Environments for Student Growth and Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration. Eds. Lisa J. Hinchliffe and Melissa A. Wong. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012. 267p. alk. paper, $60.00 (ISBN 9780838986097). LC 2012-004883

Lone arrangers should first concentrate on making their archives feasible and " good enough, " then identify and prioritize projects, such as writing more descriptive finding aids for key collections, pinpointing materials with preservation or conservation issues, or digitizing fragile or historically significant items. Reference and outreach are complicated for lone arrangers, as they must balance aiding researchers with the rest of their duties. Zamon suggests limited hours, but warns, " It is up to you to enforce your own access policy. " She differentiates between providing reference and research services. Reference connects patrons to the information they seek and educates them on how to search for material. Research is finding the specific information for the researcher. The latter may be the more realistic option for small repositories and can be streamlined by creating vertical files of duplicates of frequently requested items, FAQs, lists of important people or events, and time-lines. Equally imperative is outreach and internal advocacy activities, such as Web sites, exhibits, presentations, workshops, classroom use of archival materials, oral history projects, community programs, and social media. Case studies from diverse institutions demonstrate solutions to archival challenges. Photographs of archives and lone arrangers and figures containing policies to incorporate into one's own institution are also included; Zamon also adds a deed of gift that is too vague to be useful as an example of what to avoid. Selected readings and a resource guide of national and regional organizations append the book. The Lone Arranger: Succeeding in a Small Repository is an excellent book, recommended for those with no formal training in managing archives. While the books in the Society of American Archivists' Archival Fundamentals Series II provide an in-depth, theoretical understanding of archives, this book is meant as a practical resource for those with minimal time to get an archives operational. Zamon provides the essentials on how to administer an archives, and the book serves as both an introduction to how archives should function , as well as an aide memoire of archival basics for experienced professionals.—Mar-got Note, World Monuments Fund, New York. Librarians are no strangers to collaboration ; many have worked with faculty to provide integrated information literacy instruction or other academic services, such as computing, to create learning commons. It is somewhat surprising, however, that there's so little published about library partnerships with student affairs, especially when one considers their services and support in various …