This checklist serves as a guide during various stages of a library design process to help ensure that all needed spaces and functions are included, to help enable the evaluation of existing library spaces as part of a library's needs assessment process, and to help provide data and support to the library in presentations that might be made to…

Covering the academic years 1994-95 through 1995-96, this document presents the University of California, Los Angeles's (UCLA's) biennial narrative report to the American Library Association Committee on Accreditation. The document is divided into two parts. The first part, General Narrative Report, addresses changes that have occurred in various…

The outcome of the International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS) held in November 1998 was a set of revised recommendations for the national bibliography, its basis, scope, and production. After a brief introduction to the concept of national bibliography and former recommendations for national bibliographic services, this…

This paper discusses the work of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) working group. The first section provides background on ISBDs and the revision process. Reasons for the current need for an ISBD working group are summarized in the second section, including the…

Most novels are trash. Most books are trash. But there is a delight in trash heaps, which were once a great source of pleasure to small-town America and are disappearing as refuse collection and treatment become more and more sophisticated. (Author)

Described is the file organization and design of an on-line catalog suitable for automation of one million books. A method of virtual hash addressing allows rapid search of the indexes to the catalog file. Storage of textual material in a compressed form allows considerable reduction in storage costs. (14 references) (Author/SJ)

Materials are needed for lay and professional audiences interested in aging and the aged. A review of sources for locating materials was undertaken by studying the Book Review Digest'' and the Cumulative Book Index'' to determine the number of books published and reviewed in the past thirty years. (1 reference) (Author/DH)

The author has identified two basic ways to reduce the high cost of cataloging. First, create guidelines or standards for publishers to follow when creating title pages. Second, simplify the cataloging rules especially in authorship designations. (8 references) (DH)

Technology should not be allowed to dictate objectives and procedures; the study of users and their needs, and the social role of information transfer, should be given more emphasis in curricula in order to avoid over-emphasis on techniques at the expense of services. (8 references) (Author)

In the library field, union-related, social, technological, economic, and legislative factors have been contributing to union membership growth. Recent limited research indicates, however, that if librarians had a choice, they would prefer to affiliate with a professional association turned quasi union rather than a traditional labor organization.…

The new library at Vermont's Lyndon State College is simultaneously an attractive 24-hour study/research center and an effective architectural solution to a variety of unique problems. Built to bridge an awkward ravine and acting as a causeway between the two major sections of the campus, the library transformed what was an unsightly portion of…

Describes the library of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, that features a computing center and an information transfer center. (Author/MF)

A discussion of the philosophical foundations and architectural innovations of architect Louis Kahn's library and dining hall at Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. (Author)

A continuation of the discussion begun in the January 15, 1973, issue of LJ over the adoption by the Library of Congress of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD). (Author)