While attention at this conference was directed primarily to planning a library for a small school (an elementary division of 150 and a junior high and high school of up to 200), the ideas and considerations have relevance to the planning of any school library. Conclusions drawn from the sessions are presented in regard to--(1) divisions of…

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…

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.…

Two hundred eighty-three sources are included in this bibliography dealing with libraries, archives, and librarianship in the islands of the South and Central Pacific. Twenty-six island nations are covered, with brief narrative summaries of the library situation given in some cases: (1) American Samoa, (2) Belau, (3) Cook Islands, (4) Easter…

Relates author's impressions of Hungarian libraries and library schools gained during visit sponsored by Association of Hungarian Librarians and Kent State University. The Library of the Hungarian Parliament, Szechenyi National Library, Ervin Szabo Municipal Library, Hungarian Technical Information Centre, City/County Library, Teachers' Training…

A test sample, in the form of a document list, has been generated to enable library/information science school libraries to self-test their ability to provide documents for research and education in the field of librarianship and information science. (11 references) (Author)

The years 1952-1972 saw a tremendous activity and development in special librarianship. The natural improvement on the special library concept of service which began about midway in the two decades, and which was recognized by users and management, is the present challenge facing special librarians. (64 references) (Author)

Librarians in the Ukraine have become an indispensable part of the entire scientific and cultural life of the republic and books are now an object of prime necessity in the people's life. (Author)

Reviews historical development, organization, and current concerns of health sciences librarians who serve in mental health institutions, agencies, and organizations. The mental health field, mental health libraries, education and training, professional status and standards, professional organizations, the library collection, and library…

Discussion of way in which books have functioned within framework of American librarianship highlights acquisition of books (libraries attempting to fill needs of everyone in geographical area, libraries devoted to filling needs of self-selected part of society, libraries devoted to collecting particular subject), and role of private collector of…

Twenty-four accredited library schools in the United States and Canada responded to a survey conducted in 1971 to collect comparable data on administrative structure, collections, budget, and personnel. Designed to show quantitative relationships among subject collections within the field of library science, this survey report presents data within…

Nine articles in this issue cover topics currently being discussed in serials librarianship: historical development, impact of technology, relationship of librarians and publishers of serials, collection development, management of serials automation, serials conversion, automated serials control, MARC format for holdings and locations, a union…

The resolutions of the 15th Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) cover the following topics: (1) Acquisitions Matters; (2) Reproduction of Library Materials and Computer Technology; (3) Archives and Manuscripts; (4) Bibliographic Matters; (5) Library Organization, Personnel and Research; (6) SALALM Organizational…

Volume 1 of the 15th Seminar on Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials contains: (1) Summary Reports for Sessions 1 through 6; (2) Program of the 15th Seminar; (3) Resolutions of the 15th Seminar; (4) Participants in the 15th Seminar; (5) Seminar Committees, 1970-1971; (6) List of Working Papers; (7) Working paper number one -- Progress…

Volume 2 contains 13 working papers from the 15th Seminar on Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. The papers are: (1) A Report on Bibliographic Activities; (2) Microfilm Projects Newsletter; (3) Role of Latin American Legal Material in the Social Science Research Library; (4) A description of sources for Legal and Social Science…