Responses to a questionnaire exploring faculty perceptions of academic librarians on campus are analyzed in terms of faculty-librarian contacts, usefulness of librarians, importance of academic subject background, and status. Results indicate that librarians are seen as professionals with a service function rather than as full-fledged academic…

Offers a number of practical suggestions to Canadian academic librarians expected to write for publication. Areas discussed include choosing a topic; finding a publisher; collecting data; allowing respondents to comment on manuscript drafts; preparation of manuscripts; joint authorship; expenditures, royalties, and taxes; and publishing contracts.…

Description of services and functions of special collections as found in the academic library covers criteria for acquisition of materials, categorization of formats, role of special collections in promoting university scholarship and research, archival and repository functions, and administration and policy. A 12-item bibliography is included.…

Discusses the effects of information technology on the environment within which the typical academic library must operate and the effects of the resulting environmental turbulence on the general social context of the university and on the relationship between the university and its libraries. (Author/CLB)

Discusses education of special librarians and public librarians in West Germany and presents a model of an integrated course of study at the Hamburg College of Librarianship. Highlights include the influence of new technology on libraries and the importance of specialized subject knowledge in addition to library and information training. (LRW)

Prepared under contract with the International Council on Archives, this Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) study is designed to provide archivists, manuscript and museum curators, and other interested professionals with an understanding of the archival character of sound recordings and a set of guidelines for the appraisal of their…

The theme of this conference was "Libraries and the Communication Process" and topics of the conference papers ranged from the technology of communication to the importance of linguistics and the human factors involved in the communication process. Papers and communications presented at the conference and included here are: (1)…

Compares academic libraries in Japan and Australia in three areas: general background (number of libraries, financial support, size of collections, and student/staff ratios); the role of libraries (services offered, library instruction, accessibility, library cooperation, and expenditures); and library staffs (qualifications of directors, staff…

An examination of how well the Canadian public library is meeting the needs of the serious reader interested in self education, as compared to new and secondhand book stores and academic libraries, found that the public library is the most important and effective agency in providing materials for this group. (CLB)