Developments in library services to Hispanic Americans include special collection development and outreach services to non-users but change is coming too slowly for America's fastest growing minority. Professional education has responded slowly, if at all to the Hispanic population's needs. (MBR)

One of a series on library services to disadvantaged adults, this guide explains the use of deposit collections, small library collections placed in easily accessible locations. A collection of materials in a familiar place is one way to make information available to people who don't visit the library and to encourage them to come. The library…

Part 1 of this publication consists of a listing, by state, of law libraries which will respond to requests for legal information from prisoners. Services may include photocopies of needed statutes, cases, or other material; books on loan; and/or reference work. Citations include the name and address of the library, types of requests it will…

Extension services for older adults offered by the Adriance Memorial Library in Poughkeepsie, New York are identified. (Author)

Discussion of increase in library collections of artists' books (artwork conceived in book form and designed entirely by artists) highlights reasons to collect artists' books, major collections, establishing a collection, housing and preservation, organization, outreach, and networking. Collection policy and procedures of Virginia Commonwealth…

Argues that libraries have done little to preserve the record of the American popular dance and recommends that they promote dance experiences as community outreach activities, providing such accompanying materials as sheet music, phonograph records, audiotapes, and player piano rolls. Seventeen references are listed. (RAA)

The London Borough of Hackney libraries faced many pressures in a time of increased demands for services and diminished resources. Declines in circulation from the adult and children's sections were compensated for by increased activity in the reference, archives, hospital and housebound readers services, interlibrary loan, and music departments.…

Examines innovative methods used by the Oklahoma City/County Metropolitan Library System to acquire, circulate, and display paperbacks. Treatment of uncataloged paperbacks and the use of bookmobiles are discussed; five tables compare paperback effectiveness to that of hardbound books. (SW)

One of a series on library services to disadvantaged adults, this guide suggests several ways a library can provide books by mail services. Mail order delivery is a way of making the library's collection available to many who are unable or unwilling to visit the library building. The system can be handled by clerks or volunteers. Planning should…

A deposit collection of library materials in a familiar place may be the only way disadvantaged adults will learn that the public library has something for them. Many libraries have used deposit collections successfully in serving this group by placing them in classrooms, in bookmobiles, in crossroads stores, in private homes, in clinic waiting…

In the 1970s, elders and volunteers of the San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians secured a grant to create a Luiseno Culture Bank of Luiseno artifacts and information gathered from museums, libraries, and private collections. Librarians from California State University, San Marcos, are now mounting the culture bank onto a HyperCard database. (KS)

One of a series on library services to disadvantaged adults, this guide explains the advantages of pamphlets for a public library collection. Pamphlets provide easily read, up-to-date information at little cost. Several bibliographies and magazine columns regularly list free and inexpensive pamphlets. Collections of these booklets can be placed…

Considers the benefits of incorporating library outreach programs into regular ongoing library services, based on experiences at the Chicago Public Library. Highlights include literacy programs; recognition of cultural diversity, including special services and collections for various ethnic groups; and services for deaf, blind, and physically…

This paper discusses access to special collections at the State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) library. Topics addressed include the role of student interns in processing materials; outreach programs, including a planned workshop for fourth grade teachers; library instruction sessions that allow students to examine new…

This exploration of the need and potential for education and outreach programs at the Reagan Library begins by examining factors that make the Reagan library unique, i.e., its proximity to Los Angeles and a small town setting, closeness to the Nixon Library and birthplace, and Ronald Reagan's popularity. It is noted that, since the Reagan Library…