Discusses networking, other forms of interlibrary cooperation, and the need for library managers to be aware of their role in these cooperative ventures. (CHC)

Recommends that library administrators turn to public administration models in preference to business administration models for network management; this choice is predicated on the not-for-profit aspects of public service organizations. (RAA)

Reviews the recent American Library Association publication, "Planning and Role Setting for Public Libraries: A Manual of Options and Procedures," noting omissions in its approach. Several reasons for including the larger library community in the planning process are discussed. (MES)

Discusses the public library's movement toward consolidation/cooperation with other libraries and the administrative, fiscal, and service implications of such a system. Incorporation of the public library into the national information network as a multitype or unitype system is examined through a review of multitype systems in New York and…

Describes the principles of international lending and guidelines for procedure, including national centers, requesting, supplying, conditions of supply, period of loan, returning, receipts, responsibility for loss or damage, payment, and statistics. (CHC)

Reviews the literature of preservation for 1990. Topics addressed include preservation in original format; conservation treatment; pest management; deterioration of paper, deacidification, and paper strengthening; preservation replacement; newer reformatting technologies; the management of preservation programs; education for preservation…

Reviews the 1989 literature on collection development under the following headings: General Works; Finances; Serials; New Technology; Collection Evaluation and Measurement; Automation; Cooperative Arrangements; Selection and Review; Preservation, Storage and Collection Size; Vendors/Acquisitions; and Education and Training. (94 references) (MES)

Discusses present and future changes in library organization and management resulting from increasingly smaller library units, use of electronics to support decentralized services, new management style, and interlibrary cooperatives. Three strategies for change--to accept change, to change change, to recognize that some things cannot be…

Profiles the national library network in India, including its history, governance, staff, holdings, users, facilities, circulation, and services. (FM)

Discusses a new library "ecology" in which interdependence is the dominant force, and the establishment of new operating mechanisms (e.g., a national periodicals center and a national library agency). The need for better ways to set basic policies and a more scientific method of management are also considered. (Author/JD)

Describes an effort by the Illinois Library Association to encourage and coordinate the continuing professional development of Illinois librarians through a Mentoring Network. The pilot project proposal is outlined, and the current situation is described. (eight references/notes) (EA)

National Council on Libraries, Archives and Documentation Services of Barbados has proposed the creation of a network with a central coordinating directorate to be designated as the National Library. Funds from the International Development Research Centre, Canada, are available to mount a two-year project to establish directorate and develop…

Discusses the relationship between innovative public library services and library administration's need to seek cooperative relationships with outside organizations to implement such services. The formation of the Consortium for Public Library Innovation (1976) is described, and a list of references is provided. (FM)

Highlights some of the developments in the following areas that have taken place during the period 1977-87 in British university libraries: (1) library resources; (2) automation; (3) collection building; (4) technical services; (5) reader services; (6) management and staffing; and (7) cooperation. (71 references) (MES)

Reports results of public library survey conducted by a Public Library Association committee that was established to study library investment practices and assess the need for establishing an investment management service. Revenue sources, investment patterns, benefits of pooling, and a proposed management service are highlighted. Six sources are…