This document consists of the call numbers and holdings of journals listed in the "Applied Science and Technology Index" (ASTI) located in the libraries of North Carolina State University (NCSU). In addition to helping ASTI users at NCSU, it may also be used for regional and national purposes. As a regional resource it may help libraries…

A brief look at the Japan Prize Circulating Library, with a schedule of appearances. (HB)

A rectangular "core" area, surrounded on three sides by a U-shaped structure provides a fundamental layout that separates the law library from the instructional facility at the John Lord O'Brien Hall, home of the Amherst Law School at Buffalo, New York. A 350-seat, multilevel, soundproofed courtroom has been provided, where the New York State…

Cataloging from a people-oriented point of view. Down with cataloging mystique. Up with clarity, common sense, and socially aware, non-judgmental subject headings. (LS)

Greater economy in catalog size may be achieved with single-entry systems only for document collections of appreciable size. (Author)

The nineteenth Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials is described. (PF)

History and present status of cooperative efforts in microfilming foreign newspapers. Library of Congress' role as coordinator. Future needs and expansion. (LS)

The reference librarians' task is to provide specific information as needed by users, rather than to teach them the mechanics of finding the information themselves. (LS)

Since the government supports research and publication for the benefit of the public, this information should be disseminated at a minimum cost with maximum accessibility, at no extra profit to the publisher. Fiscal implications relate higher costs of publications to library budgetary limitations as basic reasons for subscription cuts. (Author)

Data for the raw frequency of use of 138 physics journals in the science library at MIT are re-examined and converted to densities of use-per-metre of shelf. There is no evidence for synchronous obsolescence in the 1955 to 1968 volumes, and some evidence of greater density of use with greater age. (Author/LS)

Reviews the state of first amendment freedoms today and postulates their erosion in the near future. Includes discussions of the balanced presentation and fairness doctrines, decline of press freedoms, privacy of library circulation records, the Nixon Supreme Court decisions on obscenity, the FCC suppression of broadcasters' freedom of speech,…

History of international library and information organizations, as well as the status of communications among them, and the organizations' present role and future possibilities. (LS)