Provides an account of the activities of the Library Council of Papua New Guinea from its inception in 1975 to 1990. Highlights include background on the council, meetings of the council and membership, minutes and reports of ad hoc committees, work undertaken by the council, reports on projects, and commentaries on the council. (19 references)…

The aim of this article is to look briefly at the constituent parts of the British library scene and, where possible, to indicate directions that the profession is likely to follow. (Author)

The fierce pride of the Welsh in their own land and culture is the foundation stone on which their National Library has been built. (Author)

A report on the progress to date achieved under the Library Services and Construction Act in USOE's Region VII by the region's Library Services Program Officer. (Editor/JB)

Three health science library organizations are briefly discussed. The organizations are: (1) Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group, (2) Health Science Librarians of Northwest Ohio, and (3) Medical Library Association of Northern Ohio. This paper provides a perspective in which to report the efforts the three groups have made to improve…

The seven objectives of the conference were to investigate the feasibility of interstate, interlibrary cooperation; study needs of the region; identify and examine trends in local, state, regional and national planning; review cooperative library activities; formulate an organizational service working across state lines, identify specific…

Recounts history of development of Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) concept over past decade. Origin of concept in International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, three resolutions dealing with international interlibrary loans, conferences, Unesco support, and a document prepared for the 1982 UAP Congress are…

A report of trends, events and activities of libraries during 1973. (JB)

Intended for Pennsylvania librarians, those who use libraries, and those responsible for libraries, this directory of cooperative library organizations in the state provides information on current operating programs and describes those which may be appropriate for libraries not now participating in them. With few exceptions, the members of the…

Discussion of cooperation between church and synagogue libraries and public libraries notes church and synagogue library collections (materials organized to serve local congregation in study and teaching of its heritage, materials on role of clergy and laity, biographical information); building cooperative relationships; Church and Synagogue…

Introduces information request form developed by Cooperative Reference Services Committee of American Library Association's Reference and Adult Services Division to be used whenever a library cannot supply information requested by a patron and would like to ask another library for assistance. Front of proposed form with sample question is shown.…

Establishing the Southwestern Library Interstate Cooperative Endeavor (SLICE) Office and developing the SLICE Project as an integral part of the Southwestern Library Association (SWLA) has been achieved this quarter. Identification of the Oklahoma MARC Services as the unique resource for sharing among the six states has been followed by…

This paper outlines the challenges that CEE (Central and Eastern European) librarians have met and some of their solutions. The introduction presents two examples of guidelines for the licensing of electronic information: the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Instructions) licensing principles and the TECUP (Testbed…

THESE PROCEEDINGS CONSIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE MEETING, GROUPED INTO TWO SUBJECT AREAS--THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION LIBRARY PROGRAM AND THE REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. THE IDEA OF THE SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL LIBRARY AS A PHYSICIAN'S LABORATORY IS EXPLORED, REFERRING TO VA HOSPITAL LIBRARIES. A DESCRIPTION OF THE…