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•Academic and Public Librarians: Data by Race, Ethnicity and Sex, compiled by the ALA Office for Library Personnel Resources (34 pages, 1986), contains the statistical results of a survey of library personnel that can be used in affirmative action planning. This study, with data valid as of September 1, 1985, updates the previous OLPR survey using data collected in 1980. Copies may be ordered for $4.00 directly from the ALA Office for Library Personnel Resources, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0761-3.

• Australian and New Zealand Academic Library Statistics, Part A Tables, 1953-1983, edited by Alice Leong (345 pages, 1986), has been published by the Library of the Curtin University of Technology as no.6 in the Western Library Studies series. Data on library personnel, services, bibliographic resources, expenses, and user groups are included. Copies may be ordered for A$59.00 from the T.L. Robertson Library, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U 1987, Perth 6001, Western Australia. ISBN 0-908155-29-8.

•Berlin: 750 Years, A Selective Bibliography, compiled by Margaret B. Krewson (1986), lists German- and English-language works on the intellectual and cultural life of the city, which celebrates its 750th anniversary this year. The bibliography is available free upon request from the European Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540.

•Descriptive Terms for Graphic Materials:Genre and Physical Characteristic Headings (February 1987) identifies 513 authorized terms with 290 cross references to help decscriptive catalogers identify, describe, and locate graphic material. Both genre terms (such as advertisements, censored works, competition drawings) and physical characteristics (such as etchings, albumen photoprints, and computer-aided designs) are included, along with special field designations for MARC users. Copies may be ordered for $20 from the Customer Services Section, Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20541.

• Effective Meetings for Busy People: Let’s Decide It and Go Home, by William T. Carnes (348 pages, 1987), is a humorously written treatise on how to increase the effectiveness of decisionmaking meetings, from local committee get- togethers to large deliberative business meetings. Advice is provided on how to chair meetings successfully, how to reduce costs without cutting essentials, how to improve interpersonal communication within meetings, when and how to add “theater” to a meeting, and how to use parliamentary procedure most effectively (sometimes by not using it). Copies may be ordered for $29.95 (plus $4.00 handling) from the IEEE Press, 345 E. 47th Street, New York, NY 10017-2394. ISBN 0-87942- 211-4.

•Issues in Cooperative Collection Development, edited by June L. Engle and Sue O. Medina (82 pages, 1987), includes four papers presented at the SOLINET Resource Sharing and Networks Support Program on March 11,1986: Joseph J. Branin, “Issues in Cooperative Collection Development: The Promise and the Frustration of Resource Sharing”; Craig Stillings, “North Alabama Union List of Serials”; Lee Pike, “Cooperative Collection Development Program in a Multitype Library Environment”; and Sue O. Medina, “Cooperative Collection Management on a Statewide Basis.” Free copies are being supplied to SOLINET members on request; non-members may obtain one for $7.50, prepaid, from Resource Sharing & Networks Support, SOLINET, Plaza Level, 400 Colony Square, 1201 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30361.

• Josef Skvorecky: A Checklist, by Jana Kalish(232 pages, 1986), is a comprehensive listing of all the works of this Czech-born Canadian writer up to the fall of 1983, including translations and critical works. Full bibliographical descriptions are given for first editions of his novels and short stories. A copy may be ordered for $12.50 from the Reference Department, University of Toronto Library, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5. ISBN 0-7727- 6000-4.

• The Legal Research Manual: A Game Plan for Legal Research and Analysis, by Christopher G. Wren and Jill Robinson Wren (242 pages, 2d ed., September 1986), explains the process of analyzing legal problems in addition to describing legal reference sources themselves. With its emphasis on research methodology, the book leads the user new to legal literature through all the steps necessary to evaluate the facts in a problem, identify the legal issues involved, find and analyze the applicable law, and determine whether it is still valid. There are also chapters on how to take useful notes and how to know when to stop researching. Copies of this paperback are available for $9.95 (plus shipping) from A–R Editions, Inc., 315 W. Gorham St., Madison, WI 53703; (608) 251-2114.

• Library Jobs: How to Fill Them, How to Find Them, by Barbara I. Dewey (176 pages, 1987), provides practical techniques to guide both employer and applicant through the hiring process for both entry-level and advanced positions. Useful examples of resumes, cover letters, and job descriptions are provided. The cost is $26.50 from Oryx Press, 2214 North Central at Encanto, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1483. ISBN 0-89774-300-8.

• The Master's Degree: Tradition, Diversity, Innovation , by Judith S. Glazer (129 pages, 1986), has been published as Report no.6 of the 1986 series of ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports. Glazer concludes that the master’s is truly a professional degree, aligned closely with specialized accreditation agencies, professional associations, and potential employers—a finding that has particular relevance for our own profession. The MLS is discussed in the report, along with ten other master’s programs. Copies may be purchased for $10.00 from the Association for the Study of Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036. ISBN 0-913317-33-0.

• The Milton S. Eisenhower Years at Kansas State University, edited by Virginia M. Quiring (120 pages, 1986), contains nine essays by faculty members who knew and worked with Eisenhower, a former president of the university who later went on to Penn State and Johns Hopkins. A copy may be requested from Virginia M. Quiring, Kansas State University Libraries, Manhattan, KS 66506.

•Mind Your Own Business, by Alice SizerWarner (165 pages, 1987), is a practical guide to setting up your own information consulting business. The author discusses the personal attributes needed to be a successful infopreneur and covers 23 different areas in which they are active, including online searching, document delivery, marketing research, publishing, and training. An important chapter on money explains how to get, handle, and save it. Copies are available for $24.95 from Neal- Schuman Publishers, 23 Leonard St., New York, NY 10013. ISBN 1-55570-014-4.

•The Missouri Union List of Serial Publications(1987 microfiche ed.) features 48,500 periodical, newspaper, and other serial titles held by libraries in Missouri and adjoining portions of Kansas and Illinois. An accompanying hard-copy introduction includes an explanation of entry information, a key to reporting library codes, and a table of photocopy and lending policies and charges for all participants. Libraries who did not participate in the survey may order a copy for $50 from the Business Office, St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63101.

•Plain Talk about Grants: A Basic Handbook, byRobert E. Geller (76 pages, 1986), is a practical guide to planning and getting grants. It includes exercises that may be used to practice the techniques resulting in well–written proposals. Copies may be ordered for $8.95 (plus $2.00 handling) from the California State Library Foundation, P.O. Box 2037, Sacramento, CA 95809.

•Smartcom IIfor the Online Searcher, by JamesS. Koga (20 pages, 1987), contains tips on set-up, searching, and enhancement for anyone using Smartcom II on an IBM PC or compatible. Included are more than 30 model log-on macros for some popular vendors, along with sample instructions for uploading and downloading using Smartcom. Copies are available for $5.00 (checks payable to Cal Poly Library) from James S. Koga, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, P.O. Box 3088, Pomona, CA 91768.

•Stars, Galaxies, Cosmos, compiled by WilliamR. Corliss (246 pages, March 1987), is the last in a series of bibliographical catalogs of astronomical anomalies from this author. The categories described in this volume include such puzzling phenomena as the historical disappearance of stars, pulsar anomalies, molecular cloud rings circling galactic cores, the quasar energy paradox, quasar fuzz, the spectrographic evidence for life in space, intergalactic clouds, galactic jets, double sources of radio energy, unidentifiable infrared galactic objects, and much more. Copies may be ordered for $17.95 from the Sourcebook Proj ect, P. O. Box 107, Glen Arm, MD 21057. ISBN 0-915554-21-6.

•University Libraries in Transition: Respondingto Technological Change, by James A. Hyatt and Aurora A. Santiago (112 pages, 1987), documents the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) case studies of library management and planning at four institutions (Princeton, University of Illinois, New York University, and University of Georgia) that have been faced with technological challenges. The report discusses automated library systems and operating costs, the importance of effective management planning, turnkey computer systems, integrated library computer systems and distributed versus centralized library systems, and the relationship between libraries and campus computing centers. The study was done with support from the Council on Library Resources. Copies are available for $15 for NACUBO members, $22 for non-members, from the NACUBO Order Desk, One Dupont Circle, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036-1178. ISBN 0-915164-29-9. ■ ■