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Thompson, James C. – American Libraries, 1984
This essay on library terminology and jargon highlights the names of files encountered in one library, expressions used during presentations at the most recent American Library Association Annual Conference, job titles, journal abstracts, and other genera of double-talk that can profitably be used to reduce comprehension. Twelve references are…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conferences, Libraries
Smith, Ralph Lee – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1973
The author discusses various problems related to the increased use of cable and introduces the complexity of the issues involved. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503073 and 503075 through 503084.) (SJ)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Institutes (Training Programs), Librarians, Libraries
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1970
In this report of the Council's fourteenth year, a sum of $1,722,375 was appropriated for the support of 29 new projects and work was continued or completed on a good many more. It has become increasingly evident that the average library will never be able to "go it alone" in some aspects of the new technology--automation, for example.…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation