At Davis & Elkins College (West Virginia), a simple and efficient training system for media technicians has been developed that is an adaptation of the checklist. (Author/ER)

A study of the characteristics of personal collections of a sample of authors drawn from the general fields of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and the relationship between the size and composition of their collections and the location of works referred to in certain of their recent papers. (Author)

Describes the use of the Preserved Content Index System (PRECIS) in Aurora High School, Ontario. (PF)

Traces the development of library labor unions. Suggests that, with unionization firmly established, more centralization would increase its potential as a factor in the profession. (AP)

Suggestions are made to study the cost/benefit analysis of library unionization as one part of a rigorous analysis of this complex social issue; discussion of others factors involved. (AP)

The proceedings of the December 1976 California Library Association's Conference are described. (AP)

Our language represents our ideas and the quality and flavor of our thought. Media jargon levels all forms and works of expression to the mechanics of teaching machines. (Author)

Book wholesale services to libraries--how they work, what to expect, and financial dealings, approval programs, evaluation, and the wholesaler's future. (LS)

Museums, galleries, and public libraries with picture collections in England, Scotland, and Wales are listed, and their collections described. (LS)

Describes the edition, on computer output microfiche, of the supplement to the 1965 Union catalogue of foreign periodicals in Belgian and Luxemburgian libraries and documentation centers. The microfiches contain location information of 28,000 periodicals in 300 libraries and are edited in a rich typography. (Author)

Comparative data are given on prices of periodicals within subject authority groups. Price comparisons for foreign and domestic periodicals and average prices paid by different types of libraries are also given. (PF)

Published yearly and based on requests by adolescents, this document provides a list of approximately 1,250 books in the New York Library for teenagers; each source is followed by a brief description. New titles for 1995 are marked with an asterisk. Some of the subjects covered under five broad divisions (the creative spirit, science, here/now,…

This paper provides an overview of cataloging in the 20th century. Highlights include: (1) issues in 1901, including the emerging cooperative cataloging system and the work of Charles Ammi Cutter; (2) the 1908 code, i.e., "Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries," published in British and American editions; (3) the Vatican rules, a code…

This paper discusses two efforts that offer solution paths to interoperability of the Z39.50 standard protocol for information retrieval. The first section provides background on interoperability and Z39.50, identifying the categories of syntactic protocol interoperability, functional protocol interoperability, and semantic interoperability. The…

Considers the problem of allocation resources among various locations in an information system where phases of a process are carried out. Approach taken combines queueing theory and dynamic programming. (JB)