The book "If the World Were a Village," by David J. Smith, is the context for analysing and creating graphs of the world's demographic information. Students examine numerical information regarding the more than six billion world inhabitants by imagining the world's population as 100 people.

A bar graph and table shows school-age population projections by region and state for 1980, 1990, and 2000. The Northeast and North Central regions will show a steady decline, the West will show a steady increase, and the South will decline in 1990 but increase by 2000. (TE)

Examines several population trends important to library community suggested by "1980 United States Census of Population"; i.e., increases in number of elderly Americans, citizens living in rural areas, and cultural minority groups. Differing information needs, library service policies, and special planning required to provide access to library…