Urges librarians to weed their nonfiction collections, particularly in the areas of science and technology, geography, and political science, and argues that it is better to send students from the library empty handed than to supply them with obsolete books. Guidelines for evaluating and weeding the reference and circulating collections are…

The 1994 "Read Around the Clock" manual is a resource guide that can lead from planning to evaluating the summer program. The imaginations of librarians across the state have provided creative ideas tied to history, science, music, and literature, with an abundance of programming ideas. Chapters include: (1) "Warm-Up…

This bulletin has been prepared in response to many hundreds of requests for information about public affairs forums. It is impossible in such limited space to give a comprehensive description of the forum method of adult civic education or its application in various parts of the country. However, the authors have tried to include in the bulletin…