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Powers, Audrey, Ed. – 1979
Participants in a workshop on the ethics and problems of medical reference service in public libraries generally concluded that people have a right to information concerning health and librarians should rely on common sense in answering medical reference questions and refrain from interpretation and diagnosis. Presentations included a report on a…
Descriptors: Ethics, Health Materials, Library Materials, Library Services
Download full textJohnson, Diane E., Ed. – 1985
This conference was held to bring librarians and users from academic, public, school, and special libraries together to discuss how resource sharing among all types of libraries, for the benefit of all types of users, might be enhanced through formal multitype networking. A conference workbook was provided for participants to read ahead of time,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
National Library of Australia, Canberra. – 1978
Speeches, papers, and summaries of group discussions from Australia's 1978 national seminar on library services for the visually and physically impaired are presented. The opening and keynote addresses are followed by two papers dealing with the present state of services in Australia and other nations, two papers on the library service needs of…
Descriptors: Community Role, Conference Reports, Facility Requirements, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedYoung, Diana, Ed. – Public Libraries, 1987
Provides background information and copies a report by Marlys Cresap and Marilyn Nickelsburg on a statewide conference of children's librarians. Highlights include a survey of children's services in Iowa libraries and presentations on the history and philosophy of children's services (Margaret Bush) and the role of children's librarians (Barbara…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Library Planning, Library Role, Library Services
Edgar, Jim; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1986
Presents papers from Illinois State Library and Shawnee Library System's "Libraries on the MOVE" conference focusing on how libraries can impact economic/cultural climate of an area. Topics addressed included information services of rural libraries; marketing; rural library development; library law; information access; interagency…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Cooperation, Information Technology, Library Role
Texas Library Association. – 1977
The goals of this seminar on user education activities in Texas libraries were to encourage the development of user education programs within libraries, and to inspire cooperation between libraries, preventing unnecessary duplication of effort. The six papers presented were concerned with user education in: (1) school libraries; (2) academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Conference Reports, Library Instruction
Broadbent, Marianne, Ed. – 1980
This booklet brings together papers, reports, and associated material from the seminar on school library resource coordination and librarians' groups in New South Wales held at Summer Hill Public School in Sydney. The collection includes a general introduction to the scope and goals of the seminar; a list of seminar speakers; papers on cooperative…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Dobrinina, Natalia Y., Ed.; And Others – 1975
These papers on reading research in the socialist countries were delivered at a conference held in Budapest, Hungary, in October of 1974. Included are the text of the introductory address and papers on the following topics: (1) the library and society; (2) the library as it relates to students, teachers, and engineers; (3) the role and…
Descriptors: Adults, Conference Reports, Fiction, Information Needs
