As primary source materials in the library are digitized and made available online, the focus of related library services is shifting to include new and innovative methods of digital delivery via social media, digital storytelling, and community-based and consortial image repositories. Most images on the Web are not of sufficient quality for most…

Compiled in conjunction with the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration, this bibliography is designed to aid librarians in selecting reference materials related to Texas history, culture, and geography. The needs of small and medium-sized libraries have received special attention, but the bibliography would also be useful to large libraries and those…

This select annotated bibliography is designed to assist patrons of the Langworthy Public Library (Hope Valley, Rhode Island), which has a varied collection of books and materials on Rhode Island history. Specifically featured is the area of Chariho (Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton). Some items concerning nearby Exeter and West Greenwich have…

This bibliography lists materials suitable for teaching South Carolina history, government, and culture. A wide range of books for teaching government is available including books on local government, the legislature, the state constitution, and a biographical directory of the South Carolina Senate. Books on the ante-bellum and colonial eras of…

This document consists of an annotated bibliography that lists published educational materials for children and young people about the sailing canoe "Hokule'a" and such related topics as Polynesian canoes, migration, and wayfinding. It lists curriculum materials as well as selected tradebooks, periodical articles, films, and videotapes.…

Current technological advances make acquiring and producing oral history records easier for librarians. However, they must be aware of practical, philosophical, political, and legal issues involved therein. Preservation formats include (1) audiotape; (2) videotape; (3) disc recordings; (4) film; (5) slides and audiotapes; and (6) microfilm. (CDD)

Describes problems encountered by public librarians when assisting students with assignments that are difficult or impossible to complete. Examples of librarians' successes in assertive, tactful communication with instructors and a list of solutions to inappropriate assignments are provided. Special emphasis is given to assignments dealing with…

Describes a local history project designed for ninth-grade students, in which students use primary historical sources to research local history, and the resulting conflict between access to rare documents versus preservation of those materials. The major microfilming project that was undertaken to resolve this conflict is outlined. (CLB)

Thirteen articles comprise this issue on reference and information services: (1) "Librarianship as Information Resources Management," by Bettina H. Wolff; (2) one librarian's views on misinformation, disinformation, and information overload, by Murray Bob; (3-6) descriptions of reference and information services at the John Jay College…

Theme issue shares experiences of librarians who have done oral history projects in school, parish, and university libraries throughout Louisiana. Articles cover the roles of the library and of oral history, how to begin projects, and how to involve students in the production of tapes and their organization for retrieval. (CDD)

Presents three articles that describe the use of storytelling and oral histories in junior and senior high schools: (1) a project that emphasizes family and community history using storytellers; (2) using tape recorders to gather oral histories and write a book; and (3) storytelling ideas for librarians to use in a variety of classes. (seven…

"Teaching with Historic Places" is a program administered by the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places that identifies ways teachers can share the stories that historic places have to tell. The program creates classroom-ready educational materials based on properties that are listed in the National Register of…

Prepared primarily by the Iowa State Department of Education, this annotated bibliography of materials by Iowans or about Iowans is a revised third edition of the original 1969 publication. It both combines and expands the scope of the two major sections of previous editions, i.e., Iowan history and literature, and out-of-print materials are…