Thirteen kinds of aptitude relating to linguistic, logical, personal, and organizational abilities necessary for work on three nonprofessional and one professional level of special library employment are defined. (Author)

A discussion of free loan films is given; scope of subjects, sources, and means of access are cited. (Author/MK)

Describes the problem of decreasing options in the publishing and distribution of wholesale books, and suggests ways in which libraries can deal with this problem. (CMV)

Offers three methods for preserving the card catalog integrity of libraries wlthout subject authority control: standard, interfiling, and split files. Tools and routines for subject maintenance are also discussed. (FM)

Considers the question of compulsory certification for librarians and describes a California proposal which would require certification for librarians desiring positions in state-funded libraries. (FM)

Cites a directory of consultants concerned with the design needs of handicapped people and lists the names and addresses given for Arizona. (CWM)

Senior and middle-rank librarians in academic, public, state, school, and special libraries participated in this study to identify curriculum areas of prime concern in library education. Results indicate that philosophy and social context of libraries, library skills, administration, personal and interpersonal relations, and specialization are the…

Discusses the part-time worker in Australia who enjoys permanent status--working fewer than standard hours but with the full range of benefits associated with full-time employment. Implications for libraries are presented. (RAO)

The author suggests that Seymour Sargent's article, "The Uses and Limitations of Trueswell," is a mixture of facts, opinions, and misunderstandings regarding the "Trueswell procedure." He points out several of Sargent's erroneous interpretations and attempts to clarify his research objectives. (JD)

This article discusses Max Weber's ideas of organization, and Mayo's and Bernard's theories of scientific management in relation to libraries, which are bureaucratic in form. (MBR)

Librarianship and science are antithetical as knowledge systems because the substance of the former is instrumental to the latter, and vice versa. This is revealed by the diametric oppositions of their objects and methods of study, and their objects and means of mastery. (Author)

After an historical and theoretical introduction, options for exploring an alternative LC class number for bibliographies, and problems that may arise are explored. LC now provides a general works number for most bibliographies it catalogs. The alternative number suggests a more representative classification which may increase retrieval.…

Questionnaire and Interview techniques were used at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to study full-time student perceptions of the educational role of academic librarians. Results emphasize the existence of vague, contradictory, and erroneous perceptions held about academic librarianship. (Author)

An historical survey of statistical data collection for librarianship and education in the United States. (LS)

Description by prisoners of the development of small wing libraries conceived by the Inmate Library Committee at Soledad Prison. Problems of censorship of materials is discussed, as is the overall success of the libraries in the prison. (AP)