Discusses service standards (level of excellence or adequacy in performance of library service) and their incorporation in the accreditation process for hospital library service and academic health sciences libraries. The certification program developed for health sciences librarians by the Medical Library Association is reviewed. Fifty-nine…

Reviews the history of rural public library service in the United States from the first library extension movement in the 1890s through the effects of the Library Services and Construction Act of 1964. (FM)

Presents results of a survey of 83 libraries in the United States and Canada which provide services to Native Americans. The questionnaire used contained five major sections: general information, facilities, personnel, collection, and services. (FM)

Discusses the effects of technology and networking on rural public library service in the future, and describes how these effects will improve the quality and accessibility of service to rural citizens. (FM)

Data gathered from 56 libraries, agencies, and other institutions holding large collections of maps and aerial photographs are reported, including such areas as personnel, equipment, acquisitions, floor space, promotion, and use of computers. The 70 largest collections are ranked and profiled, and a sample questionnaire is provided. (FM)

Examines national and state public library standards to discover the extent to which rural library services have been considered and to identify aspects of the standards that might be applicable to rural libraries. (Author/FM)

Ten articles focusing on adult learning services in public libraries highlight global trends, support for intentional change, counseling and information needs of adult learners, adult learner services at Pratt Library and North York (Ontario) library, process of learning, administrative considerations, political factors, and implications for…

Presents overview of two studies (1981, 1984) investigating the status of automation in U.S. community college learning resources centers (LRCs). Factors leading to automation, current level of automation, LRC organizational structure, attitudes toward and perceived constraints on automated services, consortium participation, hardware options, and…

Uses national guidelines, collection development texts, and the intellectual freedom literature to assess the practical value of the Library Bill of Rights in school library settings. Discussion focuses on invoking the statement as support when dealing with challenges to the collection. Appendixes include the Library Bill of Rights itself and…

Examines academic library service to labor groups, particularly in the area of Internet training. Results of an informal survey of 53 academic libraries in schools with labor study programs in the United States and Canada indicate that few provide direct services to labor unions, and provides an example of one that does at Cornell University.…

Eleven articles discuss the response of library users and personnel to automation. Topics covered include computerized reference services, online public access catalogs, paraprofessional staff perceptions of technology, organizational and managerial impacts of automation, workshops on new technology, gender differences in motivation to manage and…

Provides a sense of scope and direction of rural public library extension services through the presentation of a library survey dealing with bookmobile programs, books-by-mail services, and the provision of services in general. (FM)

The research that is reported was done to describe some of the conditions under which or because of which information service is provided in small, rural public libraries, and suggests some of the problems that are endemic to such service. (Author/FM)

Considers the numbers, qualifications, and changing characteristics of the almost 200,000 students who have completed a year of successful study at a U.S. library school during the last century. Highlights include the beginnings (1887-1900), expansion (1900-1921), reforms (1921-1950), diversification (1950s-1980s), and annual and cumulative…

Discusses the role of library governing boards and the environment of the rural public library in considering the functions of the rural library trustee. (FM)