Page 8 RAIN Nov 1975 continued from page 7 Alternatives in Print Glide Publications 330 Ellis St. San Francisco, CA 94102 ALAISRRT Newsletter Social Responsibilities Round Table 60 Remsea St., Apt. lOE Brooklyn, NY 11201 $8.95 paperback, 50¢ handling. Along with COSMEP, listed elsewhere in RAIN, is a bibliographic search and find compilation of small press publications, usually not listed in Books In Print, etc. $5 ALA members, $3 non-members, $10 institutions. The SRRT is the "Alternative" Library Association, with groups throughout the country. Newsletter mainly for librarians. Rights/censorship issues. CALL (Current Awareness in Library Literature) Goldstein Associates 35 Whittemore Rd. Framington, MA 01701 Good source of smaller press items. Supplement to standard library journals. The U*N*A *B*A *S*H*E*D Librarian: A Letter for Innovatot'S G.P.O. Box 2631 New York, NY 10001 4 issues/$10. "I~genious editor-iconoclast Marvin Scilken rounds up ideas for improving service, saving time, money and tempers. Fast processing, streamlined forms, relevant classification schedules and headings, unique supplies, etc. It's an Occam's razor all the way-with a twist of wry.... Total media. . .." (From Booklegger review) We've previously mentioned publications that supplement the Bowker-Xerox world (and RAINs too): Co-Evolution Quarterly 558 Santa Cruz Menlo Park, CA 9402 5 $6/yr., quarterly. Workbook A Mechanized Information Services Catalog U.S. Dept. of Commerce Institute for Computer Science & Technology National Bureau of Standards Southwest Research and Information Center P.O. Box 4524 Albuquerque, NM 87106 Washington, DC 20234 $7 individuals, $10 institutions. 90¢. "A few statistics illustrate.the dimensions of the problem: at least 80 commercially available machine-readable bibliographic data bases; at least 150 general purpose data management software packages and about 50 interactive information retrieval systems; at least 66 informatin centers offering current awareness or retrospective search services." Sipapu c/o Noel Peattie Rt. 1, B.ox 216 Winters, CA 95694 $2/yr. EDUCATION continued from page 5 Calendars All in about a week we received three calendars: When To Do It Homestead Planning Guide Doug & Barbara Schulz Rt. 1, Box 794A Wilsonville, OR 97070 Lots of useful information for the homestead type. When to plant what, family food supply, herbs in medicinal use. Simple Living Calendar Center for Science in the Public Interest 1779 Church St., N.W~ Washington, DC 20036 $3 .00. With some of the ideas of the Lifestyle Index but somehow lacking the punch of that. Family Energy Watch Calendar Dept. of Energy 528 Cottage St., N.W. Salem, OR 97310 The most informative, dense calendar I think I've ever seen; yet laid out in such a way as to still be useful as a calendar. The information included is of near book proportions. Many, many . good energy use charts, facts, quotations. Designed to help people keep a watch over their energy intake. Though copies we got were free, I think they will be charging $2 .9 5. National Science Teachers Association 1742 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 Has produced some of the best classroom energy materials available. EnergyEnvironment Source Book, $4; EnergyEnvironment Materials Guide, $2; and mini-unit guide, $3. (S.J .) ) OMSI Energy Center Designer and coordinator of Energy Center exhibits is Jeff Kennedy, recent staff addition to OMSI. An alumnus of Brown University, he earned a master's degree from Rhode Island School of Design. Prior to coming to the museum, Jeff worked with the Research and Design Institute of Providence, R.I., in alternative energy research. Three energy exhibits are on loan to the museum. From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a working model of a typical dam and turbine and generator, through which water flows at the push of a button. Also from the Corps are two hand generators that produce electricity and show beautifully the relation between human energy input and electrical output in measured horsepower
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