Information workers are not born information fluent. Like other students, incoming library science students enter graduate programs with a broad range of information and technology skills. The aim of this study was to determine if systematically designed online tutorials would be effective in preparing university students with information literacy…

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…

A critical review of the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Manual, with particular attention to the "impracticality, oversimplification, legal difficulties, anti-intellectualism, and want of professionalism" in the manual's introduction. (LS)

The sixth volume of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA 75) covers 1974 imprints plus some 1973 reference books that were received too late for the previous volume. It reviews all reference books published or distributed in the United States in all areas of knowledge. ARBA 75 contains 1,855 reviews, and the individual reviews are markedly longer…

The importance of training bibliographical specialists and reference librarians who can supplement and interpret the available printed tools and aid in the development of new tools is emphasized. (AB)

This handbook provides a reference listing of the acronyms and abbreviations encountered in the British literature of librarianship and documentation, and selectively in the fields of commercial book trade, management, education, and computing. The coverage includes projects, organizations, associations, information services, and technical terms.…

This manual is a practical, procedural handbook based on a series of workshops. These workshops were conducted for the Kentucky Regional Librarians over a one year period, beginning in September of 1968, by the School of Library Science, University of Kentucky, and the State Department of Libraries. The contents of this manual describe Kentucky…

The existence of problems in libraries has two significant dimensions: the theoretical and the practical even though to a large extent problems occur mainly in the minds of people. The orientation of this manual is therefore entirely practical and introductory to the point of being useful with any library staff regardless of size. Even librarians…

In response to current developments in library collections, this 1972 revision gives greater coverage of multi-media materials than the 1969 manual. For the abstract of the entire manual and availability of the earlier edition see ED 047 741. (Author/NH)

This manual serves as a guide to the organization of library collections for Ball State University students in the graduate school of library science. The manual presents, in a concise manner, methods and card forms used in establishing bibliographic controls over a library collection. It is intended that the manual will be used in conjunction…

This guide to sources of information on Canadian librarianship lists bibliographies and guides, indexes, directories, journals, overviews, annual reviews and monographs, as well as selected publications of and about the National Library of Canada and its Library Documentation Centre. (Author/CLB)

The results of the second 18 months (December 15, 1968-June 30, 1970) of effort toward developing an Information Processing Laboratory for research and education in library science is reported in six volumes. This volume contains: the introduction and overview, problems of library science, facility development and operational experience. One…

The results of the second 18 months (December 15, 1968-June 30, 1970) of effort toward developing an Information Processing Laboratory for research and education in library science is reported in six volumes. This volume contains: basic operating instructions, commands, scoring measures of association and a subject authority list. The data base…

The results of the second 18 months (December 15, 1968-June 30, 1970) of effort toward developing an Information Processing Laboratory for research and education in library science is reported in six volumes. This volume contains: the rationale and description, definitions, index and coding key, retrieval procedures, and examples. This manual is…

The results of the second 18 months (December 15, 1968 - June 30, 1970) of effort toward developing an Information Processing Laboratory for research and education in library science is reported in six volumes. This volume contains two parts. Part I includes: a user's guide - a guide to writing programs to TMS (Terminal Moniter System) for…