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•The first volume of A Checklist of Canadian Copyright Deposits in the British Museum 1895-1923,edited byJohnR.T. Ettlinger and Patrick B. O’Neill, covers all the maps deposited as a requirement of Canadian copyright legislation during that period. The copyright deposit lists were discovered by O’Neill in the Administration Offices of the British Museum (now the British Library) . Other volumes forthcoming will deal with insurance plans, directories, periodicals, books, sheet music, photographs, and ephemera. A copy of Vol. 1 may be obtained for $11.50 from Norman Horrocks, Director, School of Library Service, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H8.

•A Directory of Associations in Louisiana covers over 400 organizations in the fields of business and commerce, law, government, public administration, education, science, medicine, technology, history, and libraries. The directory provides the name and address of the association, its year of organization, the number of members, the contact person, and a statement of purpose. Copies may be ordered for $10 (prepaid only) from the Louisiana Library Association, P.O. Box 131, Baton Rouge, LA 70821.

• The Japan Directory of Professional Associations (349 pages, February 1984) includes all associations, societies, and major research institutions in such fields as computers, communications, electronics, management, psychology, shipping, and many others. Each listing shows the English name and the romanized version of the Japanese name. An updating service is available for those who want to keep informed of changes between now and the next edition, slated for 1987. The directory is available for $150 alone, with $100 extra for the updating service, from: Pacific Subscription Service, P.O. Box 811, FDR Station, New York, NY 10150.

• Library of Congress Rule Interpretations for AACR2: A Cumulation from Cataloging Service Bulletin Numbers 11-16, compiled by Lois Lindberg, Alan Boyd, and Elaine Druesedow (270 pages, 1984), includes all LCRIs published so far by the Library of Congress. Copies are $20 (additional copies $17 each; price includes quarterly update sheets for CSB no.25-28) from Alan Boyd, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, OH 44074. Standing orders for CSB no.29-accepted any time.

• Library Times International is a new bimonthly digest of world library and information science news. Published by the Future World Pub lishing Company, the journal had its first issue in July 1984. Major news is broken down by country of origin. Other features are interviews, reports of meetings, a calendar of conferences, and occa sional articles. An institutional subscription is $15, while an individual subscription is $10 annually. Send orders to: Library Times International, P.O. Box 172, Conway, PA 15027.

•Microcomputer Applications in Libraries, by Richard M. Kesner and Clifton H. Jones (250 pages, August 1984), provides simple management tools and systems with specific application see narios that will help librarians plan and implement microcomputer technology in library situations. Formal management tools are included for hard ware and software evaluation, library needs assess ment, project management, and systems documen tation procedures. Copies may be ordered for $29.95 from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. ISBN 0-313- 22939-2.

•Professional Competencies: Technology and the Librarian, edited by Linda C. Smith (138 pages, August 1984), reprints the papers presented at the 20th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing held April 24-26, 1983, at the Univer sity of Illinois, Urbana. Among the contributions are “Technology and the Academic Library Staff, or the Resurgence of the Luddites,” by Carolyn M. Gray; “The Role of the Association in Developing Professional Competence,” by Julie Carroll Virgo; and “Competencies for Library Networking and Cooperation,” by Jo An S. Segal. Copies are avail able for $15 from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Publications Office, 249 Armory Building, 505 E. Armory St., Champaign, IL 61820.

•The first section of Scholars' Guide to China Mission Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States(1984), published by the Prince ton Theological Seminary, locates and describes all the collections of China Mission resources in 42 repositories in Pennsylvania which contain over one million mission documents. The second volume, now in progress, will include resources located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Each volume in the series, eventually to cover the entire United States, identifies repositories and presents union lists of dissertations, rare and unique reference texts, and serials. The final series volume will be a cumulative index and union list. The first volume may be ordered for $19.50 from Scholars’ Guide to China Mission Resources, Speer Library, Box 111, Princeton, NJ 08540.

• Statistical Sources on the California Hispanic Population 1984: A Preliminary Survey, compiled by Eudora Loh and Roberta Medford (210 pages, 1984), evaluates selected sources of statistical data on the Hispanic population in California. This register combines governmental and nongovernmental sources of current and historical data on: population and vital statistics, housing, employment and economics, education, health and social services, crime and law enforcement, agricultural workers, consumer patterns, and leisure. This monograph may be ordered for $19.80 from Vivian M. Pisano, California Spanish Language Data Base, P.O. Box 4273, Berkeley, CA 94704. ISBN 0-915745-01-1.

•Strategic Planning for Library Managers, by Donald E. Riggs (137 pages, 1984), seeks to apply the techniques of corporate strategic planning to specific library management situations. The book offers an introduction to strategic planning, as well as discussions of organizing and implementation, coping with new technology, applying strategies in the library, and planning evaluation and control. Copies may be ordered for $27.50 from Oryx Press, 2214 North Central at Encanto, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1483. ISBN 0-89774-049-1.