etc.; a common costing approach for before-and-after comparisons; and the application of the MARC format to serials and • music and sound recordings. The typewritten final report discusses the work of the entire project in eight sections : (1) project background and overview, (2) implementation of the automated cataloging system in the three original libraries, (3) computer system and data b<:ise overview and detailed description of system modules, (4) cost analysis methodology and

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... er cost comparisons in the three original libraries, (5) analysis of feasibility of expanding system participation to other libraries, (6) proposed order system module (and expansion of the cataloging system), ( 7 ) project publicity activities, and (8) . conclusions . Appendixes include project staff, BLCMP programs and macros, project documents, and a key to symbols used in flowcharts. There is an index. The final report is very much like a case study of a cooperative library automation project. The reader will find an amazing amount of historical detail, presented in a chatty, easy-to-read manner, especially in those sections dealing with the cost studies, the computer system and data base, and the implementation decisions and strategies in each of" the three original libraries. In the brief conclusions section, the reader is given a glimpse of future activities planned for the cooperative venture (deemed a success by the participating libraries), i~cluding direct data input and increased access to the data base. Since the report deals with events and decisions begun almost eight years ago and finished three years ago, it cannot he viewed as a how-to guide for those libraries wishing to begin a shared computer system today, especially in light of networking developments in this country, such as the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). However, the sections dealing with the impact of the computer system on the individual libraries and the reason decisions were made as they were, plus the detailed description of the cost analysis methodology, could be useful for libraries contemplating automation today.