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•The Acquisition and Cataloging of Music and Sound Recordings: A Glossary, compiled by Suzanne E. Thorin and Carole Franklin Vidali, has been published as ML A Technical Report number 11. The glossary includes terms used in both current and earlier LC practice, as well as words and abbreviations commonly found on title pages of scores, on labels and containers of sound recordings, and in bibliographic and descriptive sources utilized for acquisition and cataloging these materials. Nearly 600 English and foreign words and abbreviations are covered. The glossary is available for $14 ($11.25 for MLA members) from the Music Library Association, P.O. Box 487, Canton, MA 02021.

•Automated Circulation: An Examination of Choices, edited by Joseph R. Matthews and Kevin E. Hegarty (126 pages, 1984), contains the proceedings of a preconference sponsored by the Circulation Services Section of ALA’s Library Administration and Management Association in Philadelphia, July 8-9, 1982. Most of the information is very practical and covers such areas as specifications and contract negotiations, shared systems, and alternative financing. Copies may be ordered for $15 from ALA Publishing, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0402-5.

•Bibliographic Services and User Needs, compiled and edited by Paul Peterson (1984), presents the opening session, papers, discussion group reports, and recommendations of a conference held at Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, in December 1983 to review the progress of the Bibliographic Service Development Program of the Council on Library Resources. Four papers were contributed by Thomas Martin, Syracuse University; Douglas Ferguson, Stanford University; Nina Matheson, National Library of Medicine; and Carlton Rochell, New York University. A background paper providing information on the Program’s progress, a bibliography of Program publications, the meeting agenda, and a list of participants are included as appendixes. The report may be ordered for $10 from CLR, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

•Bilindex (533 pages, July 1984), a new Spanish-English subject heading thesaurus published by the California Spanish Language Data Base, offers standardized Spanish equivalents to over 13,000 current LC subject headings. Special features of this thesaurus are: cross references, scope notes, children’s subject headings, standard subdivisions, an English to Spanish index, regional variants, and technical terms. The book will allow libraries to maintain an adequate catalog and subject access to Spanish and bilingual collections. The cost is $65 and may be ordered from Vivian Pisano, California Spanish Language Data Base, P.O. Box 4273, Berkeley, CA 94704. ISBN 0-915745-00-3.

•The Carnegie Corporation and the Development of American College Libraries, 1928-1941, by Neil A. Radford (257 pages, May 1984), has been published as number 44 in ACRL’s Publications in Librarianship series. This work studies the Carnegie Corporation’s program of grants for collection development in American college libraries which began in 1928, following the discontinuance of its grants for library buildings. The author’s analysis, supported by independent studies of college library use in the 1930s, brings into question the beneficial effects of the Carnegie funding and exposes problems inherent in the selection procedures used in awarding the grants. Copies are $29.95 and may be ordered from ALA Publishing, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. ISBN 0- 8389-3295-9.

•A Comparative Guide (30 pages, 1984) to the Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal classification systems has been prepared by the Bowling Green State University Cataloging Department. The guide covers a broad range of numbers in both classifications and is arranged by subject. Send $5 (checks payable to BGSU Library) to Gail J. Junion, Coordinator, Cataloging Department, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.

•Evidence of the Past: Primary Sources for Loui- siana History, 1: Cane River Colony, edited by Elsa L. Schneider (12 pages plus facsimiles, 1984), is the first in a projected series of booklets published by the Historic New Orleans Collection intended to give students an opportunity to see socially relevant, primary historical source materials. Six documents deriving from an ante-bellum colony of free blacks along the Cane River south of Natchitoches are presented in both transcribed and facsimile form. Copies of the booklet are $5 (plus $1 postage and handling) and may be ordered from the Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. Incidentally, those librarians visiting the Louisiana Exposition this summer might also want to stop by for a tour of the Collection, which contains many rare 18thcentury French documents and artifacts.

•The Federal Technology Catalog, 1983, pre- pared by the NTIS Center for the Utilization of Federal Technology (165 + 47 pages, January 1984), describes practical technology selected for commercial potential and/or promising applications to the fields of computer technology, energy, electrotechnology, engineering, life sciences, machinery and tools, manufacturing, materials, physical sciences, and testing and instrumentation. All the technology described was developed by such Federal agencies as NASA, DOD, DOE, and NBS. A subject index provides access. Copies are $23.50 from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161; (703) 487-4600. Request order number PB84- 105634/TCH.

Collection Management and Development Institute set at Irvine, September 4-7, 1984

The popular series of RTSD Collection Management and Development Institutes will continue with a September 4-7, 1984, program at the University of California, Irvine. The program, limited to 100 registrants, will be aimed at librarians who deal with collection management issues on a daily basis. The Institute will provide an overview of important issues and trends in the planning, development, and management of library collections and will identify techniques and strategies to maximize the use of financial and human resources. Special emphases at the Irvine Institute include: a) new directions in collection development; b) evaluation of collections; c) institutional structures for collection development; and d) the impact of automation. The program is co-sponsored by the UC Irvine Library, by California Academic and Research Librarians, and by the California Library Association.

RTSD has arranged for low-cost housing, if desired, on campus at the University of California, Irvine. Three days of meals at the University are included in the Institute registration fee of $205

(ALA/RTSD members, members of CARL or CLA, and UC Irvine staff), $220 (ALA members), and $235 (non-members). Wine and cheese receptions and coffee breaks have been generously donated by library vendors.

The RTSD Collection Management and Development Committee has scheduled three additional Institutes in 1985 and 1986 at the following locations: Trinity University, San Antonio (May 1985); University of Washington, Seattle (September 1985); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (May 1986).

Inquiries about the Irvine Institute or future programs may be directed to Bill Drewett, ALA/RTSD, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (312) 944-6780, ext.311. Interested persons should also feel free to contact any member of the Irvine Planning Committee: John H. Whaley, Jr., Chair, or Marion L. Buzzard (UC Irvine), Peter M. Briscoe (UC Riverside), Sheila T. Dowd (UC Berkeley), or George J. Soete (UC San Diego).

•The French Company Handbook 1984 (4thed., 199 pages) contains current information on 81 of the most important French companies, industryby-industry evaluations, an introduction to the Paris stock market, general business and financial information on France, and a practical dictionary of English-French business terms. Very useful in particular are the descriptions of highlights and trends for 1983-84 given for each company. Copies are available for $38 from: French Company Handbook, P.O. Box 2128, Westport, CT 06880. A new edition will be published in March 1985.

•A Guide to Public Lending Right, by novelistBrigid Brophy (178 pages, April 1984), describes in detail the British Public Lending Right Act of 1979, which was intended to ensure that authors be paid for the use of their books by libraries, based on circulation or number of copies on the shelf. It also shows the far-reaching effects of the Act on editors, agents, publishers, and librarians in the other six countries that now have public lending right legislation: Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, West Germany, New Zealand, and Australia. Copies may be ordered for $21.50 from Gower Publishing Company, Old Post Road, Brookfield, VT 05036. ISBN 0-566-03485-9.

•Library Acquisition Policies and Procedures, edited by Elizabeth Futas (580 pages, 2d ed., 1984), presents complete collection development policies from ten academic and fourteen public libraries located throughout North America. Key portions of the policies of over 60 other libraries are also included. This book may be ordered for $38.50 from Oryx Press, 2214 North Central at Encanto, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1483. ISBN 0-89774-024-6.

•Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities in the Pacific Northwest, 1982-83, edited by W. Bede Mitchell (24 pages, April 1984), is the Pacific Northwest Library Association’s latest survey of academic libraries in their region. Data for 129 institutions, including 2-year colleges, law, and special libraries as well as 4-year colleges and universities, is included. Copies may be ordered for $2 (checks payable to PNLA) from W. Bede Mitchell, Roland R. Renne Library, Circulation Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.

•Microcomputers in ARL Libraries, SPEC Kit #104 (May 1984, 98 pages), contains the results of a survey in which 81 % of the ARL libraries responding reported microcomputer applications. Also included are six planning and specifications documents, four examples of policies and procedures, three examples of training and personnel materials, and a list of selected references. Single copies may be purchased for $15, prepaid only, from the SPEC Center, Office of Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

•Railroad Maps of North America: The First Hundred Years (208 pages, 1984) contains 92 historical maps from the Library of Congress collection of 5,000 railroad maps. The maps, dating back to 1828, include small fold-out sketches, large scale surveys, and wall maps designed for display in railroad ticket offices. There are also progress report surveys for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional maps, and maps showing land grants and rights of way. For a copy, send $28 to Dept. 36-FF, Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402. Stock number 003-004- 00021-3.

•Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows, and Related Electromagnetic Phenomena, compiled by William R. Corliss (238 pages, 1984), is a bibliography and catalog of unusual optical phenomena in the atmosphere that have been reported in scientific and technical literature. Eight general categories of events (including such oddities as Brocken specters, Fata Morganas, and horizontal rainbows) are described, evaluated, and indexed by subject, time-of-event, place-of-event, author, and source. Copies may be ordered for $12.95 from the Sourcebook Project, P.O. Box 107, Glen Arm, MD 21057.

WESS directory now available

The 1984 Directory o f Western European Specialists in North American Libraries has been compiled by ACRL’s Western European Specialists Section and has been published as WESS Occasional Publication number 1. Pri­ mary arrangement is by the last name of the 112 individuals listed, with an index by states and provinces in the back. In addition to address, affiliation, and phone number, there are nota­ tions for geographic areas or languages, areas of subject responsibility, and library tasks.

The directory has been distributed free to all members of the WESS section as a supplement to the WESS Newsletter, edited by Charles Fineman, humanities bibliographer at North­ western University. It may also be ordered at a cost of $3 for ACRL non-WESS members and $5 for non-ACRL members, from the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611- 2795.