The forty-two titles selected by the editors of School Library Journal" are the best among over 2,100 new children's books reviewed since last January. Also included are 25 top notch Young Adult titles. (67 references) (MM)

The author discusses some hypothetical alternatives for education in the future. (AK)

The direct-chaining technique of hash coding is generalized in a manner that is useful for storing records on the basis of non-unique search keys. Two hash functions are used, a process implying a tree structure. Two models, one involving unique and the other non-unique keys, are presented. (7 references) (Author/KE)

Non-print materials which can be used to teach the history of books and printing are listed. (Part I of this article, listing print materials on the topic, appeared in the Summer issue of JEL, v13 n1, and is listed as LI 502 615)9 (SJ)

Recently a great number of books have been printed that are written and illustrated nicely and deal with sophisticated science content. Provides a list of such books in different science areas. Books are categorized as easy to read, medium difficulty, and challenging. (PS)

The development of cataloging codes for nonbook materials is surveyed, with particular attention devoted to the absence of stated objectives, the problem of the integrated catalog, terminology, and examples, and some of the complications caused by blanket use of title main entry. (29 references) (Author)

To acquisitions librarians and book dealers 1971 will be remembered as the year of the budget cut. The recession and decreased funding had an adverse effect on libraries of all types. Acquisitions articles, other than notices of fund cuts, were in short supply in the 1971 library journal literature. (15 references) (Author)

The first half of the article focuses on describing the mentally retarded child and his family, while the second half explains the role of the librarian in serving the retarded child and his family. (CB)

Explains the procedures of the ALA Committee on Accreditation for evaluating graduate programs in librarianship. (JS)

The literature of librarianship and documentation is evaluated concentrating on the periodicals looking toward a worldwide system for bibliographical control. (20 references) (Author/NH)

There is no one future for the urban main library; there are instead many potential futures, depending on the history and characteristics of any given city and upon the imagination (or lack of it) shown by the individual decisionmakers. (3 references) (Author)

A series of video tapes called, Profiles in Literature," are being made under the sponsorship of the Free Library of Philadelphia and Temple University's College of Education. The purpose of this series is to assemble an archive of interviews with prominent authors of children's books and use it to stimulate reading. (Author/NH)

This article discusses the role of libraries in functional literacy campaigns and describes the work of the libraries created as part of the Work-oriented Adult Literacy Pilot Project in the Lake Regions of Tanzania. (4 references) (Author)