North American Sport Library Network (NASLIN)

The NASLIN Steering Committee wishes to thank the Sport Information Resource Centre for its financial support of this newsletter

Table of contents
No. 9, February 1997

The 6th Conference of NASLIN
News from Member Organizations
Publications Update


NASLINE: Newsletter of the North American Sport Library Network is published 2 times per year and is edited by

Gretchen Ghent, Librarian Emeritus (Chair, North American Sport Library Network) University of Calgary Library, 2500 University Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Tel: 403-220-6097
FAX: 403-282-6837 E-Mail: gghent@ucalgary.ca

6th CONFERENCE
NASLIN
October 24-25, 1997
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by the
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
Planning for the 6th Conference is well underway. There are some exciting sessions in the works. Our feature speaker is Dr. Robert Edelman, noted sports researcher and author of the recent, Serious fun: a history of spectator sport in the USSR (NY: Oxford UP, 1993).

Deborah Hannah from the First Century Project (25 vol. The Olympic Century: the Official 1st Century History of the of the Modern Olympic Movement), will speak on her experiences unearthing heretofore unknown Olympiana information and photographs.

Another session or two will focus on sports statistics along with other sessions to keep you up to date on the Internet/Web.

Karen Goddy, from AAFLA and an executive member of the International Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame will bring us up to date on IASMHF happenings. Allsport, the international sports photographic service will present a session on computer applications for storing and retrieving photographs.

And we haven't forgotten about the all-important food,drink and be merry activities have the AAFLA staff in deep consultation for there are so many choices to consider in the LA area.

The conference brochure will be printed in the summer. If you have questions or suggestions, contact: Wayne Wilson, AAFLA (Email:wwilson@mailgate.aafla.com, Tel: 213-730-9696) or contact your newsletter editor (address below).


NEWS FROM MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

SPORT INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE

On the database front, the December update (just released from SilverPlatter January 30) to SPORTDiscus will contain a further addition of UK theses. As promised by Denise Harrison, the project coordinator, an additional 129 theses were submitted covering principally 1995-1996 (83 titles), 31 from 1992-1994 and the remaining from earlier dates. SPORTDiscus now contains more than 400,000 records! With this update a full reload of the Heracles database was done. Heracles now has 66,400 records.

For those Interlibrary Loan departments who have implemented ARIEL, please note that SIRC's ARIEL address has been changed to: 207.216.36.15 or you can use: ariel.sirc.ca.

For all you Web surfers: SIRC's service, SPORTQuest (www.SPORTQuest.com) has been recognized once again for its excellence - this time by the NetGuide Gold Award. If you discover a source not listed on SPORTQuest, contact Nancy Banks at SIRC (nbanks@sirc.ca)

One other piece of news, Richard Stark, VP, SIRC, has decided to follow his stars elsewhere in the world of high tech. We wish him well in his future career.


NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

The NCAA now has a website and can be found at: www.ncaa.org. The site has information on championships, result and statistics. Ellen Summers also reports that three new publications are available:

NCAA Softball Rules 1977 $4

The Revenues and expenses publication has now been split into two publications:

  • Revenues and Expenses of Division I and I
  • Intercollegiate Athletics Programs, and Revenues and Expenses of Division III Intercollegiate Athletic Programs.

The costs of each is ca. $6.


INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPORTS MUSEUMS AND HALLS OF FAME

The Nov/Dec. issue of this association's newsletter announced the location of their annual conference (Nov. 5-8, 1997 at the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and also notified members of the appointment of the new Association Administrator (Teri Cober, IASMHF, 4400-A Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70508. Voice/FAX: 318-856-0643, Email:tcober@net-connect.net). Annual membership fee is $25US. Plans are underway to produced the 1997 edition of their directory early in 1997.


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

NEW AND FORTHCOMING BOOKS

Adrian, Marlene and De Castro, Elaine M. Woman in motion. Ft. Worth, TX: Women of Diversity Productions, 1996. 162 p. ISBN 1884724035 $11.95 (Subj Headings:Physical education for women; Movement education) (Address of dist.: 400 Antique Bay St. Las Vegas, NV 89128) Arnaud, Pierre and Thierry Terret. Histoire du sport feminin. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996. 2 vol. (v.1, Le sport au feminin ISBN 273844296X; v.2 Sportmasculin--sport feminin ISBN 2738442978 (Collection Espaces et temps du sport)
Behrend, John. The Amateur: the story of the Amateur Golf Championship 1885-1995. Droitwich, UK: Grant Books, 1995. 255p. (Limited ed of 975 copies) ISBN 0907186602 Berry, Eliot.Topspin: ups and downs in big-time tennis. NY: H. Holt, 1996. 334p. (A John Macrae book) ISBN 0805035435 $27.50
Blacklock, Farida. CAHPER guideline for gender equity in phyiscal education. Gloucester, Ont.: Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 1995. Eng/Fr. 10, 10p. (Directions in physical education 2000) Blake, Andrew. The body language: the meaning of modern sport. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1996. 222p. ISBN 0853158347 Also avail. in US through Humanities Press International, $25)
Blanpain, R. and Inston, Rita R. The Bosman case: the end of the transfer system? Peeters and London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1996. 339 p. (Sport and the law) (Subjheadings: Soccer players - Legal status, law, etc.- European Union countries) Brunt, Stephen. Diamond dreams: 20 years of Blue Jays baseball. Toronto: Viking, 1996. 336p. ISBN 0670857033
Bull, S.J.; Albinson, J.G.; Shambrook, C.J. The mental game plan: getting psyched for sport. Eastbourne, Ont.: Sports Dynamics, 1996, 104p. ISBN 09519543326 Caryer, Lee. The recruiting struggle: a handbook. Columbus, OH: Caryer Enterprises, 1996. 273p. ISBN 0965279308 $18.95 Note: Intended for HS students and their parents, contains 40 step process for recruiting, NCAA rules, the Drew Bledsoe, other cases and info, etc. Author is former editor of Midwest basketball news. Order direct only: Lee Caryer 975 Atlantic Ave., Suite 676, Columbus, OH 43229
Clarke, Gill and Humerstone, Barbara. Researching women and sport. Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan, 1996. 276p. ISBN 0333642309 À À40 (pap. ed. 0333642317 £15.99) Curtis, James E; Russell, Storm J; Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute. Physical acitvity in human experience: interdisciplinary perspectives. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1997. 290p. ISBN 0873227654
Danielson, Michael N. Home team: professional sports and the American metropolis. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. ISBN 0691036500 (Proj. pub date: 9702) Davis, Laurel R. The swimsuit issue and sport: hegemonic masculinity in Sports Illustrated. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. ISBN 0791433919 (SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations) (Proj. pub date: 9702)
DeGeorge, Gail. The making of a blockbuster: how Wayne Huizenga built a sports and entertainment empire from trash, grit, and videotape. NY: John Wiley, 1996. 354p. ISBN 0471122696 $14.95 (Subj headings: Viacom International; Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.; Sports team owners) Donovan, Michael. The name game: how your favorite sports teams were named. Whitby, Ont: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1966. ISBN 0075528177 $14.95Can
Dorrance, Anson. Training soccer champions. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 159p. ISBN 1887791019 $33.00 (See T of C on OCLC record) Downes, Steven. Running scared: how athletic lost its innocence. Edinburgh, UK: Mainstream Pub. Project, 1996. 224p. ISBN 1851588558 $29.95 (Subj heading: Track athletics-UK-Corrupt practices)
Early, Gerald Lyn; Eric Solomon; Wacquant, L.J.D. The charisma of sport and race. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Doreen B. Townsend Center, 1996. 37p. (Doreen B. Townsend Center occasional papers; no. 8) Etue, Elizabeth and Williams, Megan K. On the edge: women making hockey history. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1996. 336p. ISBN 092005791 $18.95Can
Fernandez-Balboa, Juan-Miguel. Critical postmodernism in human movement, physical education, and sport. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. 192p. ISBN 0791435164 $17.95pap (SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations) Flowers, Sarah. Sports in America. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1996. 112p. ISBN 1560061782 $16.95 (Lucent overview series)
Frison-Roche, Roger and Jouty, Sylvain. A history of mountain climbing. Paris: Flammarion, 1996. 336p. ISBN 2080136224 À À45 Fu, Frank H and Chan, Patrick P.C. Recreation, sport, culture and tourism for the 21st century. Hong Kong: Dept. of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1996. 443 p.
General Association of International Sports Federations. Sport and television. Seoul, Korea: GAISF, 1996. 134p. (Address: Villa Henri, 7 Blvd de Suisse, Monte Carlo MC 98000, Monaco) Note: a international collection of papers on all aspects of sport and television) Gough, Russell Wayne. Character is everything: promoting ethical excellence in sports. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997. 100p. ISBN 0155035282
Great Britain. Dept. of National Heritage. Sport: raising the game: 1st year report. London, 1996. (Address: 2- 4 Cockspur St. London, SW1Y 5DH) No price Halloran, James D. et al. Current issues of sport science. Schorndorf, Germany: Verlag Karl Hofmann, 1996. 76p. ISBN 3778064819 (Sport science studies ; no.8) $20US (In case you missed other titles in this series, the following seem to be still available: No.7, 1995, Digel, Helmut. Sport in a changing society: sociological essays. 200p. ISBN 3778064711 $22US; No. 6, 1994, Haag, Herbert. Theoretical foundation of sport science as a scientific discipline. 168p. ISBN 3778064614 $20US; No. 4, 1992, van Mele, V. and Renson, Roland. Traditional games in South America. 92p. ISBN 377806441X $15
Heartland Institute (Chicago, IL). Should Congress stop the bidding war for sports franchises? Palatine, IL: Heartland Institute, 1996. 18, 22, 28, 30p. (A Heartland policy study : nos. 74-77) (Address: 800 E. Northwest Hwy, No. 1080, Palatine, IL 60067-6516,; Email: think@heartland.org FAX: 708-202-9799 Hoberman, John M. Darwin's athletes: how sport has damaged black America and preserved the myth of race. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997. 288p. ISBN 0395822912 $24.95
Hutchinson, Roger. Empire games: the British invention of twentieth-century sport. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996. 192p. ISBN 1851588426 £15.99 Hyllegard, Randy; Mood, Dale; Morrow, James R. Interpreting research in sport and exercise science. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1996. 449p. ISBN 080167932X
Ireland. Dept of Education. Code of ethics and good practice for children's sport in Ireland. Dublin: An Roinn Oideachais, 1996. 38p. ISBN 0707624533 Jenkins, Sally. Men will be boys: the modern woman explains football and other amusing male rituals. NY: Doubleday, 1996. 225p. ISBN 0385482183 $19.95
Kahn, Liz. The LPGA: the unauthorized version: the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Menlo Park, CA: Group Fore Productions, 1996. 308p. ISBN 088197126X $29.95 Klein, Alan M. Baseball on the border: a tale of two Laredos. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. ISBN 0691011982 (Proj. pub date 9704)
Laplante, Laurent. Pour en finir avec l'olympisme. Montreal: Boreal, 1996. 220p. ISBN 2890527549 (Subj headings: Sports-corrupt practices; Doping in sports) Laty, Dominique. Histoire de la gymnastique en Europe: de l'Antiquite a nos jours. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1996. 298p. ISBN 213047280X (Questions series, 0752-0514)
Lutter, Judy Mahle. Of heroes, hopes and level playing fields: a collection of insights and observations on physical activity and women. St. Paul, MN: Melopomene Institute, 1996. 90p. ISBN 0965113701 $12.50 (Tel: 612-642-1951) (Notes: The essays in this book appeared between April 1994 and November 1995 in the St. Paul Pioneer Press) MacGregor, Roy. The home team: fathers, sons and hockey. Toronto: Penguin, 1996. ISBN 0140242880
McArthur, Ian. Elegance borne of brutality: an eclectic history of the football boot. Haywards Heath, UK: Two Heads, 1996. 96p. ISBN 189785062X £9.99 McCulloch, Ron. How baseball began: the long overlooked truth about the birth of baseball. Los Angeles: Warwick Pub., 1995. 140p. ISBN 1895629446 $18.95 (Dist. Firefly Press, Buffalo)
McKay, Jim. Managing gender: affirmative action and organizational power in Australian, Canadian and New Zealand sport. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. ISBN 0791434214 (SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations) Proj. pub date: 9704 Merkel, Udo and Tokarski, Walter. Racism and xenophobia in European football. Aachen, Germany: Meyer and Meyer, 1996. 189p. ISBN 389124343X
National Federation of State High School Associations. National high school sports record book, 1996. Kansas City, MO: NFSHSA, 1996. 304p. (Address: 11724 NW Plaza Circle, PO Box 20628, Kansas City, MO 64195-0626 Peterson, Robert W. Pigskin: the early years of pro football. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. 256p. ISBN 0195076079 $25
Petitpas, Alberta J. Athlete's guide to career planning. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1997. 216p. ISBN 0873224590 (Proj. pub date: 9702) Prince, Carl E. Brooklyn's Dodgers: the bums, the borough, and the best of baseball 1947-1957. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. 202p. ISBN 0195099273 $23
Ratermann, Dale. The Big Ten: a century of excellence. Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing, 1996. 456p. $39.95 Roberts, James B. The boxing register: International Boxing Hall of Fame official record book. Ithaca, NY: McBooks Press, 1997. 447p. ISBN 0935526234 $19.95
Rosentraub, Mark S. Major league losers: the real cost of sports and who's paying for it. NY: BasicBooks, 1997. ISBN 046508317X $27.50 (Proj. pub date: 9703) Shambach, Barbara W. and Thomas, Eileen. Equestrian excellence: the stories of our Olympic equestrian medal winners, from Stockholm 1912 thru Atlanta 1996. Boonsboro, MD: Half Halt Press, 1996. 176p. ISBN 0939481472 $44.95 (Address: PO Box 67, Boonsbor, MD 21713. To order call: 1-800-822-9635)
Sheridan, Michael. Good reasons: 100 years of Olympic marathon races. Congresbury, UK: The Author, 1996. 246p. ISBN 0-952819201 no price/no address (Ref BNB 18 Sept 96, p. 48) Sport Canada. Federal policy for hosting international sport events: policy tenets and assessment guide. Hull, Que: Sport Canada, 1996. 25, 27p. (Eng/Fr) ISBN 0662622723
Stainback, Robert D. Alcohol and sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1997. 224p. ISBN 0873225317 (Proj pub date: 9704) Strohkendl, Horst; Thiboutot, Armand; Carven, Philip. The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history. Munster/NY: Waxmann, 1996. 115p. ISBN 3893254412
Thoma, James E. andChalip, Laurence H. Sport governance in the global community. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 1996. 236p. ISBN 1885693036 $36 (Sport management library) Thuillier, Jean-Paul. Le sport dans la Rome antique. Paris: Editions Errance, 1996. 190p. ISBN 2877721140 (Collection des Hesperides, 0982-2720)
Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon. Two great sports under one umbrella: modern pentathlon and biathlon. UIPMB, 1995. 66 leaves (Address: Douglasstrasse 11, Berlin 33, Bermany 1000) U.S. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division. Intercollegiate athletics: status of efforts to promote gender equity. Washington, D.C.: GAO, 1996. 32p. (Alternate title: Gender equity in college athletics)
U.S. Surgeon General. Physical activity and health: a report of the Surgeon General. Washington, D.C.: Supt. of Documents, 1996. 278p. (S/N 017-023-00196-5) Shipping list no. 96-0305-P $17 Van Raalte, Judy L. and Brewer, Britten W. Exploring sport and exercise psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychology Association, 1996. 487p. ISBN 1557983550
Vaughan, Garth. The puck starts here: the origin of Canada's great winter game: ice hockey. Tantallon, N.S.: Four East Publications, 1995. ISBN 0920427464 $20Can Wakefield, Wanda E. Playing to win: sports and the American military, 1898-1945. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. 256p. ISBN 0791433137 $59.95 (SUNY series on sport, culture, and the social sciences) (Proj. pub date: 9704)
Walsh, Jim and Trubo, Richard. Everything you need to know about college sports recruiting: a guide for players and parents. Kansas City, MO: Andrews and McMeel, 1997. 208p. ISBN 0836221842 $10.95 Wiggins, David K. Glory bound : black athletes in a white America. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997 ISBN 0815627335 (Sports and entertainment series) Notes: Proj pub date: 9702; Also BIP does not list main title: Glory bound
Women's Sports Foundation. Women and sport: a syllaus guide for teachers and lecturers of examination courses in sport, physical education, recreation and leisure. London: Women's Sports Foundation, 1995. 110p. ISBN 0952572001 (in three ring binder with one videocasette in pocket attached to front cover) Report also sponsored by the Sports Council and the Foundation for Sport and the Arts.


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

NEW EDITIONS AND REPRINTS

Acosta, R. Vivian and Carpenter, Linda J. Women in intercollegiate sport: a longitudinal sutdy: nineteen year update, 1977-1996. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn College, 1996. 14p. Available from the authors, c/o Brooklyn College, Bedford Ave and Ave. H, Brooklyn, NY 11210. US addresses, please send a #10 envelope affixed with 55 cents US postage. Barnes, John. Sports and athe law in Canada. 3rd ed. Markham, Ont.: Butterworths, 1996. ISBN 0433391677 (2nd ed, 1988) Diamond, Dan. Hockey Hall of Fame: the official registry of the game's honour roll. New ed. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1996. 200p. ISBN 0385256094 (First ed. has subtitle: the official history of the game and its greatest stars).
Etzel, Edward F.; Ferrante, A.P.; Pinkney, James W. Counseling college student-athletes: issues and interventions. 2nd ed. Sports Dynamics, 1996 353p. ISBN 0962792691 $39 (1st ed, 1991) Helitzer, Melvin. The dream job: $port$ publicity, promotion and marketing. 2nd ed. Athens, OH: University Sports Press, 1996. 433p. ISBN 096308710 $29.95 (First printing 1995).
Horvat, Michael A. Assessment in adapted physical education and therapeutic recreation. 2nd ed. Madison, WI: Brown and Benchmark Publishers, 1996. 194p. ISBN 0697149536 (Rev. ed of: Assessment in adapted physical education by Judy K. Werder and Leonard H. Kalakian, 1985) Lutter, Judy Mahle. The bodywise woman. 2nd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1996. 306p. ISSN 0873226062 $16.95 (First ed. 1990)
Smith, Michael A. Life after hockey. 2nd ed rev. Carmel, IN: Cooper Pub. Group, 1996. 309p. ISBN 1884125514 $20


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

OLYMPIC GAMES

The Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad, Barcelona, 1992 (4 vols. Roma Cuytas, Director, English edition, Pub. Organizing Committee for the 1992 Olympic Games, 1993) is still available. Harvey Abrams, an OP Dealer has purchased the inventory and is offering the volumes for US $399 or $450 plus $20 S and H. Address: Harvey Abrams-Books, PO Box 732, State College, PA 16804 Tel: 814-237-8331 FAX: 814-237- 8332

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE /OLYMPIC MUSEUM LAUSANNE

The mail recently brought three brochures from the Olympic Museum Lausanne. It can be inferred that the Olympic Museum is now handling orders for IOC and Olympic Museum publications. Write for a copy of the following 3 brochures: Publications, editees par l C.I.O/produced by the IOC; Musee Olympic/Olympic Museum publications; and Welcome to the Library, 1996, Olympic Museum. (See address below). Two publications listed in the brochures are:

  • Centennial Olympic Congress, Congress of Unity Study Commission. Final report. 2 vols. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Olympic Committee, 1996. Vol.1 445p.: Vol.2 320p. Cost for the 2 vols: CHF65 (Place orders with: Musee Olympique Lausanne, Case postale, 1, Quai d'Ouchy, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Gueorguiev, Nikolay. Analysis of the Olympic programme, 1896-1996. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Olympic Committee, 1996. 147p. Avail. in Fr or English editions. Cost: CHF10 (Order from Musee Olympique Lausanne, as above)

Other publications on the Olympic Games include:

  • Batten, Jack. Canada at the Olympics: the first hundred years: 1896-1996. Toronto: Infact Publications, 1996. 223 p. ISBN 1896092039
  • Kistner, Thomas. Muskelspiele: ein abgesang auf Olympia. Berlin: Rowohlt, 1996. 270p. ISBN 3871342475 (Subj headings: International Olympic Committee; Olympics-Political aspects; Sports-Corrupt practices)


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

LOCAL INTEREST

Amore, Don; Bornstein, Paula; Leary, Mark. Return to the final four: how the UConn women carved their own identity. Hartford, Conn: The Hartford Courant, 1996. 144p. $14.95 (Subj Headings: Connecticut Huskies Basketball Team; Women basketball players- Connecticut). Batten, Jack. Hoopla!: inside the Toronto Raptors' first season. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1996. ISBN 07710-10672 $19.95 Can.
Breslauer, Ken. Sebring: the official history of America's great sports car race. Cambridge, MA: David Bull Publishing, c1995 1996. 288p. ISBN 0964972204 $79.95 Brown, William. The fabulous Montreal Royals: the minor league team that made major league history, edited by Terry Scott; with a foreword by Ken Singleton. Montreal: R. Davies, 1996. ISBN 1895854644 $21.95Can (Also avail. in French: Les fabuleux Royaux: les debuts glorieux du baseball professionnel a Montreal)
Byers, Mary. Breaking 100: a celebration of women's golf, 1894-1994; The Toronto Golf Club. Toronto/Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1995. 135p. ISBN 1550022555 Capanni, Aldo and Cervellati, Franco. Storia dell'atletica a Firenze e nella sua provincia dalle origini al 1945. 350p. Available from: Assessorato allo Sport della Provincia di Firenza, Via Cavour 37, 50129 Firenze, Italia.
Daniels, John H. Nothing could be finer: a fifty year history of the heyday of polo and winter resorts in Camden 1898-1948. Camden, SC: John Culler and Sons, 1996. ca 200p. $49.94 Greenland, Paul R. Hockey Chicago style: the history of the Chicago Blackhawks. Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing, 1995. 200p. ISBN 1571670211 $34.95
Hardy, James D. The New York Giants Baseball Club: the growth of a team and a sport, 1870 to 1900. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996. 272p. ISBN 0786402318 Hill, Jeff and Williams, Jack. Sport and identity in the north of England. Keele, UK: Keele University Press, 1996. 197p. ISBN 1853310824
Hull, Ken. The Spruce Meadows story. Calgary, Alta: Spruce Meadows, 1996. 288p. ISBN 0968114105 $49.95Can (Pub. address: RR9, Calgary, Alta T2J 5G5) Subj heading: Equestrian sport Sandland, Tom. Something about bicycling in Newfoundland. St. John's, NFLD: T. Sandland, 1983. 83p. $8Can (This booklet on the history of bicycling in eastern Canada is still available from the author. His address: 169 Old Pennywell Rd., St. John's NFLD A1B 1A8)
Tatz, Colin. Black diamonds: the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen and Unwin, 1996. 164p. ISBN 1864480653 12.99 Tedesco, Theresa. Offside: the battle for control of Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto: Viking, 1996. ISBN 0670867349


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

BIOGRAPHIES

Chestochowski, Ben. Gridiron greats: a century of Polish Americans in college football. NY: Hippocrene Books, 1996. 200p. ISBN 0781804493 $24.95 Cosentino, Frank. Almonte's brothers of the wind: R. Tait McKenzie and James Naismith. Burnstown, Ont: General Store Pub. House, 1996. ISBN 1896182542 Daniel, W. Harrison. Jimmie Foxx: the life and times of a baseball hall of famer, 1907-1967. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996. 272p. ISBN 0786401966
Forrester, Claire. Merlene Ottey: unyielding spirit. Kingston, Jamaica: West Indies Publishing, 1996. 209p. ISBN 9766051488 (Note: an authorized biography) Kahn, Roger. Memories of summer: when baseball was an art and writing about it a game : a memoir. NY: Hyperion, 1997. ISBN 0786861908 (Proj. pub date:9704) Kendall, Allan. Australia's Wimbledon champions. Sydney: ABC Books, 1996. ISBN 0733304109 $25US (Avail. from: Val Lee, Secretary, Friends of the NSW Tennis Association, White City 30 Alma Street, Paddington, NSW, Australia 2021).
Lobo, RuthAnn. The home team: of mothers, daughters, and American champions. NY: Kodansha International, 1996. 180p. ISBN 1568361408 $19.00 (Subj headings; Women basketball players-US-Biog) Longoria, Mario. Athletes remembered: Mexicano/Latino professional football players, 1929-1970. Tempe, AR: Bilingual Press, 1996. 232p. ISBN 0927534630 $24 Mangone, Luigi. The last race: the Billy Orazietti story. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont: Michi-Mook Enterprises, 1995. 107p. ISBN 0969832680 $39.95 (Also in pap. $15.95 ISBN 0969832699) (Subj heading: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska)
Prouse, Lynda. Brasseur and Eisler: to catch a dream. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1996. ISBN 0771573936 $27.95Can (Subj heading: Skaters-Canada-Biog) Ulmer, Michael. Canadiens captains: nine great Montreal Canadiens. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1996. 216p. ISBN 0771573979


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

REFERENCE

Australian Sports Commission. 1997 Australian sports directory. Belconnen, ACT: The Commission, 1997. Place orders and prepayment with: Publications Services, Australian Sports Commission, PO Box 176, Belconnen, ACT 2616, Australia. $A20 plus $A6 postage. Fax: 0011 61 6 2521995. Email enquiries:LOVELOCKT@ausport.gov.au Blewett, Bert. The A-Z of world boxing: an authoritative and entertaining compendium of the fight game from its origins to the present day. London: Robson, 1996. 308p. ISBN 1861050046 18.95
Brooks, Dana D. The African American athlete resource directory. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Inforamtion Technology, 1997. 212p. ISBN 1885693079 $19 Child, Greg. Climbing: the complete reference. NY: Facts on File, 1995. ISBN 0816026920 $39.95 (This encyclopedia also includes Appendices: Features of mountains and glaciers, Key to standard climbing symbols and abbreviations, International rating systems comparison chart)
International Association for Sports Information. World directory of sports libraries information and documentation centres, 1996 edition. Gloucester, ON: IASI/SIRC, 1996. US$ 25. (Has over 100 organizations who provide sport information resources and services worldwide. A gratis copy of the directory was sent to all organizations who supplied information) Order from: Sport Information Resource Centre, 1600 James Naismith Dr., Gloucester, Ontario K1B 5N4 Tel: 1-800- 665-6413 or 613-748-5658 FAX: 613-748-5701 Kobak, Ed. The Sports address bible: the global reference guide of sports contacts. Santa Monica, CA: Global Sports Productions, 1997. 452p. ISSN 0743-4561 (1997 ed. will be pub. April 1997) $21.95. (Address: 1223 Broadway, Suite 102, Santa Monica, CA 90404. FAX: 310-454-6590)
Mullan, Harry, ed. The ultimate encyclopedia of boxing. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. 208p. ISBN 0340674415 19.95. Orodenker, Richard. Twentieth-century American sportswriters. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. 439p. ISBN 0810399342 (Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 171)
Ostrow, Andrew C. Directory of psychological tests in the sport and exercise sciences. 2nd ed. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 1996. 570p. ISBN 1885693060 $40 (1st edition, 1990, 271p.) Peterson's sports scholarships and college athletic programs. 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Peterson's, 1996. 859p. ISBN 1560794836
Pollack, Mark. Professional sports leagues and teams: an encyclopedia, 1871 through 1995. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996. 664p. ISBN 0786402520 $65 (OCLC entry lists author's surname as Pollak) Radnedge, Keir, ed. The ultimate encyclopedia of soccer. New ed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996. 256p. ISBN 0340684747 18.99 (Prev ed. London: Carlton, 1994)
Sherrow, Victoria. Encyclopedia of women and sports. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1996. 382p. ISBN 087436826X $65


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

American Swimming Coaches Assocation World Clinic (27th : 1995 : New Orleans, LA) Transcripts of the American Swimming Coaches Association 27th Annual World Clinic, New Orleans, September 1995. Fort Lauderdale, FL: ASCA, 1995. 336p. (The World Clinic series, Volume 27) Gender, sport and leisure: continuities and challenges. Brighton, England: Chelsea School Research centre, University of Brighton, 1995. 259p. ISBN 1871966361 (SCRC topic report; 4). (Notes: This collection of articles originated in a day-long symposium held in the CSRC in June 1993) International Conference on Current Research into Sport Sciences (July 27-30, 1994: St. Petersburg, Russia) Current research in sports sciences: an international perspective; proceedings, edited by V.A. Rogozkin and Ron J. Maughan. NY: Plenum Press, 1996. 346p. ISBN 0306453193
International Rainbow Week Symposium (7th : 1995 :Cape Town, South Africa) The importance of children's participation in physical and sporting activities: proceedings of the International.... edited by E.H.Katzenellenbogen. Stellenbosch: South African Rainbow Week Association, 1995. 228p. ISBN 0797205411 (Avail. from: Institute for Sport and Movement Studies, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bay X1, PO Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa) International Statistical Institute. (50th Session : 1995 : Beijing). Challenges ahead for improving sports statistics: papers from the second meeting of the International Sports Statistics Committee. Rome: CONI, Italian National Olympic Committee. Documentation and Information Division, 1996. 263p. Available gratis from publisher at the address: Foro Italico, I-00194, Roma, Italia, (Attn. Mr. Bruno Rossi Mori). ISHPES Congress (2nd : 1993 : Berlin). Games of the world - the world of games: proceedings... Edited by Andre Gounot, Toni Niewerth, Gertrud Pfister. 2 vols. Sankt Augustin, Germany: Academia Verlag, 1996. (Vol1, Spiele im Spannungsfeld von Tradition und Moderne, 448p.; Vol 2, Welt der Spiele, Politische, soziale und padagogische Aspekte, 240p.) ISBN388345897X 110DM. (In case you missed the 1st ISHPES Seminar proceedings, they are still listed in the Academia Verlag catalogue. Details are: International ISHPES Seminar (1st: 1992 : Turku, Finland) On the fringes of sport, edited by Leena Laine. Sankt Augustin: Academia Verlag, 1994. 236p. ISBN 388345575X 38DM)
International ISHPES Seminar (2nd : 1994 : Lillehammer, Norway) Winter games - warm traditions, selected papers, edited by Matti Goksoeyr, Gerd von der Lippe, Kristen Mo. Sankt Augustin, Germany: Academia Verlag, 1996. 328p. ISBN 388345737X 48DM (ISHPES, Bd. 3) International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming (7th : 1994 : Atlanta, GA) Biomechanics and medicine in swimming VII, edited by John P. Troup. London: Spon, 1996. 256p. ISBN 0419204806 Seminaire international sur "La formation des enseignants a une pratique reflexive en education physique" (1993 : Trois-Rivieres, Que) Mieux enseigner l'education physique. Pensez-y: actes du seminaire..... edited by C. Pare. Trois-Rievieres, Que: Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, 1995. 374p.
Symposium on Safety in American Football (Dec 5-7, 1994 : Phoenix, AZ). Safety in American football, edited by Earl F. Hoerner. West Conshohocken, PA: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1997. ISBN 0803124007 (ASTM special technical publication ; 1305) Universite sportive d'ete (12th : 1995 : Dijon, France). Le sport dans tous ses pouvoirs. Talence, France: Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine, 1996. 164p. ISBN 2858922373 (Les Cahiers de l'Universite sportive d'ete, no. 10 and Publications de la Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine, no. 219)


PUBLICATIONS UPDATE

NEW SERIALS

Listed below are new serials and/or titles recently discovered, which will be indexed by SIRC:

Marathon and beyond, v1, 1997- bimonthly, ISSN 1088-6672 Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics US sub.: $30 individual, $45 institution Can sub: $49 individual, $69 institution Operative techniques in sports medicine v1, no1, Jan, 1993- quarterly, ISSN 1060-1872 Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Performance conditioning for cycling v1, no1, Jan, 1994- 9/year United States Cycling Federation, National Off-Road Bicycle Association, PO Box 6819, Lincoln, NE 68506- 0819
Saskatchewan historical baseball review Annual, 1984- ISSN 0827-5920 Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Association, Box 1388, Battleford, SK S0M 0E0 Tel: 306-445-8485 FAX: 306-446-0509 Football decision: the magazine for the decision-maker in Association Football. ? /yr. ISSN 1364-8209 No. 1, 1996- Insitute of Football Management and Administration, 12 Kings Park Industrial Estate, Primrose Hill, Kings Langley, Herts, UK WD4 8ST SportsTravel, v1, no1, Jan. 1997- Monthly, ISSN 1091-5354 $48 ("Qualified" recipients can receive a free sub) A new magazine designed for sports event organizers and team travel planners. Schneider Publishing Co, Inc., 13274 Fiji Way, Fourth Floor, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, Tel: 310-577-3700 FAX: 310-577-3715