Offers suggestions for cooperative sharing of resources and expertise between public librarians and their academic colleagues to establish access to popular cultural materials at academic institutions. Listings of materials for popular culture courses are included. (RAA)

Describes and illustrates Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) procedures appropriate for book collection data analysis. Several different procedures for univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis are discussed, and applications of procedures for book collection studies are presented. Included are 24 tables illustrating output…

Addresses problems of familiarity, abundance, redundancy, and usability to provide librarians with workable solutions for establishment of popular photograph collections. Discussion is directed towards the type of collection desired, the category of the acquiring library, and the user of popular photography. Fifteen references are listed. (RAA)

Defines video history, and discusses its importance and the library's role in preserving and providing access to video and oral history. Sources for additional information are listed. (CHC)

Reports on the use of microcomputers in comprehensive library circulation systems. Topics covered include system requirements (reliability, completeness); determining circulation system needs (saving money, improving service, modernization); limitations of microcomputers (capacity, kinds of data stored, number of stations or terminals); system…

Proposes using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for the analysis of routine library statistics to measure how well certain goals are being reached and discusses variables and procedures that might be used. Information on SPSS, sample selection, and Yule's Q analysis is appended, and 18 references are listed. (RAA)

Discusses oral history interviews in terms of selection criteria, identification, storage conditions, and duplication. (CHC)

Discusses four types of services requested of libraries and strategies for providing them: collecting material about oral history, collecting published and semi-published oral history transcripts for research, serving as a repository for unique oral history materials, and establishing a program to create new oral histories. References are…

Describes the role of computer record keeping in collection management and development of centralized film libraries serving school districts and demonstrates the ability of computers to gather and manipulate collection data that enable film managers to replace, expand, and duplicate materials according to user needs. (CDD)

Argues that the traditional method of library media collection development in public schools is inappropriate and proposes collection mapping as more efficient and better suited to the school curriculum. Instructions for creating a map are provided as well as guidelines for collection development. (CDD)

Examines various aspects of the selection of library administrators, including the search committee process, time delay in candidate selection, group dynamics within the search committee, the perspectives of different constituencies on the search committee, and the qualities necessary for library management. Recommendations are made and a…

Reviews changes brought about in the librarian recruitment process by recent legislation, discusses job descriptions and types of search techniques for locating qualified candidates, presents a series of guidelines for interviewing employment candidates, and outlines processes for corresponding with applicants and keeping records of the…

Discusses the legal concerns a library should be aware of in maintaining an oral history collection. Samples of contract forms for accepting donations or obtaining ownership of tapes produced for the library are included. (CHC)

Describes the functions of selection committees in the recruitment, evaluation, and hiring of professional personnel in academic libraries. The composition of a selection committee, committee responsibilities, advertising an available position, screening applications, and interviewing candidates are discussed. A 7-item reference list accompanies…