The Appalachian Adult Education Center defines coping skills, suggests ways to use the categories, lists subject areas under categories in which most adults need information to cope with everyday living: aging, children, community, education, family, free time, health, home, jobs, legal rights, money management, moving, religion, transportation,…

Reviews the types of information and referral operations that serve the needs of the handicapped, lists selected publications on information for the disabled, and identifies national directories of services and resources for the physically impaired. (FM)

The entire issue is devoted to reporting the Eighth Annual National Information Retrieval Colloquium, which was held in Philadelphia on May 6-7, 1971. (NH)

No time could be more propitious than the present to integrate library instruction into the college curriculum -- the need for instruction is critical; students are insisting upon relevant education with individualized instruction; faculty are seriously interested in meeting these demands; and information and bibliographic tools are available in…

This paper discusses some of the more recent major user studies and examines their methods, findings, and conclusions. The appendix includes a brief bibliography of bibliographies of user studies. (Author/MF)

Since users' needs are never static, librarians must continuously evaluate existing services and make appropriate modifications or innovations--or else the role of the library will diminish and eventually be eliminated. (Author)

Challenges some deep-rooted assumptions about the nature of library service by emphasizing a radically different approach to the idea of information. In this view, information is seen as part of a communication model that focuses on the individuality of the user and the context of his information needs. (JD)

Contends that, to the extent possible, the demonstrated needs of a library's constituency--inferred from the measurement of scientifically-observed objective data--must constitute the primary basis upon which to establish, develop, and discontinue library collections and services. One figure is used to illustrate these interrelationships.…

Discusses three conceptual approaches to the measurement of library use: use, users, and uses. For each of these approaches, units of measure involved conceptual strengths and limitations, and methods of measurement are presented. Two tables of data are included. (Author/JD)

Discusses the kinds of information needed for planning in public libraries, and some of the difficulties and pitfalls in obtaining such information. Suggestions for improved methodology in public library planning emphasize the roles of citizens, both library users and nonusers, and library staff members in the planning activities. (Author)

The main concern is with identifying exemplar user need studies and discussing the possible value of their methodology for a broader range of library services. (Author/MF)

The role of the library as an information agency is to buy and publicize the materials that will allow young people to make informed decisions about their own lives. (Author)

This profile of INFORM, the fee-based service offered by Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center, highlights its background, online search services and frequently used databases, major planning considerations (equipment, user aids, choice of vendor, training), internal operations (billing, purchasing items for clients), marketing, and…

A brief comprehensive history of the internal operations of the Medical Center Library and Communication Systems at the University of Kentucky is given. (MM)

Suggests standards designed to guide potential database users through a systematic evaluation process to choose database appropriate for particular application. Comparison standards are provided for database content (scope, completeness, source coverage, selection/evaluation, redundancy, references); database systems (documentation, accessibility,…