Suggests reliance on microforms, reference works, interlibrary loan, and search services. (PF)

Describes the Information Center of the Women's Institute in Madrid (Spain) that was established to promote equality and to encourage wider participation of women in all areas of Spanish life. Generations of women's collections in Europe are explained; the Information Center collection is described; and a thesaurus for Spanish women is discussed.…

Special libraries and information centers in Indiana were surveyed in the fall of 1968. A compilation, with some interpretation of the questionnaire data from 70 libraries, is presented. The major recommendations of this report are improved communications among all librarians and improved bibliographic tools and methods. Specific recommendations…

Gallaudet College's special collection on deafness, and efforts to transform the college library into a functional, user-oriented information center are described. (Author/PF)

This directory identifies archives, museums, institutes, and other special libraries in Toronto that maintain collections in archaeology, British history, Estonian history, general history, Jewish history, Latin American history, military history, and Ukrainian history. Entries for each site provide addresses, phone numbers, hours, names of…

The formation, administration, and use of curriculum centers in universities was studied for the purpose of clarifying their objectives and making recommendations for their improvement. These centers contain a specialized collection of materials and equipment designed to aid curriculum development and to provide students who are preparing for a…

Included in this directory are facts regarding libraries and information centers in 24 countries having collections in the field of literacy. Each entry contains: name, address, and type of center; name of parent institution; source of support; personnel data; center objectives; proportion of collection devoted to literacy, adult education, and…

Describes project funded by U.S. Agency for International Development to provide short-term technical assistance (general, technology transfer, institutional development and training, information support) to rural and urban fringe water supply and sanitation projects. Initial steps, special collection, and future components of rainwater network…

Describes functions and activities of UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC) Documentation and Information Centre, highlighting collections and acquisitions, publications, dissemination of information, regional network of education information, collaboration with International Bureau of Education,…

This guide establishes general policy to be adopted in setting up a documentation center. The topics covered are: (1) preliminary definitions and considerations, (2) document collection, (3) identification and handling of documents, (4) document analysis, (5) document use and distribution, (6) instructions for making a card index and (7) modern…

This second article in a series discusses the implementation and use of BASIS, a software management system developed and distributed by Batelle, for a database consisting of bibliographic book records and circulating book records. Field names and their content, creation and entry of a record, and sample records are included. (EJS)

This loose-leaf directory of California state agency libraries and information sources lists names of senior staff, address, telephone number, hours, subject strengths, circulation policies, and services of more than 150 libraries and information centers within the California state government. The information was collected through questionnaires…

Describes two special collections focusing on postharvest systems of handling, transportation, storage, and marketing of food and feed grain. Highlights include information needs of developing countries (e.g., Egypt, Honduras, Pakistan), and information center activities (communication and marketing, collection building, interpreting client needs,…

Based on 403 responses to a survey of the 980 libraries on the Texas State Library Mailing List, this directory is designed to describe the variety and depth of special information resources in Texas and to provide a tool for identifying special information not readily obtainable through other means. A listing of special libraries includes…

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides access to the world's English-language literature relevant to educators; generates new information products; and utilizes developmental, research, and program findings in educational planning and operations. The components that comprise the ERIC System are Central ERIC, ERIC…