This book is for community leaders, librarians, library committees, volunteers, aid workers and others who are interested in the practical aspect of starting and maintaining a successful library. Throughout the developing world, countless dedicated people respond to the pressing need for information in their communities by helping to start a…

History and present status of education for librarianship in Iran. (LS)

This article seeks to report the state of librarianship in Indonesia as it has changed during the lapse of eight years from the time the author left in 1962 and returned in 1970. (Author/SJ)

This annotated bibliography containing 132 references is intended to contribute to the understanding of Dr. Frances Lander Spain's role in the history of American librarianship. Dr. Spain was Children's Librarian at the New York Public Library for 8 years; President of the American Library Association in 1960-61; Woman of the Year in Library…

This annotated bibliography lists the literature covering libraries and library science in developing nations in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, that appeared in English between 1950 and 1986. The citations are arranged chronologically and include 5 books, 44 articles, 7 reports, and 15 dissertations by students in American universities.…

This checklist brings together the bulk of the materials relating to libraries and librarianship in Papua New Guinea, including several that have not been identified previously. The 121 citations for papers, reports, and periodical articles published between 1961 and 1977 are listed in chronological order. Excluded are newspaper reports, official…

The seminar for developing nations described here had as its theme: Recent Developments in Advanced Librarianship. (SJ)

Criteria for judging a country's development in librarianship, information science and bibliography are set forth and applied to Iran. (JG)

Forty-four documents printed between 1967 and 1974 are listed in this annotated bibliography of library science and documentation literature which were written in Vietnam in connection with the Library Development Activity of the U.S. Office of Education, U.S. A.I.D./Vietnam. The bibliography is arranged chronologically to reflect the…

Evaluation of the seminar by its 27 participants indicated that it had largely achieved its objective of training staff members of population/family planning libraries in Latin America in basic population librarian skills. In addition, activities were initiated leading to the formation of the Interamerican Association of Information Centers in…

Describes the state of the art of librarianship in Bangladesh. A brief history of library education in that country is given, along with an extensive description of the library science program at the University of Dacca. (LLS)

This report on the problems facing editors of professional information and library science journals in developing and developed countries suggests broad solutions that might help to transfer and make available the surplus of products in one geographic area to another in which such products are in short supply. Areas addressed include (1)…

The papers presented at a one day workshop on the aspects of comparative librarianship are presented in this volume. The topics discussed are: (1) Methods and Evidence in Comparative Studies; (2) Social Change and Library Development; (3) Library Development in Latin America, a Scalogram; (4) Cross-Cultural Aspects of Assistance to Developing…

Assesses state of library development and library education in Jordan, reporting findings of a manpower survey of 14 libraries which indicates which of 14 different library functions are performed in each library. Assessment of the findings in special, academic, public, and school libraries and recommendations for further studies are provided.…