This overview study examines the systems presently used at Purdue University to circulate library and audiovisual materials in the general library, the 28 departmental libraries, and the audiovisual center. Also examined are three basic approaches to the automation of library circulation systems, with examples drawn from systems already in…

Membership in a library system, consortium, council, or network can affect a library's circulation in a number of ways that, in turn, impact on the library's space requirements. Reciprocal borrowing privileges may change the library use patterns of patrons, increasing traffic in an especially convenient, or well-supplied library. A reciprocal…

The directory portion of the Montana Library Directory is divided into three parts: public libraries; academic, institutional and special libraries; and school libraries. The sections are alphabetically arranged by city. Information for each entry includes city, library name, address, county, librarian, hours of operation (for public libraries…

The Black Gold Cooperative Library System, an affiliation of six public libraries in southern California, and the Total Interlibrary Exchange, a gorup of 31 private libraries of all types, have mutually pledged tp assist each other by sharing collections and by supporting a centralized information center. Member libraries are given access to the…

The May-June, 1975, issue of Wisconsin Library Bulletin contains articles about library cooperative programs and networks. Subjects covered include: library network planning and definitions of terms; views on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science program by school, public, academic, and state librarians; the Midwest Library…

Summary of statistical data obtained on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries from fifty university libraries, for purposes of comparison, since there is currently no code of standards for university libraries. (JS)

By eliminating little-used books and buying multiple copies of popular titles, the usefulness of an academic library could be almost doubled without any need for increased space. (PF)

In 1972-73 the University of Guelph Library used machine readable files of its collections to take inventory. A book detection system was also installed which reduced losses to .5 percent for the year. (Author/AP)

The aim of this study is to determine: (1) the purposes and services of special collections departments; (2) the kinds of segregation desirable and (3) to what extent there should be divisions of material on the basis of form-document, pamphlets, maps, microreproductions and manuscripts. This study presents the findings of a survey on how some…

The problems confronting the interlibrary loan (ILL) librarian and the costs of ILL services, based on a survey of twenty libraries, are reported. (NH)

These brief reports prepared by the National Center for Educational Statistics precedes by several months the publication of the comprehensive results of a 1974 survey of 1,460 libraries in 50 states. The tables for college and university libraries include data on operating expenditures and numbers of staff for each state and for the entire United…

Statistical and directory information for California are provided in one volume. The 1974-75 statistics cover library systems, public libraries in five population ranges, bookmobiles, academic libraries, special libraries, state agency and institution libraries, and county law libraries. Public library statistics for 1973-74 also are included. The…

To aid in controlling the cost of acquisitions in a research library, techniques were developed for the rational selection of serial titles for cancellation. The context for the proposed methodology was a network or multicampus environment rather than an individual library, and it was tested with a specific body of health sciences serial titles in…

Estimates are given for the extent of the overlap of the monograph holdings of the Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses with the holdings of other southern and northern campuses. Estimates of the historic usage rates of the overlapped portions of the collections are also given. (Author/PF)

Statistical and directory information are provided in one volume. The 1975-76 statistics cover public libraries in five population ranges: bookmobiles, academic libraries, special libraries, state agency, and county law libraries. The data covers income, staffing and salaries, expenditures, materials, and activities. The first of three directory…