Comments on impact of photocopying, networking, and resource sharing on acquisitions programs of research libraries and describes fiscal situation in academic institutions, specifically in Massachusetts Institute of Technology libraries. Electronic publishing, role of research library as subscriber and intermediary, and communication between…

Acquisition of Canadian literature by American libraries was investigated in three ways: questionnaires were sent to selected large libraries, titles were checked against the National Union Catalog'' and published literature describing major collections was examined. With the exception of the Library of Congress, American libraries purchase…

Identifies library perception of forces out of control in scholarly communication system and proceeds to description of attempts libraries are making to regain sense of control. Points of similarity or contrast between scholarly publishers and research libraries are addressed, with emphasis on concept of selectivity. Seven sources are given. (EJS)

The body of literature on book selection during 1550-1700 has helped shape the growth of scholarly libraries to our day. 29 references. (Author/AB)

A study funded by the National Science Foundation and carried out at the Indiana University Graduate Library School examined the economic interaction between libraries and publishers of scholarly and research journals for the period 1969-73. (Author)

Review of development of German scientific and technical information network highlights scientific and technical libraries before World War I, the 1920s, effects of National Socialist rise to power, restriction of foreign acquisitions, technological university and wartime activities at Berlin-Charlottenburg, documentation movement, German Society…

This checklist-based study examined the extent to which gay-related English-language picture books for preschool and elementary age children are held across 101 public library systems from five countries (with emphasis on United States and Canada). Comparisons of holdings among library systems show large differences, and among titles show some…

Characterizes the essential habits of mind and scholarly needs of humanists as these affect issues in acquisition, allocation of funds, book preservation, computerization, and problems of access to and use of collections. (Author/FM)

Examines the reasons for the current lack of growth in the social sciences and proposes three ways in which libraries can help further that growth: "preventive librarianship," functional access to literature, and new-collection development. Fifty-eight references are cited. (FM)