Presents data gathered in the seventh edition of the "Directory of Library Reprographic Services (1978)" in terms of the kinds of institutions listed and the types of reprographic services offered, and reviews some issues of administrative involvement in these services raised by other studies. (Author/FM)

In four conference presentations newspaper librarians presented information about their photograph storage and retrieval operations. They discussed picture sources, selection and weeding, picture evaluation, picture quality, ways photos are used, filing methods, source books for illustrative material, file subject coding, ways of dealing with…

An attempt is made to relate technological potentials and limitations to some of the major current trends, problems, and objectives of the library. Attention is focused on the large, university, research-oriented library since it is here that one finds the most difficult resource access and bibliographic control problems. A synopsis is presented…