A well rounded education in primary and secondary schools has been handicapped by the inadequacy or absence of good library services to support the instructional programs of the schools, to broaden the intellectual horizons of the students, and to inculcate in them a lasting desire to read. (Author)

Reports on the excellent public library system of Barbados. (PF)

Discusses the new relationships between libraries and their users with reference to the worldwide medical information networks which have developed through the influence of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Consideration is given to the new roles librarians will have to assume. (Author/LLS)

Explores the nature of privacy with regard to information about the individual and reviews governmental legislation affecting confidentiality in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, focusing particularly on the role of computers and the library. (FM)

Contains the complete questionnaire used in an international survey to determine the range of responsibilities of national libraries and to identify specific roles which may warrant further investigation. A summary of replies is included. (FM)

Focuses on role of library and agencies charged with provision of information in an environment of technological change. Predictions concerning aspects of the emerging information society (computer literacy, home computers), the death of libraries, and effects of a paperless society on libraries in developing countries are noted. Footnotes are…

Attempts to draw a line between the functions of metropolitan universities and those of African universities, and formulates university library objectives in both contexts, with special emphasis on Nigerian university libraries. (VT)

Reports on the literacy rate among adults in India, especially the role of public libraries and special programs in improving that rate. (FM)

A brief historical review of educational development and assessment of present needs is followed by an outline of necessary considerations for future educational planning and discussion of the role of Latin American librarianship in planning for library development. An active role is prescribed for librarians, both individually and collectively.…

Examines the role which libraries and librarians can play in making the teaching and learning of French as a second language more effective in West African secondary schools and explains why there should be close co-operation between teachers of French and librarians. (Author)

Discusses the importance of educational and career counseling, and suggests that public libraries take a more active role in providing educational and job information for patrons. (CLB)

Library development in colonial tropical Africa was closely tied with economic potentiality. Thus, in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, libraries were established as agents of economic exploitation (agricultural, mineral), agents of political education, and instruments for cultural diffusion. "Public" libraries were also used…

Summarizes impact of the electronic age and role of the library focusing on the situation in Nigeria and concern for the new age; problems of Nigerian libraries and librarians (developing economy, responsibility for development, political situation, technological problems, lack of personnel); future prospects; and suggestions for present.…

Discusses the factors that led to the rise of the Arabic-Islamic libraries during the seventh through fourteenth centuries. The most famous libraries are identified, the management and organization of these libraries are described, and the factors behind the destruction of the Arabic-Islamic libraries are discussed. (30 references) (CLB)

Reviews the establishment of the Western Regional Ministry of Justice in Nigeria and the subsequent development of law libraries to aid that agency. The functions of the ministry, staffing, and services of the law libraries, and the establishment of a printing office for government publications are described. (5 references) (CLB)