It is the contention of this paper that libraries are accountable and that library performance can be measured under the accountability concept. Accountability includes three aspects: (1) basic principles, (2) performance objectives and (3) educational engineering. In order to explore this position, the following topics are dealt with in this…

Functions and form are the basis ofpast and present legislation relating to state libraries. Legislation adds to, or revises, but seldon drops any state library agency functions. The legislative shifting of functions from one government unit to another, and back again, indicates uncertainty as to which is most effective. (Author/NH)

This report describes the current activities and future priorities of the Ceylon National Library Services Board, which was set up in 1970 for planning and developing library services on a national scale. Among other functions, the board is concerned with establishing the Ceylon National Library, promoting the development of library education and…

This collection of 34 papers and speeches presented at the conference covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the role of libraries in contemporary society, including issues in library education, library/community relations, library planning and policy-making, technological trends, library services, and library administration. While several…

Statements exerpted from documents presented at the second regional hearing of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held in San Francisco are included. (Author/KE)

Librarians will need specialized tools and skills to conquer technology and to deal with large scale problems in the future and library schools must plan curricula that will provide the education needed by those librarians. (Author/AB)

A resume of papers presented at the 1973 Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. Some of the papers covered national, regional, and international planning of library services, library education, information science, surveys, and acquisitions. (LS)

Library studies in institutions of higher learning in socialist countries regularly include studies of library legislation. The topic is integrated into course syllabuses and textbooks, and is discussed in detail in such courses as "Organization and Management of Librarianship" taught at all library educational institutions in the USSR.…

The program developed in response to the need to study how library education might address its social responsibilities, with an innovative program which reflected minority group needs. Major portions of the report are prepared by participants with knowledge of the project, the profession and library education, and the project is treated in…

The utility of the argument put forth in this paper relates to the planning for future information systems. Librarians must determine what sorts of epistomological or classification systems they can expect in the future and how they can be organized and serviced so they will interface with the past. (Author/NH)

The 49 resolutions proposing local, state, and national action that form the basis of this report are grouped in six library and information issue-areas: funding, cooperation, access, resources and service, public relations, and education. Other sections of the report describe both pre- and conference activity. Included are South Carolina Governor…

A library-oriented, concentrated course in the use of computers in libraries is a definite need in the profession. Librarians can learn the use of computers even though they have no background in data processing. The profession is also in need of a course syllabus which can be used either in a formal college course or in an in-service training…

Presents overview of state of Soviet Union library service comprising 350,000 libraries, including national, governmental department, and public group (trade unions, professional associations) libraries. Training of Soviet librarians, library cooperation, national planning and funding, cultural exchange and cooperation, supporting international…

In 1967 the School of Library and Information Services of the University of Maryland received a grant from the U.S. Office of Education for a demonstration project to prepare students for service to socially and economically disadvantaged groups. The innovative core of this program was a laboratory library located in one of the black ghettos of…