The day-to-day problems encountered with interlibrary loans are described. (MF)

Examines current activity, potential additional services, and major problems in the use of cable television systems by libraries. (PF)

Report on a survey of 462 public librarians highlights existing bibliographic practices in managing nonbook media in library collections; attitudes about nonbook media as information sources (cost, informational value, storage and use); and attitudes about bibliographic access to nonbook media (integrated catalogs, classification schemes). Eleven…

This article suggests sources of vertical file material and the limitations and potentialities of such files, and the importance of sleuthing and pressing for acquisitions. (MF)

The history of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association is traced from the creation of the individual adult and reference service divisions through the merger that formed RASD. Focuses on the origin, structure, and activities of the division and on the individuals responsible for the development of RASD.…

Reports on place of the Festschrift--collection of essays written by several different scholars and published in honor of one scholar--in the library collection. Topics covered include definitions, history and development, occasions for publishing of Festschriften, bibliographic control, nomenclature, circulation, quality, and Festschrift as…

Explores the differences between the filing rules designed by the Library of Congress and those of the American Library Association. (FM)

In the smaller library which does not have sufficient staff to maintain a separate special collection for local history, additional headings not normally used in subject work should be used to bring out the local history approach. (4 references) (Author)

A better understanding of the reference process can result in better reference services. Seven models and flowcharts representing different approaches to reference work are reproduced and discussed. (4 references) (DH)

Compiling bibliographies is a pastime that is at once fascinating, aggravating, and satisfying. The author presents some thoughts on the techniques of compiling bibliographies. (MF)

It appears that the poor" cataloger can not appease all of the people all of the time. Data elements not put on the catalog card for economy reasons make the reference librarian's job more difficult and leaves the cataloger the diabolical fiend" in-between. (MF)

Describes the following aspects of an information session held by the reference staff at Northwestern University to explain the nature of their work to their technical services counterparts: (1) motivation for the session; (2) goals; (3) format; (4) reference service issues; (5) reaction; (6) elements of success of the session; and (7) future…

The author draws attention to the problem that arises when reference librarians undertake to retrieve the kinds, or forms, of publications known as indexes, bibliographies, and catalogs. (10 references) (Author/SJ)

In the field of United States history, the influence of abstracting and indexing services upon the use of serial literature, because of the highly inadequate retrospective and util recently, current access they afford to it, can only be regarded as a negative use. (Author)

The inconsistency in the manner in which the various indexes index material on the subject military-industrial complex" is the research problem discussed. (MF)