From the user's viewpoint, the four important cooperative trends are: 1) the use of technology to increase the effectiveness of library cooperation; 2) development of regional and national cooperative endeavors; 3) growing cooperation between the information user and librarian; and 4) cooperation between researchers on user needs and the…

Outlines costs and benefits to the user of the library as an information channel and notes the implications for library organization in terms of pricing and multiple services. (MBR)

The correct strategy for any contemplated requirements study is precisely whatever management needs at the time to make a good intuitive choice among alternate courses of action--no more and no less. (19 references) (Author)

An overview of information needs and services in the health sciences since 1960, with emphasis on the services of the National Library of Medicine and some other recent government-funded systems for information dissemination. Includes an extensive list of references. (LS)

Examines the Adult Independent Learning Project of the 1970s from the perspective of librarian involvement as mediator of information and instrument of the learner. The concept of literacy in the public space is discussed, with libraries defined as agents of learning rather than servants of schooling. (EM)

When all of the analysis has been done, and the studies have disclosed that it is time to implement a computer-based procedure to secure the desired objectives, several problems arise. One problem is that of building the data file which will form the basis for the new procedure. (Author)

Information events and environments (including the flyers, posters and electronic announcements to make these happen) are more important than bibliographies and print-dominated programming. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who hasn't learned how to learn. (20 references) (Author/NH)

Describes both the formal and informal methods used by the Detroit Public Library in analyzing the information needs of the residents to be served by the library's information and referral program. (Author/PF)

A discussion of the literature of user studies on information needs in urban areas. (PF)

Comments on significant steps that have contributed to current level of bibliographic control of social science machine-readable data files (MRDF). Problems to be considered before MRDF can be integrated into existing bibliographic utilities are outlined. Twenty references and MARC format, catalog entry, and data abstract for an MRDF are appended.…

This description of the Community Information Needs/Library Services (CIN/LS) program addresses what the study team observed as a series of problems related to the public library's role in the delivery of information to rural citizens. (Author/FM)

Briefly reviews historical development of mental health and the law as a multidisciplinary field and considers variety of information seekers addressing certain topics of special importance. Pertinent information sources and services are outlined. Fifteen references and a recommended core library for fellowship programs in forensic psychiatry are…

Summarizes some of the considerations that face library planners as they study the role that public libraries can play in meeting needs of immigrants. Eight references are cited. (FM)

Explains the situation of migrant workers in the world economic system and considers the role of libraries in serving the needs of migrant populations. More than 30 references are cited. (FM)

Discussion of the information needs and information-seeking behavior of interdisciplinary scholars and students focuses on kinds of research needed at both basic and applied levels. Topics include prior research; the organization, description, and indexing of information in libraries for successful information retrieval; and research techniques in…