This discussion of the development and nature of the organizational climate concept reviews dimensions, measurements, and effects, and suggests possible applications to the work environment of academic libraries. The relationship between organizational climate and professional behavior of librarians is explored. Nineteen references are included.…

Examines use of online access to bibliographic files in library reference service, focusing on two systems: OCLC and Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN). The development and current status of each system, differences between systems, search examples, user expectations, and advantages of online access are noted. Twenty references are…

Discusses basic information services and resources available to business educators. Describes library resources, encyclopedias and other reference works, ongoing published indexes, and automated databases. (GC)

Outlines several approaches to the establishment of prices for information products and services by the administrators of libraries and information centers, including optimization, pricing to achieve organizational objectives, pricing for market structures, and types of market structure pricing systems. A reference list is included. (JL)

Identifies commercially available microcomputer systems, briefly reviews the use of microcomputers in education, describes uses of computers in the home, and sketches the role of computers in libraries. Seven references are cited. (FM)

Describes the role of and need for clearinghouses that assemble and distribute data and materials from audiovisual programs for library instruction, focusing particularly on the national Library Orientation/Instruction Exchange (LOEX). Nine references are cited, and a list of 18 library instruction clearinghouse directories is appended. (FM)

Discusses developments in the application of computer and microform technologies to the storage and management of large map collections, including online cataloging systems, digital databases, videodiscs, microfilm, and the role of map librarians. A bibliography lists more than 70 sources. (FM)

Comments on problems encountered when attempting to devise international standards for training of archivists and record managers, i.e., problems of cultural, linguistics, and administrative discontinuities between major regions of the world, and questions of harmonizing archival training with that of other information workers. Curriculum…

Discusses the working relationship between librarians and architects in handling feasibility studies, site evaluations, budget considerations, time line predictions, and the architectural programing involved in library building projects, whether it be replacing, expanding, remodeling, or relocating. (EJS)

Discusses events in a legal dispute sparked by an order of the Board of Education in the Island Trees School District, New York, to remove certain books from high school and junior high school libraries. Opinions of justices of the Supreme Court are noted. (EJS)

Likening the relationship of the ALA and its professional divisions to that of the sun and its planets, this editorial explores the organizational characteristics and stability of the present system and solicits opinions. (RAA)

Presents a method for collecting reference desk statistics in machine-readable form using optical marks. Useful data categories are identified, and figures illustrate how data can be recorded for each category. Ten references are listed. (FM)

Uses an experimental system for authority control on a collection of bibliographic records to demonstrate the resemblance between thesaurus-based automatic indexing and automatic authority control. Details of the automatic indexing system are given, results discussed, and the benefits of the resemblance examined. Included are a rules appendix and…

Examines the growing problem of book censorship in the schools and some of the motives behind it. (Condensed from "Saturday Review," June 1981, p16-19.) (Editor/SJL)

This selected bibliography lists 188 items pertaining to oral history, including manuals and handbooks, collection guides and directories, methods, interviewing techniques, theories, teaching devices, oral history in libraries and archives, international perspectives, oral history in research, the profession, and periodicals. (CHC)