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Peer reviewedWertheimer, Leonard – Public Libraries, 1987
Provides an overview of issues relating to library services to linguistic, ethnic, and cultural minorities. Following a clarification of the terminology used, the process of immigration is addressed. The role of public libraries in this area and implications for professional associations are then discussed. Twenty-one references are listed. (MES)
Descriptors: Immigrants, Library Associations, Library Role, Library Services
Peer reviewedRobbins, Louise S. – Library Quarterly, 1993
Ralph A. Ulveling's 1951 challenge to the American Library Association (ALA) policy on censorship is described. Ulveling's proposal to segregate materials containing propaganda and the efforts of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee to address lack of consensus in the profession and librarians' role in protecting intellectual freedom are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Communism, Conferences
Peer reviewedRoper, Fred W.; Mayfield, M. Kent – Library Trends, 1993
Describes a survey of knowledge and skills in the health information sciences conducted by the Medical Library Association (MLA) and relates the results to the MLA's educational policy statement. Credentialing for the Academy of Health Information Professionals is described, and ways to acquire medical knowledge and skills are discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Berger, Patricia W., Ed.; Robinson, Barbara M., Ed. – 1984
This report presents the research and findings of the 16-member Task Force on the Role of the Special Library in Nationwide Networks and Cooperative Programs. Four working groups studied the following issues: constituencies; network legislation; benefits, barriers, and constraints to and from special library participation in networks; and the…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Science, Library Associations, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedHorrocks, Norman – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Discusses developments in library and information science education in Canada and the United States. Topics covered include schools' change of emphasis from "library" to "information," interdisciplinary programs, specialization, joint degrees, and continuing education. (CDD)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Conferences, Continuing Education, Degrees (Academic)
Peer reviewedTilley, C. M. – International Library Review, 1984
Report on the role of public library services in adult literacy education highlights the nature of service clientele, literacy program development in the United States and Australia, literacy research projects, patterns of service, library collection development, and librarian training. Footnotes are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
Peer reviewedDahlen, Karen Hackleman – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses the current environment in which health information is disseminated. Topics addressed include health information versus patient education; a model for examining delivery of consumer health information; the role of library professional associations; national libraries; public libraries; hospital libraries; academic health sciences…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Health Services, Higher Education
