The bibliography includes materials by librarians about librarianship. The series of Jewish Heritage Classics is also mentioned. (17 references) (NH)

The big question of the 1971 Special Libraries Association conference in San Francisco was the same as last year: What's with the Special Library Association/American Society for Information Science Merger? (MM)

A disorientation handbook for the American Library Association's (ALA) Convention prepared by the New York Social Responsibilities Round Table (NYSRRT) Committee for a More Responsive ALA. (Author)

Developments relating to library microforms are reviewed. The trends reported in recent years remain much the same but the pace quickens and the volume of literature reporting these developments multiplies. (Author/NH)

The purpose of this paper is to present a strategy for developing a theory of film distribution for public education film libraries." (Author)

A brief discussion of adult education oriented library resources and services, including professional and paraprofessional training in library science. Six references. (LY)

In the field of United States history, the influence of abstracting and indexing services upon the use of serial literature, because of the highly inadequate retrospective and util recently, current access they afford to it, can only be regarded as a negative use. (Author)

ALA conference report: ALA accepts the jargon of change but balks on implementation, while AASL sets its own directions. (Author)

A member of the Activities Committee on Directions for ALA (ACONDA) reflects on what threatens to be an ongoing process of backing, filling, retrenching, and revisioning." (Author)

For libraries to use their limited resources in the most efficient manner, decision rules should be utilized to permit library resources to be directed toward those activities which yield the highest returns. 8 references. (AB)

Strong interest in serials has continued through the past year as evidenced by both the professional and lay press. Continuence of the more familiar items of serial literature has been scrutinized, making necessary, in several instances, changes in format. (Author/NH)

The 1970 contribution to environmental literature is almost as voluminous as all that went before. (Author)

The Library Material Price Index Committee agrees that the 1971 price indexes for periodicals and serial services should be given for both the old 1957-59 base and the new 1967-69 base and thereafter only the new base would be used. (Author)