Canada is considering the need for freedom of information legislation. Current legislation in Sweden and the United States is discussed, and librarians are urged to lobby for their involvement in government information dissemination, access to historical documents, and complete bibliographic control. (JAB)

The Canadian Library Association submits a brief to the Canadian legislature. History, purpose, and status of government publications and their catalogs and distribution are discussed. Recommendations are provided for an improved government publications program. (LS)

Explains the history and organization of the Community and describes its publishing program. (PF)

This article describes 105 new publications and services. National items are listed under 29 subject headings, including bibliographies, directories, computer-based business services, foreign investment, and transportation. Regional and provincial listings are not subdivided. (JAB)

An annotated guide to bibliographies, indexes, checklists of government publications, periodicals lists, and directories for Canada. (JAB)

Discusses problems of depository libraries such as volume of publications received, understaffing, subject and author/title access, currency of material, financing, and lack of theory and research. An "ideal" access system and an action program for its implementation are described. Four references are listed. (CHC)

Outlines the structure, activities, and publications of the United Nations and some of its specialized agencies. (PF)

Describes the preparation for conversion, the implementation of the Guelph Documents System (CODOC) to organize and retrieve government documents, and the resulting benefits in the Guelph Public Library. Eight references are cited. (CHC)

Reviews overall publication scheme of authoritative version of federal statutes as issued by Queen's Printer of Canada to enable librarians to catalog and shelve materials in formal sequence. Characteristics of revision and sessional volumes and official lists and indexes used as finding aids for acts are examined. Gives six references. (EJS)

The learning resource center concept (integration of audiovisual and library services) with its constituent elements and historical development is examined. The adoption of the concept by the Ontario community college system is outlined, noting pertinent government documents. Thirty footnotes are listed. (EJS)

Discusses access to information concerning environmental issues in Canada and the United States. Highlights include the cross-disciplinary nature of the field; sources of environmental information, including scientific and corporate sources and reviews; government literature; the Canadian Access to Information Act; electronic databases; and the…