This document has been issued as a supplement to "School Library Resource Centers: Recommended Standards for Policy and Provision" because it was felt that the original document did not sufficiently deal with non-book materials. Detailed consideration is given to the functioning, financing, organization and administration of a school…

The introduction establishes a perspective from which to develop an opinion about library service which may result in a need to redefine what is collected, how it is stored and what expertise should be developed. The available alternatives depend upon whom the services are provided for, how much service is provided and when, that is, who are the…

The concentration of disadvantaged people in the major cities of the United States requires new programs of the urban library. Libraries must actively intervene to provide information and referral services on the problems of daily living and should serve as cultural institutions, reflecting the various ethnic orientations to be found in the city.…

Some of the situations which exist in the university libraries and are in need of change are discussed in this paper, including: (1) university libraries are tied to the universities' administrative structure; (2) university libraries have a responsibility over which they have little control to alter because of the traditional library…

This report describes library services funded as specified by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title I, major urban resource library (MURL) provisions, and services offered by metropolitan public libraries that served as national or regional resource centers during fiscal 1985. A review of annual reports provided by state…

A questionnaire was sent to each of California's 58 county offices of education as a means of obtaining information about the services offered by the professional education libraries to local educators. Of the 43 counties which replied, 36 offered some kind of services, but there was a great deal of variety in both their nature and extent. Most of…

A study was made to develop a rationale for determining the economic justification for a national program of library and information services as described in the second draft of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Services Program Document. The economic rationale is based on improved cost effectiveness and improved utilization of…

Describes efforts by academic libraries in Virginia to increase resource sharing through new technological developments. Highlights include cooperative collection development; software designed for resource sharing; regional electronic resources centers; workstations; interfaces to connect online catalogs; patron-initiated interlibrary loans; and…

The master plan for development of library services in Maryland provides direction and guidelines for state and local programs and activities to meet library and information needs of Maryland's citizens. This report describes progress made in 1975 toward meeting master plan recommendations. It reviews the programs and activities of the State…

The library resource center of a new school in Wales is described and evaluated. First there is an overview of the school itself: social environment, school aims, organization, individual and independent work, staffing, and growth of the school. Then various facets of the resource center are discussed: aims, design and layout; departmental…