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•The 5th edition of Annual Statistics of Medical School Libraries in the United States and Canada (1981-82) may be ordered from the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, 1133 M.D. Anderson Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. Members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors will be billed $40 per copy; non-members should send $65 and a self-addressed mailing label to the HAM-TMC library.

•A Bibliography of Loyalist Source Materials in Archives in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, compiled by the Program for Loyalist

Studies and Publications in association with the American Antiquarian Society, is now available from Meckler Publishing, Westport, Connecticut, for $115. The compilation provides an indispensible tool for those involved in the study of the American Revolution or engaged in genealogical research. Much of the material has been taken from the Proceedings of the AAS between 1972 and 1980, but archival findings from English and Irish sources have not been published previously.

•Biotechnology: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected References(8 pages, Fall 1982) has been published as number 10 in the University of Central Florida’s Library Bibliography Series. The major focus of the articles listed is in the field of genetic engineering. Copies are available for $2 each from the UCF Library, Gifts and Exchange, P.O. Box 25000, Orlando, FL 32816.

•Bound to Please,edited by Florence M. Jumonville (81 pages, 7 color plates, 1982), is an illustrated catalog of fifty rare books about Louisiana currently on exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection. The subjects covered are history and politics, social life and customs, the sciences, and tourism. A bibliography and commentary follow the full bibliographic description of each book. Copies may be ordered for $17.70 from The Historic New Orleans Collection Shop, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

•The Collection Development Statement of the St. Louis Community College Instructional Resources Department (11 pages, 1982) has been made available free of charge. The statement, which may be useful for other community college libraries in developing their policies, defines the collection development program and provides necessary guidance for building and maintaining both the material and equipment collections. Request a copy from Instructional Resources, St. Louis Community College, 5801 Wilson Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

•Contemporary Amharic Creative Literature:A Guide, by Fassil Aradoum (43 pages, 1982), is the sixth bibliography to be published in the Library of Congress Maktaba Africana series. This monograph presents a selection of contemporary creative writings in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia. Citations are given in romanized form and in Amharic script. The guide is available free on request from the Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division, African Section, Washington, DC 20540.

• A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Area Research Center (114 pages, 1982) describes the Center’s permanent holdings which include the records and papers of a variety of individuals, organizations, businesses, and local governments in Racine and Kenosha counties. A free copy may be obtained from Nicholas Burckel, Director, Archives and Area Research Center, Box 2000, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141.

•Ibero-American Studies: Microforms in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries,compiled by Suzanne Hodgman and Anne Vandenburgh (124 pages, 1982), has been published as the Libraries’ Occasional Paper number 4. The publication’s 1,088 items include journals, newspapers, census data, theses, government documents, and monographs. Prepaid orders for $4 per copy should be sent to the Acquisitions Department, Room 324, UW Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706.

•In Service to Scholarshipis an edited transcript of the proceedings of the Association of Research Libraries’ 100th Membership Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, May 5-7, 1982. Highlights of the meeting include a program on how changes in academic disciplines and research are affecting scholars’ use of libraries, a retrospective look at ARL’s development over the past fifty years, and a special report from the Library of Congress on new preservation technologies. Copies are available (prepaid) for $12.50 (ARL members, $7.50) from the Association of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

•The Local Studies Librarian, the official journal of the Local Studies Group of the British Library Association, made its debut with the Spring 1982 issue. The journal is issued three times a year and contains articles on local history studies, innovations and techniques, notices and reviews of local history publications, and correspondence from readers. The editorial policy is for most issues to contain items of interest to non-British librarians concerned with local history. Subscriptions are available at £4 plus £1 service charge overseas from Bernard Nurse, Treasurer, Local Studies Group, Southwark Local Studies Library, 211 Borough High Street, London SE 1, England.

•The National Union Catalog (NUC) changes from a paper format to a new microfiche format in 1983. This decision by the Library of Congress is based on a survey conducted in 1981 in which libraries indicated a preference for this form of publication over the paper edition. The microfiche National Union Catalog Books will consolidate information which currently appears in the National Union Catalog, the Subject Catalog, Chinese Cooperative Catalog, and Monographic Series, all of which will no longer be published in paper form. It will contain bibliographic records in all languages for books, pamphlets, and some microforms.

A second new microfiche publication, the National Union Catalog: U.S. Books, will contain only U.S. imprints. Separate microfiche catalogs will also be available for audiovisual materials and cartographic materials. All four 1983 catalogs will be in an index/register format with each register having four separate indexes: name index, title index, subject index, and series index. The register, which contains the full bibliographic record, is accessed only by the register number found in the indexes. NUC Books and NUC U.S. Books will be issued monthly, and the others will be issued quarterly. Subscribers will receive monthly or quarterly cumulated indexes replacing the preceding monthly or quarterly issues.

•An Overview of Computer Vision, a field increasingly important to the design of automated manufacturing systems and artificial intelligence applications, has been published by the National Bureau of Standards. The report, produced under a joint program of NBS and NASA, examines basic approaches, current research, principal research centers, funding sources, and expert opinions on the future of computer vision. A limited number of copies (NBSIR 82-2582) are available upon receipt of a self-addressed mailing label, from the Industrial Systems Division, Metrology Building A127, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 20234.

•Radio Broadcasts in the Library of Congress, 1924-1941,by James R. Smart (149 pages, 1982), lists 5,100 live radio broadcasts in chronological order, beginning with “A National Defense Day” program featuring John J. Pershing in 1924 and ending with “News and Commentary” with Raymond Swing in 1941. Each entry includes the date of the broadcast, the popular title of the program, performer, program length, and call letters of the station from which the program was recorded. Copies are available for $10 from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (Stock No. 030-000- 00124-9).

• Swedish-American Newspapers,compiled by Lilly Setterdahl (36 pages, 1981), lists 236 microfilmed Swedish papers published in North America and held by the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. The guide is arranged by place of publication and provides information on the microform holdings, number of rolls, and the location of the negatives. Copies may be ordered for $3 (plus 50¢ handling if not prepaid) from the Denkmann Memorial Library, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 61201.

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

• The Impact of New Technology on Libraries and Information Centres,a report of the Library Association, 1981-82 (Oryx, 1983, $10), examines the principal features of the new technologies, surveys their actual and potential applications, and discusses options available to libraries and information centers.

• Like its 1966 predecessor, Scientific Management of Library Operations, by Richard M. Daugherty and Fred J. Heinritz (Scarecrow, 1982, $15), also deals with such topics as cost analysis, time studies, library statistics, and standards. The new edition is designed to provide students, managers, and systems librarians with detailed information on how to prepare, plan, and analyze procedures to produce improved cost economies and better systems performance.

• With the continuing revolution in electronic information technology, librarians have been confronted by a number of critical problems. In Information Technology: Critical Choices for Library Decision-Makers, edited by Allen Kent and Thomas J. Galvin (Marcel Dekker, 1982, $57.50), thirtyone leading authorities examine these important issues, providing provocative discussions on the utilization of the most recent technological developments.

• Who Owns the Media?by Benjamin M. Compaine and others (Knowledge Industry, 1982, $45), is the revised and expanded second edition of The Concentration of Ownership in the Mass Communications Industry. The book confirms that media ownership is widely dispersed, despite popular myths to the contrary.

• The Video Age: Television Technology and Applications in the 1980s(Knowledge Industry, 1982,

$29.95) is a collection of essays dealing with the continuing improvements in television technology. One contributor, Mark Schubin, documents the many inventions and technical breakthroughs from video tape recorders to high-definition TV cameras that have changed the nature of television, and describes those developments still emerging from the laboratory or awaiting government approval.