In the past, Southern California's library access services professionals in higher education had to travel across the country for professional development and networking opportunities, but this is no longer the case. Now, through California Library Access Services South (CLASS), Southern California's Access Services professionals can network,…

This study explores the library needs of students and tutors of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), utilization level of the library facilities and resources, the problems in the use of library, and suggestions for improvement of library facilities for students and tutors. Data collected from 4080 students and 526 tutors belonging to 15 different…

A REGIONAL SCHOOL TELEVISION SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED ON A PILOT BASIS FOR THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FOR LOCATING AND ENCOURAGING THE PRODUCTION OF QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMING FOR USE IN SCHOOLS OF THE AREA. THE FIRST PROBLEM OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL BROADCASTS, SOURCES…

A study of existing library service in Southeastern Minnesota resulted in the recommendation that a Southeastern Library Cooperative (SELCO) be formed under a contractual, federated basis. The cooperative would consist of all public libraries in the region who meet the current requirements for eligibility for state aid funds. It was recommended…

The Center's director reports on a system that "will be able to catalog and process documents, keep track of their status, do retrieval, and facilitate serials control for member libraries throughout the state." (Editor/LS)

A discussion of the information needs of health professionals, the regional libraries organized to serve them, and some document delivery services of the Regional Medical Libraries Program. (LS)

When a corporation moves to the suburbs it often fails to take into consideration that the library facilities in that area are a vital information source for their in-house libraries. Librarians of newly-moved corporations in the Southwestern Connecticut area found only one library available: The Ferguson Library in Stamford. In order to achieve…

In 1967 The Regional Advisory Committee for the Capitol Region, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut commissioned a study by Nelson Associates entitled "Library Service in The Capitol Region of Connecticut: A Study With Recommendations for Future Development" (ED 026 089). As a result of this report the Capitol Region Council of Elected…

NINETY PERCENT OF THE TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION AMERICANS WHO DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN 1956 WERE FROM RURAL AREAS, WHILE ANOTHER FIFTY-THREE MILLION HAD ACCESS ONLY TO INADEQUATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE. THE PROBLEM ARISES FROM THE APPARENT DIFFICULTY OF PROVIDING GOOD LIBRARY SERVICE WHERE TOWNS ARE SMALL AND RURAL PEOPLE ARE…

This document contains thirteen papers on various aspects of county library service. The first three papers focus on county library development, cooperation, and financing. The next seven papers cover aspects of county library service including service in metropolitan areas and branch libraries, bookmobile service, children's and young adult…

An automated service center was established to assist in developing improved and extended instructional materials services for all teachers and students in the public and private schools of an eleven county area in New York state through offering coordinated and automated purchasing, cataloging and processing of all forms of instructional…

Presents a state-of-the-art discussion of school library media supervision at the state, district, and regional levels. (Author)

This handbook for Tennessee library boards of trustees has five major sections: (1) public library laws of Tennessee; (2) public library services in Tennessee, including those of the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee regional library system; (3) the library board of trustees; (4) library staff; and (5) library services. Also…

Discussed in this report are: (1) the current operations of the New York State Interlibrary Loan Network (NYSILL), (2) the role this network plays within the overall context of interlibrary borrowing and lending in the state, and (3) the possibilities for future development of these services. In addition to reviewing the projects, NYSILL is…

The African-American Materials Project was a three year venture in bibliographic control of African-American materials. It was a regional project, designed to locate and describe materials in six Southern states. The project was divided into three periods. Phase I was devoted to locating existing collections through the use of a questionnaire,…