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• Academic Year Abroad 1988/89‚ edited byEdrice Marguerite Howard (714 pages, 17th ed.), provides information on 1,656 programs of study abroad worldwide open to students, educators, professionals, and adult learners in the United States. In addition to academic year study-abroad programs offered by accredited U.S. colleges and universities, this new edition also includes a separate section on 404 programs sponsored by foreign universities, language schools and other organizations. Program information is arranged by country and city and includes dates, subjects, credit, eligibility, instruction, highlights, cost, housing, deadline, and contact person. Indexed by sponsoring institution and field of study. Copies may be ordered for $19.95 from the Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. ISBN 87206-155-8.

•A Directory of Vendors of Latin American Library Materials, by David Block and Howard L. Karno (3d ed. ‚ 48 pages) ‚ lists nearly 150 bookdealers who specialize in Latin Americana. Subject coverage, type of stock, address, telephone number, and office hours are given where known. Indexes arrange vendors by country of speciality and location. The cost is $13, plus $2 for postage and handling (prepayment required). The directory may be ordered from the SALALM Secretariat, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. ISBN 0- 917617-19-3.

• The Information Profession: Facing Future Challenges (163 pages, 1988) contains the papers presented at the Special Libraries Association’s State-of-the-Art Institute, November 4–6,1987, in Washington, D.C. Included are presentations by Toni Carbo Bearman, on the “Status of the Profession”; Pat Molholt on “The Influence of Technology on Librarianship”; Thomas T. Surprenant on “International Flow of Information”; Anne P. Mintz on “Information Malpractice”; and H. Leonard Fisher on “Speculations on the Special Library of 2010.” Copies may be ordered for $25 from SLA, 1700 Eighteenth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20009. ISBN 0-87111-334-1.

• Library and Information Sources on Women: A Guide to Collections in the Greater New York Area ‚ compiled by the Women’s Resources Group of ACRL’s Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter and the CUNY Center for the Study of Women and Society (254 pages, March 1988), describes collections on women in the five boroughs of New York City, on Long Island, in Westchester County, and in eastern New Jersey. Each entry contains a brief description of the materials, broken down by format: monographs, serials, documents, reprints, clippings, audiotapes, videotapes, slides, pamphlets, films, and kits. Local, ethnic, and subject-oriented collections are included, and a subject index provides access to individual topics. Copies may be ordered for $12.95 from the Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 311 E. 94th Street, New York, NY 10128; (212) 360- 5790. ISBN 0-935312-88-9.

• Monitoring the Competition: Find Out What's Really Going on Over There, by Leonard M. Fuld (204 pages, 1988), is a sequel to the author’s Competitor Intelligence: How to Get It—How to Use It (Wiley, 1985). As in the first book, libraries of all types get much credit for the materials and services they provide. Fuld insists that corporate libraries not be relegated to organizational backwaters because they are “intelligence goldmines” that should store and maintain critical competitor information that often gets lost elsewhere. The book is an intriguing look at how (and how not) to get the goods on the other guy using techniques that are quite often the province of the professional librarian. Copies are available for $25.95 from John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158-0012. ISBN 0-471-85261-9.

• A New Path: Undergraduate Libraries at United States and Canadian Universities‚ 1949-1987‚ by Roland Person (183 pages, April 1988), is a comprehensive description and analysis of the role of undergraduate libraries in the modern university and the goals upon which they were founded and continue to operate. Person, assistant undergraduate librarian at Southern Illinois University, presents data on why some undergraduate libraries have failed and why others have succeeded. Copies may be ordered for $29.95 from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. ISBN 0-313-25303-X.

• United States Government Publications Cata- logs‚ by Steven D. Zink (312 pages, 2d ed., 1988), contains more than 370 catalogs, bibliographies, and publications lists that may prove useful in locating documents produced by federal governmental agencies. New to this edition are a title index, an expanded subject index, and lengthier annotations. The emphasis is on currently available catalogs or serials; consequently no date is given indicating when particular items were first published. The cost is $20, from the Special Libraries Association, 1700 Eighteenth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20009. ISBN 0-87111-335-X.

• Yearbook of American Universities and Col- leges: Academic Year 1986-1987‚ edited by George Thomas Kurian (653 pages, May 1988), reviews the major topics in higher education for the past year. Of major interest are the essay on “Historically Black Colleges” by Reginald Wilson, a statistical section, and case summaries of major court decisions affecting colleges and universities in 1986. The cost is $60. Contact Garland Publishing, 136 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. ISBN 0- 8240-7942-6.