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• Africana Microforms in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library,compiled by Anne Vandenburgh (77 pages, 1981), is now available as Occasional Paper number 3, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Types of material listed include journals, newspapers, theses, records and proceedings of organizations, and monographs. Prepaid orders of $4 per copy may be sent to the Acquisitions Department, Room 324, UW Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706.

• Classroom and Field: The Internship in American Library Education,by Louis Coburn (1981), has been published as number 3 of the Queens College Studies in Librarianship under the supervision of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. The monograph may be ordered for $7.50 from the Campus Store, Queens College, Community Facilities Building, Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367.

•A revised Collection Development Policy Statement (275 pages, 1980) has been issued by the Libraries of Stanford University. It follows the narrative format of its first policy statement issued in 1970, which has been influential in the preparation of similar documents by other research libraries. The document is indexed by subject and LC class and is available for $20 from Publication Services, Green Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

• Competition and Cooperation in American Higher Education(176 pages, 1981), is a compilation of 33 articles on marketing, recruitment, retention, affirmative action, fund raising, and the roles of the military, business, and government in higher education. It may be purchased for $10.50 (plus $2 postage and handling for first book, $1 for each additional book) from the American Council on Education, Publication Sales, Section PR-2, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036.

• The Context of Interconnection for a Nationwide Bibliographic Network,prepared for the National Library Network Project by Edwin J. Buchinski and Mazharul Islam (33 pages, November 1980), has been published as Canadian Network Paper number 1. It is the first of a projected series of documents that will describe the progress of a decentralized bibliographic network in Canada. The document is in English and French, and may be obtained free from the Publications Office, National Library of Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N4.

• Directory of Library Instruction Programs in California Academic Libraries,prepared by Kathleen Coleman and Esther Grassian (second edition, 1980), has been published by the California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction. Based on a 1980 survey, the directory provides detailed information about the instructional programs of 136 libraries. The directory is available for $8.50 (make checks payable to the California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction) from Kathleen Coleman, San Diego State University Library, San Diego, CA 92182.

•A new Directory of Special Libraries in Southern California has been published by the Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. The directory lists 625 librarians representing over 300 organizations. Copies may be obtained for $20 (prepayment requested) from Julia Keim, Rocketdyne, Mailstop BA29, 6633 Canoga Ave., Canoga Park, CA 91304.

• Dissertations and Theses about Idaho, 1900- 1978,edited by Douglas G. Birdsall (84 pages, 1980), provides full bibliographic citations for 2,200 items gathered from 87 universities and colleges throughout the United States. The primary arrangement is by subject, then by year and author. Copies may be obtained for $4.75 from Idaho State University Press, c/o University Bookstore, Campus Box 8013, Pocatello, ID 83209.

• German Publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences(25 pages, January 1981) has been published as Checklist Number 1 by the Harvard University Library. The checklist is a list of microfilms produced under grants from the United States Department of Education’s Strengthening Research Library Resources Program. German items filmed through 1980, including Germanlanguage publications and publications relating to Germany as well as titles published in Germany, comprise the list. A free copy may be obtained by writing the Office of the Director, Harvard University Library, Cambridge, MA 02138.

• Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy and Related Fields 1980-81has been published by the American Institute of Physics. It provides in-depth information about the programs offered by 296 departments in the United States and Canada, each listing averaging 2.5 pages in length. Copies may be obtained for $12.50 (add $2 for non-prepaid orders) from the American Institute of Physics, Back Numbers, 335 E. 45th St., New York, NY 10017.

• Guide to U.S. Government Publications,by Neil J. McElroy, Julia Stiles, and Tina Walker (24 pages, 1980), was written for the use of Cornell University Library patrons, but may also serve as an example to other librarians who may wish to write a similar guide. Copies may be purchased for $3 (prepayment and return address label required) from the Publications Committee, 015 Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

• Index and Abstracts of Colonial Documents in the Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library,compiled by Carolyn M. Wells (75 pages, 1980) has been published by Watson Library, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, with a grant from the Meagle Foundation. The booklet provides name and subject access to manuscripts of the period prior to 1803, the date when Louisiana Territory was purchased by the United States. Copies may be obtained for $3 (check or money order to NSU Foundation-Library) from the Library Director, Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA 71457.

• Joseph lshill: Printer and Libertarian,compiled by Robert A. Tibbetts (40 pages, March 1981), has been published by the Ohio State University Libraries to commemorate a comprehensive exhibit of the work of printer Joseph lshill and his Oriole Press, March 14-April 24, 1981. Copies of the exhibit checklist are available for $3.50 from the Friends of the Libraries, Ohio State University, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210.

•The 1980-81 RIBA Book List (20 pages), a compilation of titles relating to architecture, is now available from the Royal Institute of British Architects. This eleventh issue of the list contains nearly 600 entries representing all aspects of architectural theory and practice. Single copies may be obtained free from the British Architectural Library, 66 Portland Place, London, England WIN 4AD.

• Richard M. Nixon in the Earl Warren Era,a set of oral history interviews with Earl Adams, Roy Day, John Walton Dinkelspiel, Frank Jorgensen, and Roy P. Crocker (297 pages, 1980), have been published by the Bancroft Library. All those interviewed had been early supporters of Nixon. The interviews were conducted in 1975 by Amelia Fry of Berkeley’s Regional Oral History Office, and cover the highlights of Nixon’s campaigns from 1946 to 1968. Copies may be purchased for $40 by libraries and other depositories for deposit in noncirculating collections. For further information contact the Regional Oral History Office, 486 The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

•A Selected Bibliography of Black Heritage Materials in the James E. Morrow Library (21 pages, September 1980) has been published by the library of Marshall University, Huntingdon, West Virginia. Most of the items are briefly annotated. Copies may be obtained from Elizabeth J. Hill, Reference Department, James E. Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntingdon, WV 25701.

• Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897,by Helen-Anne Hilker (102 pages, 1980), has been published by the Library of Congress to commemorate an exhibition in the Great Hall and on the second floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Copies may be obtained for $4.75 ($5.95 for overseas orders) from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.

•The Boston Chapter of the Special Libraries Association has published a Union List of Serial Holdings (10th edition, 1980). The list was compiled from the holdings of 80 contributing libraries and was generated by the F. W. Faxon Company, Westwood, Massachusetts. Reporting libraries are primarily in Massachusetts, with one each from Maine and Vermont. Copies may be purchased at $25 for individual SLA members, and $30 for non-members and institutions, prepayment required, from Charles Zerwekh, Polaroid Corporation Library, P.O. Box 150, Cambridge, MA 02139. Make checks payable to the SLA Boston Chapter.

• User Surveys and Evaluation of Library Services,SPEC Kit #71 (107 pages, February 1981), covers some of the approaches to assessing library services that academic and research libraries have carried out. The kit discusses user surveys, materials availability and accessibility studies, facilities use studies, and studies of specialized services, such as interlibrary loan or library use instruction. The kit is available to ARL members and SPEC subscribers for $7.50 and to others for $15 (plus $2 handling change per order), prepayment required, from SPEC, OMS/ARL, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

• William Faulkner’s Gifts of Friendship,by Louis Daniel Brodsky and Thomas Verich (58 pages, 1980), is a descriptive catalog of the presentation and inscribed copies from the Faulkner Collection of Louis Daniel Brodsky, which currently numbers well over 2,000 printed books, manuscripts, drawings, legal documents, autographed letters, and ephemera. The particular copies described in the catalog were exhibited in the Department of Archives and Special Collections of the John Davis Williams Library, University of Mississippi, from August 6 to September 12, 1980. Copies may be ordered for $5 from the Department of Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677.