The Library of Congress and the Center for the Book: Historical Essays in Honor of John Y. Cole. Ed. Mary Niles Maack. Washington: Library of Congress in association with the University of Texas Press, 2011. 223p. $24.95 (ISBN 9780844495255). LC2011-020436

explains the underlying educational theories and models concerning learner development. With a better understanding of areas of student affairs, librarians can clearly make a larger impact in such areas as citizenship, assessment, and career services. These chapters also uncover the big picture and the relevance of partnerships between librarians and student affairs: education and development as a whole. Following these two chapters are thirteen case studies that concisely describe various collaborative scenarios between the libraries and student affairs: promoting collaboration, introducing programs and services, enhancing access to patrons with disabilities, creating learning commons, and more. The case studies come from institutions that vary in size and illustrate collaborations with various service points, which should satisfy the needs of librarians working in various environments. Hinchliffe and Wong conclude with " Lessons on Collaboration, " in which they stress the role of environment, highlight best practices, remind us of the potential for collaboration in various situations, and provide a select bibliography for further readings on student affairs, strategies for collaboration, and partnerships between libraries and student affairs. Hinchliffe's reputation as an information literacy expert is well established nationally and internationally. She has lectured at conferences, given workshops, and is one of several ACRL Immersion Program's faculty. The program provides librarians with intense training in various aspects of information literacy, from instruction to assessment, and prepares them to create or improve information literacy initiatives at their own academic institutions. She holds two masters' degrees in educational psychology and library and information science. Currently she is Coordinator for Information Literacy and Associate Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Melissa Wong is a seasoned librarian, consultant, and ad-Champaign, where she earned her mas-ter's degree in library and information science. She has administrative experience as previous Director at Marymount College , California, and as instructor, having developed and taught information literacy courses in several universities. Several librarians have written articles about collaboration initiatives in their institutions, as illustrated at the end of Hinchliffe and Wong's book in " Resources for Further Readings. " This book is unique, however, because it serves as a cumulative reference resource for a topic that is generating increasing interest. Librarians can certainly find resources that treat collaborations and student affairs independently and even some articles bridging these two services; but, to my knowledge, this is the first resource that aggregates fundamental information for professionals interested in …