The evolution and current operation of the National Library of Australia are described. Included is information on the library's collections (book, film, and pictorial), union catalogs, bibliographical services, publications, technical processes, and special services. Comments on Australian interests and activities in foreign countries are also…

Statistical data on 55 city libraries throughout the world are provided for the number of inhabitants, book stock, number of periodicals, number of audiovisual media, loans in 1981, total budget for 1982, number of staff and salaries, opening hours, and nominal lending period. A key to headings used is included. (EJS)

In preparation for the 1971 children's sub-section meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations, librarians from Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., and Yugoslavia prepared descriptions of the professional organizations of the children's librarians within their…

A general review of the role of the library in education at all levels is followed by 10 theses which delineate some of the responsibilities of public, school, and academic libraries in this area. (EJS)

Descriptive data from the International Association of Metropolitan City Libraries on 57 library systems includes book stocks, number of periodicals, audiovisual media, loans, budgets (total, acquisitions, periodicals, non-book material), staff salaries, number of staff, number of librarians, number of branch libraries, number of mobile libraries,…

Little research was done until recently on the role of books and reading in society because reading was considered as a good thing in itself which did not require sociological justification, and lending libraries enable readers to select required material themselves, so individual reader guidance has not been a priority. (Author/SJ)

Describes the activities of the Franklin book translation programs in Tehran, Iran. (PF)

Compares the intellectual fecundity and publishing rates associated with various principal modern languages and the character of library systems used to bank and lend this intellectual capital. The problem, principal languages and recorded text, sources of data for bibliolinguistics, and book production by language and nation are discussed.…

Presents some data on the relative significance of books, periodicals, and teaching staff, in supporting postgraduate work in the humanities and social sciences in Nigeria. (Author/VT)