The major provisions of the International Serials Data System and International Standard Bibliographic Description for Serials are presented and related to present rules of entry for serials as detailed in the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. (Author)

This discussion of potential uses of mediation as a management and communication tool focuses on the library setting. The nature of conflict is considered, and the concept, basic principles, and applications of mediation as a form of conflict resolution are presented. The four steps in the mediation process are then described: (1) Introduction,…

This bibliography of print and non-print materials on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was prepared by the Anchorage, Alaska School District and the Anchorage Municipal Libraries. The resource list is divided into two sections according to its availability from these two organizations. Each resource is listed by call number and, for those available…

The working environment of the special library is discussed, along with the library's relationship to the larger institutional environment of which it is an integral part. (Author)

Bibliotherapy has great potential as an important part of patient treatment and is an obvious area for active exploration by the library profession. (Author/PF)

A listing and description of sources of noncommercial, nontheatrical films. (JH)

A discussion of whether the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) should be applied to children's materials. (PF)

Two methods for estimating the rate of book loss, and a cost-benefit analysis of an electronic security system. (LS)

Institutions which own primary source materials on historical figures encounter many problems when they attempt to provide access to the information for scholars. (LS)

A discussion of principles involved in designing a format for SUPERMARC, an international cataloging exchange. (PF)

Sarah P. Harkness, architect and designer of the award-winning Bates College Library building in Maine, has ideas about encouraging more women to enter the field of architecture. (MLF)

Variety-generator approach seeks to reflect the microstructure of data elements in their description for storage and search, and takes advantage of the consistency of statistical characteristics of data elements in homogeneous data bases. (Author)

Employment and salary statistics are tabulated for 1973 graduates of library schools accredited by the American Library Association. (LS)

Librarians should take their cue from discographers in the cataloging and classification of music on phonorecords. The basis of the catalog entry cannot always be the work performed as opposed to the record itself. Some modern music dictates an approach that recognizes the record as inseparable from what is on it. (Author/LS)