Lorraine Estelle and Hazel Woodward introduce the issues thatwill be covered in more depth by the individual chapters. Googlelooms large. bWill traditional publishers and librarians focus on theuser and find that dall else follows' [a Google precept] or will many failto find new methods of access, dissemination, distribution andbusiness models to support them?Q (p. 27). The chapters that followare meant to address whether there are ways to ensure order andprovide control in the digital information environment alongsideGoogle (p. 28).

Are users served well enough by Google's search mechanisms andGoogle Books as Rick Anderson suggests in his chapter on the libraryand therefore the library's role should change? Or do users want andneed the publisher's role in preserving order, especially in providingbclear provenance and good version control,Q as Russell argues (p. 57)?Many of the authors address the changes underway in journalpublishing and the move toward various forms of open access. ColinSteele considers the changes in publishing in his analysis of e-books,print on demand, and synergies for libraries, university presses, andcampus bookstores. The essays make clear that the concerns ofauthors, publishers, users of content, and libraries often conflict.

Past norms have been upended by technological advances, andeach chapter suggests new models emerging, but it is unclear whichwill become dominant. In bDigitizing the Past: Next Steps for PublicSector Digitization,Q Alastair Dunning suggests that user participa-tion in digitization projects, for example, the Great War Archive,which invited members of the public to contribute artifacts, and theHistoric Australian Newspapers project, which asked users to correctcomputer-generated texts, can build audience and foster commu-nity. However, incorporating user interaction and improving disco-verability will require judicious loosening of standards and control(pp. 127–128).

While users may prefer the simple search box and one-stopshopping that Google provides, library-subscribed resources, a value-added aspect of library collections, resist transformation to the Googleideal. Graham Stone in his chapter on resource discovery describes theinconsistencies in the content and features of abstract and indexingdatabases which work against allowing users to search disparateresearch resources seamlessly or librarians to retrieve detailed data tomake content discoverable and personalized for users. He comparesthe merits of federated searching with pre-harvested search such asSerials Solutions' Summon Service, Ex-Libris' Primo, and OCLC'sWorldCat Local, as ways to bring order to the anarchy.

This collection provides a quick survey of the evolving state ofaffairs frommultiple perspectives, but for D95.00. Two recent books onscholarly communication cover some of the same issues in moredepth: Borgman, Christine L., Scholarship in the Digital Age: Informa-tion, Infrastructure, and the Internet. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press,2007, and Greco, Albert N., The State of Scholarly Publishing: Challengesand Opportunities. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers,2009.—Sandra R. Hussey, Library Research Instruction Librarian,Lauinger Library, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-0003, USA bhusseys@georgetown.eduN.

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Library Data: Empowering Practice and Persuasion, edited byDarby Orcutt. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2010. 303p.D50.00. ISBN 978-1-59158-826-9.

Libraries have long measured and quantified their activities, buttoday's environment requires that libraries go beyond simplestatistics and use the data they gather to make better-informeddecisions and more persuasive arguments for resources. This

collection, edited by Darby Orcutt, has something of interest toevery librarian.

Orcutt divides the monograph into six parts; beginning with athree-chapter section covering persuasion methods librarians can useto more effectively bmake the caseQ for their library. Elguindi andMayer (Chapter 3, bTelling Your Library's Story: How to Make theMost of Your Data in a PresentationQ) argue for providing contextwhen making a case to key decision-makers: bContextualizing yourdata and showing its relevance to the university's mission is essentialto libraries in order to get funding for new student-centric operationsQ(p. 33).

Part II discusses the evaluation of monographic collections whilePart III discusses serials and e-resources management. Of particularnote is Margaret Hogarth's overview of usage statistics (Chapter 9,bUsage Statistics: Resources and ToolsQ). As a librarian with littleformal experience with usage statistics, this reviewer found herchapter to be a helpful introduction to the topic, covering the keyprojects (COUNTER, ARL E-Metrics, etc.) and standards (SUSHI,OpenURL) in the area.

A library's public services are addressed in Part IV. Two workscover the collection and analysis of data on reference transactions,with Bennett, Berg and Brothen (Chapter 11, bMaximizing the Value ofReference Data: A Case StudyQ) providing a fresh perspective from thelibrary of Capella University, where nearly all library services areprovided virtually. Citation analysis, analysis of LibQUAL+ data andaudits of course syllabi are three techniques used by librarians at UtahState University and discussed in Chapter 12 (bInstruction by theNumbers: Using Data to Improve Teaching and LearningQ) as tools forevaluation and improvement of their information literacy programs.

One of the more intriguing entries in this volume is a chapter byTimothy M. McGeary (Chapter 15, bInvesting in Electronic ResourcesUsing Capital BudgetingQ) on applying financial management tools(specifically capital budgeting models) to the purchase and mainte-nance of electronic resources. He presents a novel approach tomanaging electronic resources by thinking of them as part of a largeinvestment portfolio, from which the expected return is high usageand a low cost per use. The mathematics underlying the model isincluded in the discussion for interested readers.

Rounding out the volume is Part VI. Entitled bEmerging Contexts,Qthe chapters in this section describe how the analysis of usagestatistics and other data are informing and shaping areas beyondthose which libraries have traditionally measured and analyzed.Institutional repositories, usage data's enhancement of homepagedesign and evidence-based library management are the topicscovered in this section. Orcutt and his contributors have created auseful collection of research and resources for improved data analysisand better decision-making.—Lee Andrew Hilyer, Head of Informa-tion & Access Services, University of Houston Libraries, Houston,TX 77204-2000, USA blahilyer@uh.eduN.

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Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice, byRandall C. Jimerson. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2009.442p. D56.00. ISBN 1-931666-30-X.

In Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice,Jimerson, past president of the Society of American Archivists anddirector of the Graduate Program in Archives and Records Manage-ment, Western Washington University, analyzes the influence thatarchives and archivists wield in contemporary society. He states thatarchival records bconvey essential meanings about people's lives,hopes, and aspirations, aswell as the complex networks of agreements

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and connections that link humanity together in societal systems. Thisgives archives, and thosewho select andmanage them, primal powersin societyN .Yet it is a power often unrecognized by most members ofsociety, who do not see or understand the role archivists play in thecontested realms of power distribution and controlQ (p.133; p.140).

Grounded in historical and cultural theory, the book situatesarchivists as agents of social memory construction, rather than passivecurators. The concept of archives as a location of social values emergeswhen studying the historical development of American archives, buthis observations are universally applicable. He writes, bThe Americanpeople have always had an ambivalent relationship to their historyand to archives. Founded in part on the notion of escape from theshackles of European traditions and with the vision of being a dcity onthe hillT for a utopian new world, the United States has often beenfuture-oriented and indifferent to the pastQ (p. 80).

Incorporating the published writings of literary figures andscholars in many disciplines, such as Milan Kundera, Nelson Mandela,and George Orwell, Jimerson calls for a renewed emphasis on archivesas ameans of securing accountability, open government, social justice,and diversity and identity. He provides a history of literacy,documents, records, record-keeping systems, and repositories andtraces the development of the archival profession. Many of the currentissues archivists face have been ones that they have grappled withsince the 1930s: creating an archival identity, debating ethics, andpromoting the profession to stakeholders and society.

Jimerson urges archivists to abandon their positivist rhetoric ofneutrality and embrace the authority of records to promote socialresponsibility and democratic accountability. He writes, bArchivesprovide a forum to recognize and legitimize the role of disfranchisedgroups in societyN .By acknowledging and overcoming the tendenciestoward privileging the records of powerful groups in society,archivists can provide a more balanced perspective on the pastQ(p. 217; p. 232). The challenge is to make bthe documentary recordmore complete than it has been, not to make it absolutely completeand flawlessQ by bfill[ing] in the gaps, to ensure that documentation iscreated where it is missing, and to address the needs of those outsidethe societal power structuresQ (p. 298; p. 303).

Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice is highlyrecommended for information professionals who select, preserve, andensure access to records of enduring value, as well as others interestedin protecting social memory, cultural history, and the documentationof the human condition for future generations. Readers should alsofollow the lively discussion amongst archivists who participated in avirtual reading group of the book at readingarchivespower.wordpress.com.—Margot Note, Information Manager and Archivist, WorldMonuments Fund, 95 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY10016, USA bmnote@wmf.orgN.

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Collaborative Information Literacy Assessments: Strategies forEvaluating Teaching and Learning, edited by Trudi E. Jacobson andThomas P. Mackey. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2010.242p. D85.00. ISBN 978-1-55570-693-7.

Collaborative Information Literacy Assessments: Strategies for Eval-uating Teaching and Learning is the third faculty-librarian collabora-tion focused information literacy instruction book edited by Thomas P.Mackey and Trudi E. Jacobson. This book's 242 pages are divided intothree parts. Part I, Business, includes two chapters with case studiesoutlining effective collaborative information literacy approaches fromauthors focusing on business. Part II, Social Science and Education, iscomprised of three chapters with examples centered on the Social

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Sciences and Education. Part III, Humanities, provides three Human-ities-based case studies.

Each of the three sections includes an introduction by the editorseffectively framing the case studies that follow. Also included in thebook is a forward, preface (which includes an overview of how thebook is arranged), acknowledgments, afterword, brief summaries ofthe editors and authors, and index, round out the book.

As with the editors' previous books, Information Literacy Collabora-tions that Work, and Using Technology to Teach Information Literacy, thecase studies in this book focus on how faculty-librarian partnershipscan be harnessed to further integrate information literacy. Unlike theother two books, however, the focus of this book is on subject specificcollaborations. Each case study provides an institutional overview ofthe information literacy climate. A literature analysis or review isincluded in each chapter, as are bibliographies, and appendicesincluding materials used in the case studies.

Of most significance, however, is the inclusion of an assessmentsection in each case study. According to the editors, such assessmentbreinforces the importance of taking an integrated approach toassessment that considers the relationship between the evaluation oflearning outcomes and improved course design and teachingQ (p. xiv).

This third offering focusing on how librarian-faculty teams canfurther information literacy programs is well conceived. While thecase studies included are specific to collaborations within subjectareas, the book does offer effective strategies for evaluating teachingthat can be applied beyond these subject-specific collaborativemodels. Academic librarians-regardless of discipline-will find thisbook helpful in measuring the effectiveness of collaborative informa-tion literacy programs.—Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit, InstructionalDesign Librarian, Bobst Library, New York University, New York,NY 10012, USA bntk2@nyu.eduN.

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Measuring Academic Research: How to Undertake a BibliometricStudy, by Ana Andres. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2009. 169p.D95.00. ISBN 978-1-84334-528-2.

Bibliometric research, which Andres refers to bibliometrics as thebscience of scienceQ (p. 1), has been the preferred tool for evaluatingthe impact of journals and other sources on individual authors and ofauthors on their field of study for many years, particularly since thedevelopment of Science Citation Index and related tools. It has been afixture in the evaluationof research and the productivity of researchersin many fields, and libraries have used it regularly the years to makepurchase decisions for individual journals and, more recentlydatabases, to establish core collections in disciplines they supportand evaluate their collections. This seems appropriate given thecapacity of this tool to determine the likelihood that publications andtheir authorswill be foundby thoseworking in any given field of study.

Measuring Academic Research is a guide to the use of bibliometricsdesigned to introduce its readers to this area of study and how oneperforms bibliographic research. Andres is social science methodol-ogist at the University of Barcelona, and her emphasis throughout thebook is to lay out a systematic approach to this kind of work. Shebegins with a definition and discussion of the historical background ofbibliometrics (also referred to on some occasions as infometrics) andthen goes through the steps one must take in developing this kind ofstudy. This is followed by chapters laying out the theory behindstudies concerning descriptive analyses, author production, journalproductivity, and scientific collaborations along with discussions as tohow this theory can be applied to various situations. Two chaptersfollow that talk about author and journal citation analyses, and the