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• Americans & World Affairs: A Guide to Organi- zations and Institutions in Northern California, edited by Marguerite Green (235 pages, 2d ed., August 1988), lists more than 700 Bay Area organizations working in some way on America’s role in world affairs. In addition, it analyzes 79 independent sector organizations in depth, providing a brief history of the group and information on legal status, funding, geographic and problem areas addressed, current priorities, programming, types of members, perspective on world politics and strategy of work, and publications. Cross-reference guides and several appendices make this a very useful regional reference tool. Copies may be obtained for $11.00 from the World Without War Council, 1730 Martin Luther King Jr. Wav, Berkeley, CA 94709.

• The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, edited by Robert K. Barnhart (1,284 pages, May 1988), presents, with a minimum of abbreviations and technical terminology, the origin and evolution of 30,000 words basic to contemporary American English. The editors have used information contained in standard scholarly resources, consulted the Barnhart quotation files, drawn from research done for The Middle English Dictionary at the University of Michigan, and added numerous new American coinages (such as “yuppie” and “modem”) and recent changes in American vocabulary. Sources and dates of first occurrence are given where known for the major meanings of each word. The editors give the first English occurrence of “librarye” as a place containing books, in Chaucer’s translation of Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae. Glossaries in the back of the book define language names and linguistic terms and provide a short description of literary works cited in the etymologies (so that the user will understand such sources as Cynthia’s Revels and Have With You to Saffron-Walden). Copies are available for $59.00 from the H. W. Wilson Company, 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452. ISBN 0-8242-0745- 9.

• Civil Engineering Practice: Volume 2, Hydraulics/Mechanics (780 pages, August 1988) is the second in a five-volume encyclopedia of civil engineering theory and practice. This volume, which presents the efforts of 39 contributing international specialists, is divided into six sections: hydraulics and open channel flow; flow in pipes; flow with bed load; mechanics and solid mechanics; fluid mechanics; and solid-fluid interaction. Accompanying the text are hundreds of data tables, diagrams, and other schematics. Extensive references provide a detailed guide to the literature on each topic. Each volume costs $165, and the set retails for $750 (all five should now be available). Contact: Teehnomic Publishing Co., 851 New Holland Ave., Box 3535, Lancaster, PA 17604. ISBN 0- 87762-546-8.

• Collection Developmen t: Options for Effective Management, edited by Sheila Corrall (155 pages, August 1988), contains the papers delivered at a conference of the Library and Information Research Group held at the University of Sheffield in 1987. Topics range from strategies and techniques of collection management to national issues and initiatives. Copies may be ordered for $34.00 from Taylor Graham (Publishing), Suite 187, 12021 Wiìshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025. ISBN 0-947568-25-5.

• High er Education and the Public Trust: Improving Stature in Colleges and Universities, by Richard L. Alfred and Julie Weissman (147 pages, August 1988), has been published as ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, no. 1987-6. The authors define stature as the “aggregate of positive perceptions and representations held by specific individuals, groups, and publics in reference to particular characteristics and/or performance attitudes projected by colleges and universities over time.” The report contains specific suggestions on how institutions can enhance their stature using techniques of strategic assessment, allocation of resources, outcomes assessment, and image management. One notes with interest that the only entry in the index dealing with libraries is “library size.” The cost is $10.00. Copies may be ordered from ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036-1183. ISBN 0- 913317-41-1.

• Library Development and Fund Raising Capabilities, SPEC Kit no. 146 (117 pages, July-August 1988), provides an overview of current fund raising and development strategies in ARL libraries. The kit contains the results of two surveys, staffing and organization documents from 10 institutions, five examples of presentations and activity reports, five examples of targeted gift campaigns, eight examples of general campaign and endowment materials, and a selected reading list. SPEC kits are available for $20.00 (prepaid) from SPEC, Office of Management Services, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

• A Living Dinosaur? In Search of Mokele-Mbembe, by Roy P. Mackal (340 pages, 1987), describes the expeditions to the Likouala region of the Republic of the Congo led by the author, a University of Chicago biochemist. Reports by natives of large, amphibious animals encouraged Mackal to mount the expeditions, which, although they did not result in a capture, uncovered considerable evidence that one or more species of reptile resembling a sauropod dinosaur awaits discovery in the Congolese swamps. A scholarly analysis of a scientific mystery, the book will be of interest to zoological and Africana collections. Copies are available for $24.95 from W.S. Heinman, Inc./E.J. Brill, 1780 Broadway, Suite 1004, New York, NY 10019. ISBN 90-04-08543-2.

Another book on African wildlife, also published by E.J. Brill, is Lena Godsall Bottriell’s King Cheetah: The Story of the Quest (241 pages, 1987), which recounts the 1978 fieldwork in southern Africa that led to the discovery of a new race of striped cheetah that has evidently adapted to a woodland and thornbush habitat. Also $24.95 and available from the same address. ISBN 90-04- 08588-2.

•New Horizons for the Information Profession: Meeting the Challenge of Change, edited by Hilary Dyer and Gwyneth Tseng (225 pages, August 1988), contains the papers presented at the annual conference of the Institute of Information Scientists, University of Warwick, 1987. Topics covered include: corporate information systems, applications and implications of technology, and the social and professional implications of technology. The book may be ordered for $34.00 from Taylor Graham (Publishing), Suite 187, 12021 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025. ISBN 0-947568-32- 8.

•Online Search Services in the Academic Li- hrary: Planning, Management, and Operation, by Janice F. Sieburth (331 pages, August 1988), is intended as a guide for managers or coordinators of online search services in academic libraries. It covers planning and organization, beginning at the preliminary stage as an online services proposal is prepared, continues through the establishment of the service to the expansion of services and the selection of database systems for patrons to do their own searching. Chapters include the management tasks, the responsibilities of searchers, and the procedures manual that guides the operation and ensures consistent patron service. Copies are available for $30.00 from ALA Publishing, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0490-4.

•Protecting Engineering Ideas ò_ Inventions, byRamon D. Foltz and Thomas A. Penn (223 pages, 1987), provides an overview of patents, copyrights, secrecy agreements, outside disclosures, outside consultants, and trademarks that will be useful to researchers and inventors in engineering as well as in other fields. One very useful section deals with methods of obtaining patent information. The manual costs $42.00 and may be ordered from the Penn Institute, P.O. Box 41016, Cleveland, OH 44141. ISBN 0-944606-02-4.

•Striking Research Gold (35 pages, 1988) is abooklet that lists the special collections holdings of California’s independent colleges and universities. Published by California Private Academic Libraries (CAL/PALS), the listings are based on a survey that attempted to identify major collections capable of supporting major research projects; manuscript collections; extensive collections of authors, literary genres, and particular subject matter; non-profit collections of a significant nature; and other unique collections. Bibliographic access has been indicated for each of the 42 libraries described. Copies may be ordered for $5.00 (plus $.90 handling, payable to CAL/PALS) from the Dean’s Office, Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117.

• Science in Cinema: Teaching Science Fact

Through Science Fiction Films, by Leroy W. Du- beck, Suzanne E. Moshier, and Judith E. Boss (185 pages, 1988), analyzes ten prominent science fiction films (including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and The Andromeda Strain) according to scientific fact and misinformation. Useful as a textbook for non-science undergraduate students, the authors hope to cultivate an interest in physical science through sensible discussions of these films. For example, a serious, two-page discussion of hypothetical gigantism by mutation in ants follows the plot synopsis for Them! Capsule descriptions of 24 additional films are also included. Copies are available for $15.95 from Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 1234 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027. ISBN 0-8077-2915-9.

• The University Software Resource Guide has been produced by Computer Learning Month (see boxed item on p.605) in partnership with EDU- COM. It contains information to help college faculty get started using or expanding their use of computers in instruction. The guide has four sections: an introduction to using and developing software for instruction in higher education; abstracts of faculty-developed software recognized by EDU- COM; abstracts of sponsor companies’ software appropriate for university use; and abstracts of major software directories, review groups, and other key sources of information on higher education software. The guide is available free of charge in college bookstores and libraries or for a $3.00 shipping and handling charge from: Computer Learning Month, P.O. Box 60967, Palo Alto, CA 94306- 0967.

• The Zip/Area Code Directory, compiled by Ruth Marks (47 pages, 1988 ed.), is a very useful tool for people who make or receive many longdistance telephone calls. The booklet is in two parts: part one is a numerical list of zip codes with corresponding telephone area codes (so that when you finally decide to call the person who wrote you months ago on letterhead that omitted a phone number, you don’t have to play guessing games with the telephone book); and part two is a numerical list of area codes with the corresponding state or province and its largest city (so that when you return a call from a particular area code you can choose to do it at such a time when the other party is neither at lunch or still asleep). Copies may be ordered for $3.95 (plus $1.00 handling) from Pilot Books, 103 Cooper St., Babylon, NY 11702. ISBN 0-08576-083-X.