The issue of intellectual freedom as it came up at various meetings during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (Chicago, January 18-24, 1970). (JB)

Excerpted from an address before the Children's and Young Adult Services Division of the Maryland Library Association (April 25, 1969).

Examines problems associated with inclusion of series authority records within national online authority system including: selection of titles for inclusion in series or title authority file; information in addition to title to be included in records; construction of series headings; handling minor variations in series titles. Eleven references…

Briefly reviews the history of the first kindergarten system in the United States on the occasion of the transformation of the Des Peres School in St. Louis, Missouri, into a museum and library. The transformed facility contains a restored kindergarten classroom, the Susan E. Blow museum, local historical and educational archives, and meeting…

Recessed 25 feet below grade, the library at the Lawrence Institute of Technology has a garden area below the light well. A large atrium with four skylights above the library serves as a buffer zone and an informal gathering place. (Author/MLF)

Provides genealogical researchers with methods for obtaining microfilms of census schedules and indexes from the National Archives which are currently unavailable through participating libraries due to discontinuance of the loan program. Ordering information given includes catalogs available, addresses, prices and a listing of the 11 Regional…

Reviews activities in the field of micrographics, broadly interpreted to include not only microform- and reproduction-related activities but also video-oriented document recording and transmission and videodisc and facsimile reproduction. A 55-item bibliography is included. (Author/JL)

Describes efforts to preserve important library materials at the Library of Congress through the use of two new technologies: a patented deacidification process in which books are placed in a vacuum chamber, and the use of optical disc recording techniques to miniaturize and store print and nonprint images. (JL)

Reveals that 62 of 64 responding academic institutions grant some librarians faculty status, and 40 grant faculty status to all librarians. Greatest differences in benefits for teaching and librarian faculty occur in length of contract year and publishing responsibilities. Three references and a copy of the questionnaire are included. (RAA)

Provides an annotated listing of 23 selected subject cataloging tools to supplement the widely used Library of Congress Subject Headings, and to assist catalogers in developing related heading schemes by converting common synonyms into cross references to increase subject accessibility. (RAA)

Reports the results of a survey of librarians in 71 Indiana high schools concerning controversial topics and books that they thought would cause their constituents the greatest concern. Concludes that censorship is taking place and that librarians sometimes acquiesce in indirect censorship, thus denying some students access to important literary…