The creation of an International Center for Government Information is proposed, including the overall plan for such a program. Ways of organizing a hypothetical planning conference for ascertaining attitudes toward the projected center are detailed. (FM)

Seventeen idea tactics to aid information specialists in furthering a reference search are defined as parts of total search strategies, and are grouped into idea generation and pattern breaking modes. Problems in testing such tactics are discussed. (FM)

Suggests tools to increase community interest and support for public libraries including a public relations campaign, neighborhood action group, and community board. The advantages of community independence and decision sharing are discussed. (SW)

Through a questionnaire, members of the ACRL Discussion Group of Personnel Officers of Research Libraries rated the relative importance of 43 items commonly found on resumes. From the data collected a model resume is suggested, identifying elements that are of greatest importance and interest to academic libraries seeking librarians. (Author)

Explores the problems facing library education in less developed countries as a result of the rapid transfer of advanced technology and the adoption of curriculums of developed countries in emerging nations. (FM)

Identifies some basic sources of information on Polish Americans in the United States. (Author/FM)

This summary of two re-evaluations of the process of position classification in the University of Michigan Library since the mid-1960s discusses development and preparation of the scheme, interviews with librarians and administrators, and evaluation of the data collected for the establishment of a classification level for each professional library…

A course-integrated program of bibliographic instruction utilizing a lecture/ worksheet method significantly improved the skills of undergraduate music majors in the use of the music library card catalog and the Music Index. (Author)

Presents a summary of the status of library automation in the late 1970s including the major problems facing libraries as they move to computer-based systems. The developments of the 1980s are also discussed. (Author/MBR)

The history of the Congress for Change, a professional librarian's group favoring aggressive library response to societal problems, is highlighted, and its past and present objectives are reviewed. (MBR)

Identifies a conflict between the kind of reference service that many librarians of tax-supported academic and public libraries have accepted as workable within their institutions and the kind of reference service that has evolved for those who can pay for online bibliographic searches in these same libraries. (Author)

Data on admission characteristics and performance in library school were collected for students entering the A.M.L.S. program at the University of Michigan. Success measures--completion of degree, G.P.A., and amount of time required to complete degree--showed little relation to admission variables in determining success. (Author/MBR)

Describes the use of bibliotherapy by Eva Renate Stoltzenberg, librarian at the Central Hospital in Bremen-Ost in the Federal Republic of Germany. (DD)

Details a study undertaken to determine the amount and nature of discrepancies between Cataloging in Publication (CIP) entries and Library of Congress copy on a sample of 620 titles. Significant differences occurred on 24.1 percent of the sample. Recommendations are made for closer parity between Library of Congress' CIP Office and cooperating…

Provides an overview of current newspaper indexing methods, including discussion of those indexes produced by commercial firms, public libraries, newspapers themselves, and news data banks. (FM)