Discusses the state of newspaper files. Reports on available newspaper collections and developments in these resources. (PD)

A description and analysis of an experimental course, the first of its kind, which has as its objective the education of teachers from institutions concerned with library education in the non-industrialized countries in order to expand and help to improve the quality of library education in these countries. (Author)

Discussion of various factors involved in a shift from professional associations to unionization for librarians; includes arguments for and against. (AP)

Presents both sides of the recent, widely publicized, controversial decision made by the Island Trees School Board to banish certain books from the school library and curriculum. (Author/PF)

A survey of Small Office Microfilm (SOM) products of interest to libraries. Significant features of currently available SOM readers, reader/printers, cameras, processors, duplicators and support equipment are described. (Author)

The Nathan Marsh Pusey Library is constructed below grade on a site that was too constricted for a building above ground. (MLF)

Describes kinds of book bindings and bindery services. Tells how to select a bindary and evaluate a sample. Provides binding standards and an analysis of binding trends. (LS)

How to evaluate the effectiveness of school media programs--instruments, processes, and the media specialist's attitudes. (LS)

The positive and negative aspects of a four-day work week at the Learning Resource Centre of the South Alberta (Canada) Institute of Technology. (LS)

Library text production and information retrieval applications require a programing language with string processing facilities. The most useful languages are SNOBOL, COMIT APL and PL/1. (Author/LS)

Explores the implications of nonverbal communication, particularly body movement, for the library reference interview. (Author)

This paper reports on the activities of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on Cataloguing for 1998-99. The first part of the report introduces the aims of the Section. Membership, the standing committee, and officers are detailed in the second part. The third part provides information on the…

This chapter discusses the development of virtual libraries by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Counseling and Students Services (ERIC/CASS). The International Career Development Library (ICDL) is discussed in detail and the features of the ICDL are described. These features include: the Search feature, providing access to the ICDL database via a…

This document contains two papers. The first paper discusses the process and procedures for creating and revising the ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description), including historical background from 1969 to the present, a description of revision projects, and a chart that summarizes the history and current status of the full range of…