A handbook of the procedures and organization of the Ford Foundation Library, a current reference library, this manual includes forms used for selection, acquisition, and circulation of the Foundation's library materials. The manual was written for the use of the Foundation staff but includes a broad informational outline on which to base the…

Describes how genealogists visiting the Library of Congress can use Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) to identify genealogies in library's collections. Search strategies within two LOCIS systems--Multiple-Use MARC System (MUMS) and Subject-Oriented-Retriever for Processing Information Online (SCORPIO)--and the PREMARC database for…

Services to the elderly, institutionalized, and physically and mentally exceptional, who are unable to use the public library in its traditional form, are described in this guide to programs at the Inglewood (California) Public Library. Topics include: (1) overall library goals and activities; (2) functional and organizational structure of…

Discusses library resources for genealogical research, including bibliographies of family histories, guides to genealogical resources, periodicals, indexes, CD-ROM products, electronic bulletin boards, and nonprofit services. An annotated list of 13 titles for a basic collection is included. (MES)

This final project report for the HEW Office of Libraries and Learning Resources presents guidelines for rural library personnel to plan library programs which are responsive to the needs of the community. The guide is designed to be free of jargon for maximum communicability to library personnel who do not hold advanced degrees. The section…

Discusses primary-source legal materials (laws, regulations, court decisions) useful for public libraries. Highlights include a discussion of federal and state branches of government and corresponding publications; tools needed for legal research (digests, annotated codes, "pocket parts"); four levels of legal service; and primary…

A manual, designed to define the materials of local history and to tell how to deal with them, provides step-by-step instructions for setting up such collections. The collecting and selecting process is described, as are the organizational problems and possibilities in handling books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, photographs, pictures, tape…

This 16-article issue focuses on history, policy, services, users, organization, evaluation, and automation of the archival reference process. Collections at academic research libraries, a technical university, Board of Education, business archives, a bank, labor and urban archives, a manuscript repository, religious archives, and regional history…

This handbook contains policy and procedure guidelines for establishing and maintaining libraries for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (in regional, area, and insuring offices). In addition to delineating the relationship between these field libraries to the headquarters HUD Division Library, the text offers guidelines…

Described is a practical approach to continuous reviews, evaluation and weeding (CREW) of library collections, its advantages, and the detailed procedure. Guides by Dewey classes are prepared including information as to age, maximum permissible time without usage, and the presence of various negative factors concerning the material. A bibliography…

Suggests methods for improving access and publicizing holdings in microform collections, including the use of special labels for microform bibliographies, placing plastic overlays on catalog cards, listing microform reel numbers in short-title reference catalogs, and compiling guidebooks to microform collections. Eight references are listed. (CHC)

This guide for developing and implementing effective media programs in the schools of Hawaii outlines the development of school library media services in the state and presents guidelines for media services. Topics covered are: (1) philosophy of service; (2) programs and services; (3) library instruction; (4) collections; and (5) policies and…

Developed to assist librarians in the measurement and evaluation of the library's ability to provide services, this guide suggests a number of evaluation techniques that may be used once the reasons for a study have been clearly determined and locally peculiar conditions have been taken into account. The first section explains methods for…

Discussions of library resources, services and related activities as well as library materials selection and acquisition are provided for faculty to facilitate and enhance their use of the library. Included in the library resources section are books, periodicals, microforms, and special collections and archives. Instruction in library use,…

This manual outlines the ordering, cataloging and classification, and processing procedures for books, periodicals, government documents, and non-book materials for a central library serving three schools--a co-ed elementary school and separate junior-senior high schools for boys and girls--and four special libraries--a fine and rare books…