The St. Croix bookmobile has a greater circulation than both island libraries despite some serious breaks in service caused by equipment failures, lack of personnel, and bad weather. Radical shifts in the island population have added to the service problems by complicating the planning of routes. There has been no signficant change or improvement…

In the Library Service to Shut-Ins program at the Los Angeles Public Library, volunteers deliver books and other media to residents throughout the city. (PF)

It was hypothesized that adults borrow books from the public library primarily as a result of browsing and that what facilitates browsing will significantly increase circulation. This report is on a study of the effects on public library circulation of putting a group of adult titles in a prime physical location. (15 references) (Author/NH)

The Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut received a state grant in 1976 to provide increased accessibility to their services through a books-by-mail program. In 1975, 9,750 catalogs listing the books-by-mail collection were mailed to local households. Newspaper publicity requested that households that received the catalogs share them…

Index values for American public library circulation and expenditures are presented in five statistical tables. The circulation index values are given for each year from 1939 through 1974, and expenditure index values are given for 1951 through 1974. These figures are then compared with figures from the "American Library Directory" and from the…

A study of the effects on public library circulation of putting a group of selected adult titles in a prime physical location is reported. It is hypothesized that public library circulation of these titles will be significantly greater when they are collected and placed in a prime location than when they are scattered on the shelves of even an…

Presented is a method for estimating the proportion of books in a library which are responsible for the determination of the circulation performance rate of the library studies. A university and public library were studied. Results showed that a much smaller proportion of the collection determines the circulation performance rate of the university…

On-line circulation control systems are operating in three University libraries and in at least five public library systems in Australia. These systems fall into three types; those based on punched cards, those based on keyboard entry, and those using light pens and bar-coded labels. (Author)

The problem of the conflict between the public's right to free libraries and an author's right to just payment for his work is discussed. (16 references) (SJ)

In adapting the concept of an information system to a public library, the Vigo County Library (Indiana) adopted a suspension of fines program. (JB)

Reports on a study in the public libraries of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, to determine whether public library circulation of a sample of books will be greater for those volumes displayed in a prime location than for those in their regular places on the shelves. (FM)

Reports the application of a microcomputer for automating the circulation system of a small public library in Oregon. (RAA)

Describes the development of the San Jose Public Library's newly operational SCICON circulation control system, one of the largest and fastest online systems in America. (RAA)

Discusses the on-line book circulation system at the Sunderland Central Library, in terms of benefits, operation, and problems. (JVP)