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• A new Directory of Minnesota Academic Librarians 1980—81 (48 pages, 1981) has been issued by the ARL Division of the Minnesota Library Association. The directory, edited by Allen L. Dollerschell, gives an alphabetical list of the addresses of Minnesota academic library staff with job titles and telephone numbers. It may be ordered for $4.16 from Bob Suderman, Director, Learning Resources Center, Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112.

• An Interim Report on Book Paper (13 pages, April 1981) has been issued by the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The committees aim is to encourage the improvement of the physical qualities of publications, especially the use of acid-free paper. Copies of the report are available from the Council of Library Resources, Inc., Suite 620, One Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, upon receipt of a request and a self-addressed mailing label.

• A Requirements Statement for the Name Authority File Service, published by the Council on Library Resources, reports the progress of a ninemember task force appointed to assist in the planning and implementation of a name authority file service for the nation’s libraries. The service is intended to create an integrated, consistent file that can be used by all libraries. The present document explains the background and rationale for the service, specifies general and technical requirements to be met if the service is to meet objectives, and proposes guidelines for ensuring that the content and format of authority records meet established standards. It may be ordered by sending a self-addressed mailing label to the Council on Library Resources, Inc., Suite 620, One Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

• Serial Titles in the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Franklin Institute Libraries (Philadelphia) is a combined listing of the journal titles in two complimentary scientific libraries. Approximately 10,000 distinct titles in the natural and physical sciences, ethnology, and engineering are included. A copy may be ordered for $20 from the Franklin Institute Library, 20th and The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

• The Siege of Pensacola, 1781: A Bibliography, by James A. Servies, has been published as Library Publication Number 12 of the John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida. Prepaid orders of $4 per copy may be sent to the John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32504.

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

• Scarecrow Press recently published A Unifying Influence: Essays of Raynard Coe Swank (1981, $13.50). The essays, edited by David W. Heron, span thirty years of Dr. Swank’s career and offer “a vision of library service broad enough to encompass both the classical tradition and the computer.

• Keys to Library Research on the Graduate Level: A Guide to Guides by Harvey R. Gover (University Press of America, 1981, $5.25) is “designed as a library survival kit for graduate students, enabling them to fully utilize the library resources at their disposal.” Topics include the Card Catalog, basic periodical indexes, LC classification, and computer-prepared indexes and abstracts.

• Electronic detection systems are emphasized in Book Theft and Library Security Systems 1981- 82 by Alice Harrison Bahr (Knowledge Industry Publications, 1981, $24.50). Bahr analyses the similarities and differences of the systems available from Checkprint, Sentronic, LPS International, 3M Company, Knogo and Gaylord. Also included is information on hθW to plan a Security program that meets a library’s individual needs.

• The Task Force on a Name Authority File Service, Bibliographic Service Development Program, Council on Library Resources, has published a document which “describes the background and rationale for a name authority file service for the nation’s libraries, and the steps being taken to make that service a reality.’’ The document, Requirements Statement for the Name Authority File Service, has been distributed to a wide range of persons and institutions inviting them to review the document and make comments. Additional copies for review purposes may be requested from CLR.

• The Aslib Reader Series is designed to bring together into a single volume a selection of significant writings on a theme of central importance to librarianship and information work. Volume 3 in this series is now available, The Professional Development of the Librarian and Information Worker, edited by Patricia Layzell Ward, Aslib, 1980, £10 (£8.50 to Aslib members); U.S. £12.50 (£10.50 to Aslib members).

• The background of librarians’ involvement with the labor movement and the current status of unionization in public, school, and university libraries is examined in Librarians and Labor Relations: Employment Under Union Contracts by Robert C. O’Reilly and Marjorie I. O’Reilly (Greenwood Press, 1981, $25). Organization, bargaining, contract disputes, and arbitration are considered, as are management problems such as budgeting, administration, and grievance resolution.

• Progress in Documentation articles have been a feature of the Journal of Documentation for the last decade. In 1979 the journal’s editorial board decided to compile and publish a selection of these articles. The result is Progress in Documentation: Some Themes and Topics; A selection from the Progress in Documentation articles published in Journal of Documentation, 1969-79, Aslib, 1981, £10 (£8.50 Aslib members); U.S. £12.50 (£10.50 Aslib members).

• “Anything that can be described can be indexed with PRECIS—the Preserved Context Index System. ” In Introduction to PRECIS for North American Usage (Libraries Unlimited, 1981, $27.50 U.S.; $33 elsewhere) Phyllis Richmond provides a complete course in this system of subject analysis for those involved in processing book and nonbook materials either with or without access to a computer.

• PRECIS is also the topic of a book published by Clive Bingley, Ltd. Precis: A Workbook for Students of Librarianship by Michael J. Ramsden is part of the Outlines of Modern Librarianship Series. It is scheduled for U.S. publication in May 1981 and is distributed by Shoe String Press for $12.

• The following five titles are all published by Clive Bingley, Ltd. and are available in the U.S. from Shoe String Press, Inc. U.S. dollar prices are given.

Studies in Library Management, Volume 6: The Coming of Age of Library Management, 1960- 1980,edited by Anthony Vaughn (1980, $16). Part one covers the general evolution of library practice and librarianship during this period. The papers in part two examine particular aspects of library management during the last twenty years.

Do We Really Need Libraries? An Assessment of Approaches to the Evaluation of the Performance of Librariesby John Blagden (1980, $18.50). Blagden reviews the attempts that have been made to develop a methodology by which a library’s contributions to the goals laid down by its funding body can more easily be assessed.

Systems Thinking in Library and Information Managementby David Smith (1981, $16). The author discusses information concepts, systems techniques, models of library and information systems, and assesses the systems approach to library function and operation.

University Library History: An International Reviewedited by James Thompson (1980, $35). Articles study the history and growth of university libraries in the UK, North America, Australasia and Italy, and discuss such topics as the growth of collections, buildings, staffing, organization and financing, cataloging and cooperation.

Computers for Librariesby Jennifer Rowley (1980, $12). Topics include planning and designing the computerized library system, information structure and software, databases, current awareness services, retrospective searching, printed indexes, acquisitions, ordering and cataloging systems, circulation control and document delivery systems, and serials control. Computers for Libraries is part of the Outlines of Modern Librarianship Series.

• Compiling and evaluating your, personal word-stock is the topic of Thesaurus-Making: Grow Tour Own Word-Stock by Helen M. Townley and Ralph D. Gee (Westview Press, 1981, $31.25). The authors explain the theory behind the compilation of a word-stock, give useful tips for evaluating the effectiveness of the completed thesaurus and discuss methods of maintenance and updating. The contribution that computers can make to the process are also examined.

• The University of Texas at Austin General Libraries have published Name Authority Control for Card Catalogs in the General Libraries by R. Bruce Miller (1981, $10). “This publication is a comprehensive manual that provides the information necessary to manually maintain authority control in a library with multiple catalogs.”

• The major enemies of library collections are the subject of Disasters: Prevention ír Coping; Proceedings of the Conference May 21-22, 1980, edited by James N. Myers and Denise D. Bedford (Stanford University Libraries, 1981). The Conference grew out of the Stanford flood of November, 1978.

• The Annotated Bibliography of Canada’sMajor Authors, Volume II, edited byRobert Lecker and Jack David (ECW Press, 1980, $30 cl, $18 pa) contains comprehensive, annotated bibliographies of works by and on Margaret Atwood (poetry), Leonard Cohen, Archibald Lampman, E. J. Pratt, and A1 Purdy.