New Book---GENDER PERSPECTIVES: ESSAYS ON WOMEN IN MUSEUMS Edited by Jane R. Glaser and Artemis A. Zenetou Smithsonian Institution Press Thirty-two well known women and men contributors, from the 1990 Conference, "Gender Perspectives: The Impact of Women on Museums." The essays address the impact of feminist criticism and scholarship in both research and collections development. They discuss the influence of gender perspectives on museum administration, planning, education programs, exhibitions, and hiring and promotion practices. They explore ways of balancing gender representation, removing barriers to change, and encouraging participation of women of diverse heritage in all museums. The contributors,from a wide range of museums and universities, with unflinching honesty, they gauge the profession's response to the burgeoning influence of women in American society at large. Paperback, available in book stores in April. To order: ISBN, 325-6P, call (800) 782-4612 or write SI Press, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0900. $15.95 plus $2.25 postage and handling.