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•The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, edited by Heartsill Young (245 pages, 1983), is the long-awaited revision of the first ALA glossary published in 1943. The terms are drawn not only from librarianship, but also from printing and publishing, graphic arts, computer science, telecommunications, reprography, educational technology, administrative science, and archives administration. Although the definitions do not have the official endorsement of ALA, the ALA Publishing Committee has approved them as a contribution toward the development of a standard terminology. Copies (ISBN 0-8389-0371-1) are available for $50 from the Order Department, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, 60611.

•The California Library Directory 1983 (180 pages, 1983) lists academic, public, special, state agency, and county law libraries in California, arranged by city. Information on policies, hours open, and system and network affiliation is included. The directory is available free of charge in a limited quantity, and a library can secure the latest annual volume automatically by participating in the State Library’s statistics programs. Write: Collin Clark, California State Library, P.O. Box 2037, Sacramento, CA 95809.

•The Gordon Parks Collection (56 pages, 1983), a catalog of the 128 photographs by Gordon Parks in the Kansas State University Department of Art, is now available for $6. Contact: Charles Stroh, Department Head, Art Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. Checks should be payable to the KSU Friends of Art.

•In Her Own Write,edited by Deborah W. Bolas and Beverly D. Bishop (90 pages, September 1983), is a selected guide to the Missouri Historical Society’s library and archival holdings related to women’s history. Among the 119 women included in the guide are Sacajawea, Susan B. Anthony, Fannie Hurst, Carry Nation, and Patience Worth. All the entries are women who lived or worked in St. Louis and Missouri as educators, artists, and homemakers, or who played significant roles in U.S. politics and social reform. An index features geographical, occupational, and maiden-name access. Copies are available for $7.95 from the Division of Administration and Operations, Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial Building, ForestPark, St. Louis, MO 53112.

•Indians of North America: Methods and Sources for Library Research,by Marilyn L. Haas (156 pages, November 1983), is a very useful guide to the diverse literature on Native North Americans. The first part examines subject headings and classification systems; the second part covers indexes, databases, documents, and other finding tools; and the third part is an annotated bibliography of books on specific topics, most of them published since 1970. Copies may be ordered for $21.50 from the Shoe String Press, P.O. Box 4327, 995 Sherman Avenue, Hamden, CT 06514.

•Judaica Librarianship(no. 1, Fall 1983- ) is a new semi-annual journal devoted to the management and organization of Judaica and Hebraica collections and published by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Columns and feature articles will cover acquisitions, cataloging, reference, automation, rare books, media, and children’s literature. Subscriptions are $25 ($18 for students and retirees), payable in U.S. currency only, from Sylvia

COLLEGE LIBRARY STANDARDS

The ACRL ad hoc College Library Standards Committee invites comments on the 1975 College Library Standards (C&RL News, October 1975). All comments will be appreciated, but the Committee is particularly interested in your ideas about the 1975 Standards in relation to the following:

1) Non-print collections and services;

2) Formulas on: a. collections (Formula A); b. staff (Formula B); and c. budget (% of E and G).

3) Networking and cooperative associations;

4) Performance measures to evaluate library services.

We look forward to receiving your comments by November 30, 1983. Please send them to: Jacquelyn N. Morris, Committee Chair, Associate Director of University Libraries, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211. ■ ■Friedman, 26 Pitney Street, West Orange, NJ 07052. Checks should be payable to the Association. Membership is included in the subscription price.

•Library of Congress Rule Interpretations for AACR2‚ compiled by Lois Lindberg, Alan Boyd, and Elaine Druesedow (260 pages, 1983), has been updated for Cataloging Service Bulletin numbers 11-20. Printed in looseleaf format, this cumulation may be purchased for $20 (including quarterly update sheets for the next three issues) from Alan Boyd, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, OH 44074. Additional copies are $17 each. Standing orders for Bulletin numbers 24- will be accepted.

•Online Catalogs in ARL Libraries‚ SPEC Kit #96 (97 pages, July-August 1983), reports on the activities of 20 libraries that have taken some steps in developing an online catalog. Four of these are in the planning stage, four in the development stage, and five have an operational system. The kit contains survey results and six documents illustrating the development and use of online catalogs. Single copies may be purchased for $15, with checks made payable to the ARL Office of Management Studies, from the SPEC Center, ARL/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, DC 20036.

•Online Searching Technique and Management,edited by James J. Maloney (195 pages, August 1983), is a complete guide to the organization and practice of reference service using online searching. Some of the topics covered are: “Databases and Database Producers and Vendors”; “The Interview Process in Online Searching”; “Methods of Funding”; and “Publicizing an Online Search Service.” Each chapter is a paper based on the July 1982 conference program of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section of ALA’s Reference and Adult Services Division. Annotated bibliographies and a suggested outline for conducting workshops are found in the back. Copies (ISBN 0-8389-3285-1) may be ordered for $25 from the Order Department, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

RECEIVED

(Selected items will be reviewed in future issues of College & Research Libraries.)

•Abstracting and Indexing Services in Perspective(Information Resources Press, 1983) marks and delineates the significance of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services. It offers a complete depiction of the evolution of abstracting and indexing services, their role in society, and the impact of the new technologies on them. Written by 33 experts encompassing every significant aspect of abstracting and indexing, this book provides a panoply of the history, philosophy, and technology that led to the present status of secondary storage, retrieval, and dissemination services.

•Career Profiles and Sex Discrimination in the Library Profession (American Library Association, 1983) was prepared for ALA's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) by Kathleen Heim and Leigh Estabrook using funding from a Bailey K. Howard-World Book Encyclopedia ALA Goal Award. The purpose of this carefully designed study is to provide data for evaluating the status of women in librarianship. Unlike other studies treating this concern, this study relates sex to status, salary, and a range of personal, demographic, and career patterns.

The book is arranged in four sections: literature review; study methodology; analysis of findings; conclusions and suggestions for continued research. Important among the findings is that salary discrimination for women exists even when personal, career, and professional variations contributing to salary differences are taken into account. Copies are available for $15.

•Conservation in the Library(Greenwood, 1983) is designed to assist librarians, archivists, and curators with all aspects of the nature, care, and handling of library materials. The book is a practical one treating media commonly found in the modern library system: books, documents, maps, works of art on paper, photographs, slides, microforms, films, videotapes, and sound recordings. Videodiscs and computer disks and tapes are also included. Each chapter examines a particular medium, defines its characteristics, and outlines requirements for its ideal care and preservation. The contributors list additional sources of information, supplies and suppliers, and organizations that can give additional assistance to librarians.

•The Development of National Library and Information Studies(Library Association, 1981) contains 15 papers given at the First Library Association International Workshop in London, 1981. These papers cover the core of the workshop, which emphasized the influence of social and technological change on library and information services and libraries in education.

•In The Management Process (American Library Association, 1983) editor Ruth J. Person collects articles and excerpts from books that present a variety of viewpoints about the management process in the modern library. A considerable effort was made to incorporate readings that demonstrate ways in which the process of management can be applied and improved. Copies may be ordered for $20.

•Editor Peter Hernon states in his preface to New Technology and Documents Librarianship (Meckler, 1983) that “the six articles in this book are based on presentations delivered at the Third Annual Library Government Documents and Information Conference held in Columbus, Ohio, in October 1982. The purpose of the conference was to provide an opportunity for writers in the documents field to intersect with practicing librarians, library educators, government officials, publishers, library science students, and others interested in a variety of topics relating to government publications/information. In addition, the conference offered a forum for extended discussions of major issues—in this case, new technology and its implications for the development, organization, and servicing of documents collections.”

•Scientific Information Systems in Japan(Elsevier, 1983) details a study which involved more than 500 researchers from universities, colleges, and scientific research institutions in Japan. Started in April 1976, the study was completed in March 1979. The objective of the study was to carry out basic research for advancing the formation of information systems and the organization of information for a wide variety of scientific disciplines. ■ ■

IAIMS TO BE SUPPORTED

The National Library of Medicine has called for Resource Project Grant proposals from medical centers and biomedical libraries that will lead to the development of a medical information network prototype, Integrated Academic Information Management Systems (IAIMS). An objective of IAIMS support is to build on institutional strengths by expanding database management systems to facilitate the flow of new information and apply new information technology to the biomedical sciences.

Applications may focus on any of several major organizational stages. Support will be available for: 1) institution-wide planning and policy analysis; 2) IAIMS model development involving some segment or cross-section of the organization; and 3) implementation of detailed plans for a full-scale IAIMS prototype.

The National Library of Medicine plans to make $425,000 available for as many as ten grants in

1984. A oneor two-page letter of intent should include a synopsis of the proposed project, a statement of the institutional information management goals, a description of the technological capabilities of the organization, and the estimated support requirements including non-federal support potential. In their proposed budgets, applicants should request travel funds for a two-day meeting at NLM to explore issues related to planning IAIMS in the medical center environment. Letters of intent should be mailed to: Extramural Programs, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20209.

Official application forms (PHS 398) must be obtained from and sent to the following office by December 15: Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, Westwood Building, Room 240, Bethesda, MD 20205. For further information, contact the NLM Extramural Programs Office, (301) 496-4221. ■ ■