ ic L i­ brary, edited by James F. Williams II (221 pages, April 1991), covers the planning process o f budget management for academic libraries, with an em­ phasis bringing the library’s status from one o f an economic competitor to a deserving equal in the eyes o f the academic community. O f particular interest are: “Strategic Planning and Management; A Methodology for Responsible Change,"byjames M. Rosser and James I. Penrod; “Inserting the Library into a Broader Campus Planning Process,” by Nancy L. Eaton; and “Conformity and Diversity: Local Library Planning in a Multi-Campus Sys­ tem,” by Russell Shank. The book is $24.95 from the Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904- 1580. ISBN 1-56024-091-1. • Telefacsimile Sites in N orth American Libraries, 1991, edited by C. Lee Jones (473 pages, 6th ed., August 1991), is 60% larger than the previous edition, with 1,450 more fax sites adding up to nearly 4,000 entries. This edition is organized by state or Canadian province and then alphabeti­ cally by library. I f the state is not known, there is an index (with fax number) by libraty. Each entry includes institution, library, fax number, address, contact person, and bibliographic utility symbol. A copy may be ordered for $32.50 (plus $2.50 han­ dling) if your institution is listed in the directory, $36.00 (plus handling) if it’s not. Contact CBR Consulting Services, P.O. Box 5344, Bethlehem, PA 18015-0344. • Wilson Business Abstracts, on CD-ROM , features 130,000 abstracts o f articles from 345 business journals (the same titles indexed in Busi­ ness Periodicals Index), searchable on 57,000 sepa­ rate subject terms. A charter subscription to this powerful database is available for $2,495 through Decem ber 1992. A demo program or 90-day trial CD -RO M disk are available from the H.W. Wilson Company, 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452. • William Morris & News fr o m Nowhere: A Vision f o r O ur Time, edited by Stephen Coleman and Paddy O’Sullivan (213 pages, 1990), marks the centenary o f William Morris’s publication o f his utopian essay “ News from Nowhere” in The Commonweal. Morris (1834– 1896), a British de­ signer, poet, and socialist, has lately been reinterpreted as a precursor o f the modem environ­ mentalist and green movements. His views on work, art, revolution, architecture, and ecology are dis­ cussed in nine essays by Morris scholars in this memorial volume. Copies are available for $13.95 from Seven Hills Book Distributors, 49 Central Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45202. ISBN 1-870098-37-4. • W om en in th e Fine Arts: A Bibliography and Illustration Guide, by Janet A. Anderson (362 pages, September 1991), is a resource on the lives o f women artists, their social milieu, and their illustrations. Most o f the references are drawn from unindexed sources in books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues, and newspapers. Subjects include ar­ chitects, painters, and sculptors since the Renais­ sance; photographers; recent artists in performance, video, and computer fields; and related areas of feminist aesthetics. Copies may be obtained for $49.95 from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-541–4. ■ ■