Orr's schema for measuring the quality and value of libraries is described and discussed with respect to three paradoxes--the evaluation of catalogs, optimal library size, and Lenin's view of public libraries in the U.S. Seven references are cited. (CHC)

Discussion of selection criteria for special collections in libraries focuses on the development of selection criteria at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Canada. The need for the involvement of staff members is discussed, and criteria for materials are described, including age, rarity, historical significance, and physical…

This history covers 1953 through 1978 and outlines the growth of the library's facilities, staff, collection, and participation in national bibliographic efforts and resource sharing. (JAB)

Discusses the effective use of stack space through weeding, storage, microfilm, and selection; study space based on student population; and service space by reorganization of staff, collections, and study space. Three references are noted. (CHC)

Describes experiences of the Cranbrook Public Library (British Columbia) in implementation of an automated circulation system. Background of the library and need for the system, stages of development, use of community volunteers, retrospective conversion, functions of the menu-driven system, benefits from the system, software, and system costs are…

Survey analysis of Canadian public, regional, and elementary school library juvenile title holdings. (KP)

The Canadian National Library collects and preserves the serial publications, mostly newspapers, of Canadian cultural communities. Its Multilingual Biblioservice provides books in their own language to Canada's minority language groups. (PF)

An examination of historiography in the context of library collections suggests that there exists between the library and the disciplines it houses a relationship in which the collection structures itself to meet the demands made upon materials of individual disciplines and determines the demands which can be made upon those materials. (Author/PF)

Describes the criteria and methods used in the review and selection of both print and nonprint materials for inclusion in a public school system resource center in British Columbia. (JVP)

Provides background and rationale for formulation and use of the KF Canadian Adaptation Scheme in Canadian law libraries and describes methodological approaches and applications of the scheme to diverse and specific situations. Recent developments in its maintenance and updating and suggestions for its potential use are highlighted. (EJS)

This essay discussing the purchasing power of the university library's acquisitions budget insists that intelligent cooperation and coordination between institutions will ensure that libraries continue to be repositories of creative thought and wisdom, though conceding that special collections may have to be pooled and branch services curtailed.…

Describes a method using computer assistance which merges two or more ordered collections, spreads an ordered collection when it has outgrown the space previously assigned it, rearranges an ordered collection, and moves the collection on to a new location. (CWM)

The current status of curriculum materials centers located in schools of education in Canadian universities is described in this study according to name of the center, purpose, administrative status, collection, classification scheme used, and services offered. Survey instruments used are noted, and 13 footnotes are listed. (EJS)