In this action-oriented manual, Ralph Nader answers the plea of college students: What can we do about pollution and consumer injustice? How can students and other citizens work to get things done in their communities and states? A step by step guide is offered for forming Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG) like Nader's in Washington, D. C.,…

Librarians have been challenged to make the public and the government aware of the value of library services. They must do battle to save programs threatened by cuts in federal funds. The Congress must be urged to reestablish the budget control which has been assumed by the executive branch. (DH)

Public Interest Research Groups on college campuses and a clearinghouse on academic research projects in the public interest sponsored by the Center for Study of Responsive Law are described. They expose students to government procedures and social problem analysis as a means of encouraging students to become active citizens. (JMF)