Book excerpt: Within the definition of museum, Bierbaum (library and information services, U. of Iowa) embraces science and nature centers, historical societies, and aquariums, as well as more traditional manifestations. She offers a guide to libraries and information services servicing such institutions, focusing on how to find, acquire, organize, and interpret documentary records that illuminate the objects in the library and enhance the scholarship of the curators, the creativity of the exhibitors, and the skill of the educators. The date for the first edition is not noted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR