case studies, the place to start. Edmunds and Brisson cover many of the basic characteristicsof CORC, namely its support of both MARC and Dublin Core metadata schemes, the“melding of two ‘cultures’” in the cataloging process, and the relaxed application oftraditional cataloging rules. They then walk the reader through cataloging a resource onCORC, describing specific features of the system and pointing out practical shortcomings ofCORC. The Ehrman Medical Library of New York University School of Medicine providesthe second case study, where a motivation for joining the CORC project was “the need toenhance its ‘Biomedical Sites by Subject’ area pages that list quality, freely available Webcontent.” This group of chapters concludes with two interesting chapters on efforts at BrownUniversity and Cornell by public services and technical services staff to work together usingCORC to enhance access to Web resources for users. The last three chapters of this volumedescribe the challenges of using CORC for serials, and digital art and map images. In eachformat area, specific recommendations for improvement are made following a generallypositive statement about the use of CORC for such materials.

This volume provides a snapshot in time of the CORC project and its use in libraries. Itprovides an excellent introduction to CORC, and the volume is complementary to the moreup-to-date information about the system to be found at the CORC Web site. Those consid-ering using CORC will find this volume useful. More generally, library professionalsinterested in the development and use of metadata schemes and the challenges of managing,organizing and integrating Web resources will find this volume helpful.

Laura A. Sill*Systems Librarian

University Libraries of Notre Dame213 Hesburgh Library

Notre Dame, IN 46556, USAE-mail address: ljenny@nd.edu

* Corresponding authorPII: S1464-9055(02)00238-5

Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change. Proceedings of theNorth American Serials Interest Group, 15th Annual Conference, June 22–25, 2000,University of California, San DiegoEd. by Joseph C. Harmon and P. Michelle Fiander; Binghamton, NY: HaworthInformation Press, 2001, 472 pp., price not reported, soft, ISBN 0789014009 (alsopublished as The Serials Librarian 40, 1/2 and 3/4).

Making Waves contains papers from three pre-conference programs; three plenary sessionpapers; and seven papers from concurrent sessions, including descriptions of two archiveprojects (the Open Archives Initiative and PubMed Central). The title also includes 27workshop papers, including four papers on managing the impact of electronic journals; briefdescriptions of several poster sessions; and a 19-page list of people who attended the 15th

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Annual Conference. This last section adds nothing to the value of the publication. Thevolume is indexed. The workshop papers are generally brief, focus on specific projects oraccomplishments, provide practical advice, and have few or no references. The papers fromthe pre-conference programs, plenary sessions and concurrent sessions tend to be moresubstantive, though none can be considered research papers. Some of these longer pieceswere not, however, prepared by the presenters, but are the work of recorders who attendedthe sessions.

Two papers in this collection deserve mention. “The Digital Millennium Copyright Act:Key Issues for Serialists,” by Trisha L. Davis, considers the impact of the DMCA on access,delivery, preservation, and archiving. Davis places the DMCA in the context of copyrightlaw and then explains what various components of the Act mean for serials librarians. Thisis an informative and useful paper. “Globalization, Consolidation and the Growth of theGiants: Scholarly Communication, the Individual, and the Internet,” by John Cox, providesan interesting look at the evolution of serials publishing giants and their impact on authorsand libraries.

As with early NASIG proceedings, this collection can serve as an overview of contem-porary serials librarianship for library and information science students. A library thatmaintains a library science collection and wishes to have the complete NASIG conferenceproceedings will find this a worthwhile. It is not, however, a collection that an individualpractitioner would consult over time.

Peggy Johnson*University of Minnesota Libraries

499 Wilson Library309 19th Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAE-mail address: m-john@tc.umn.edu

* Corresponding authorPII: S1464-9055(02)00237-3

Managing Corporate Annual ReportsBy Lisa O’Connor; SPEC Kits, 258, Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries,Office of Leadership and Management Services, 2000, 121 pp., US$40.00 (US$30.00ARL members), ISSN 01603582.

This valuable publication is based on a survey of corporate report collection practicesamong ARL libraries. It begins with an executive summary that defines corporate reports andcontains an overview of their history and importance to companies and libraries. There is alsoa discussion of the importance of archiving collections. This chapter then gives summaryresults of the survey, discussing trends in collection and maintenance of reports and evenreviewing why some libraries have stopped collecting them. Actual results of the survey arereported in the second chapter. Subsequent chapters include sections on archival projects,

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