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•Annual Statistics of Medical School Libraries in the United States and Canada (11th ed., 1989) provides data on 1987/88 expenditures, staffing levels, collection size and service operations for 144 medical libraries. Libraries are grouped according to four factors: budget, clients served, grant money received, and academic programs supported. A new section giving performance measures for selected variables has been added this year. Copies may be purchased for $85 ($40 for members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors) from Ann Fenner, AAHSLD Headquarters, 1133 M.D. Anderson Blvd., Houston, TX 77030.

•Bibliographic Control and Information Sources: An Introduction for South African Students, by Shirley J. Behrens (399 pages, December 1988), while intended as a guide for library school students, may also be useful for locating and using information sources about South Africa. Chapters cover such topics as bibliographic control activities in South Africa, biographical and geographical references, government publications, bibliographies, full-text databases, and grey literature. In many cases a page from the reference source that the text is describing has been reproduced. The author is a senior lecturer in information science at the University of South Africa. Copies may be ordered for R45,00 from the University of South Africa, Publishing Services, 0001 Pretoria. ISBN 0- 86981-568-7.

•Black Photographers, 1940-1980, by Deborah Willis-Thomas (495 pages, March 1989), offers brief biographical sketches and detailed information on the work of Black photojournalists, war correspondents, studio photographers, fine art photographers, and commercial photographers for the past 40 years. More than 400 black-and-white photographs illustrate their creative output. The book includes listings of public repositories where their photographs are housed, an extensive bibliography, and a list of exhibitions held between 1969 and 1987. The author’s previous bio-bibliography, also published by Garland, covered Black photographers from 1840 to 1940. Copies are available for $85 from Garland Publishing, 136 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. ISBN 0-8240-8389-X.

•Building Security and Personal Safety, SPEC Kit #150 (141 pages, January 1989), contains the results of a survey of ARL libraries on their policies on general building security, problem behavior, and emergencies. Four general security documents, eight descriptions of security personnel responsibilities, six policies on building security, eight examples of problem behavior policies, and five emergency procedures are included. SPEC kits may be ordered for $20 (prepayment required) from SPEC, Office of Management Services, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

•Directory of Financial Aids for Minorities, 1989-1990, by Gail Ann Schlachter and Sandra E. Goldstein (514 pages, 1989), is a comprehensive guide to scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships for Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. This edition contains nearly 2,100 entries, each with address and telephone number, purpose, eligibility, duration, special features, limitations, number awarded, and deadline date for each program. The primary arrangement is by type of program, with indexes for sponsoring organization, program title, subject, geographic coverage, and deadline date. Additional features are a list of state sources of educational benefits and an annotated bibliography of general financial aid directories. Copies may be ordered for $45 from Reference Service Press, 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 9, San Carlos, CA 94070. ISBN 0-918276-08-X.

•Information and Referral in Reference Services, edited by Marcia Stucklen Middleton and Bill Katz (259 pages, October 1988), contains two articles on I&R services in academic libraries: Teresa L. Demo and Charles B. McClure (Syracuse University) examine the public library’s experience with referral services and how they might transfer to an academic setting; and Marvin D. Leavy and Elaine E. Moore (Western Kentucky University) describe the services of the Grants Information Center and the Map Collection at Western Kentucky. Copies are available for $44.95 from Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. ISBN 0- 86656-693-7.

•The Journal of UFO Studies (new series, vol. 1,1989- ), to be published annually by the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, contains articles on the UFO phenomenon by scientists in various disciplines. This first issue in the new series features an examination of the relationship of hypnosis and alleged UFO abductions by folklorist Thomas Bullard; a chemical analysis of the physical traces left by a UFO near Delphos, Kansas, in 1972 by biochemist Erol A. Faruk; and a study of the extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs and the likelihood of extraterrestrial intelligent life in the universe by Michael Swords, science professor at Western Michigan University. A less formal forum on the topic of UFO abductions is also included, as are book reviews. Copies may be ordered for $15 from the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, 2457 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60659.

•Qualitative Collection Analysis: The Conspec tus Methodology, SPEC Kit #151 (119 pages, February 1989), describes the Besearch Libraries Group Conspectus and how it is used to evaluate past collecting efforts, to reveal the way in which the collections reflect those efforts, and to determine current and projected collecting intensity. This kit contains documents prepared by ARL libraries that outline plans and procedures for implementing the Conspectus methodology, set forth criteria for assessing a collection, discuss various uses for the Conspectus, and report on projects completed by several libraries. SPEC kits may be ordered for $20 (prepayment required) from SPEC, Office of Management Services, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. ■■