The report considers the climate of participation, preparation given the staff, areas of decision making, the role of the professional staff association, and the reaction of staff to such participation. (Author)

Librarian discusses her role as advisor to children seeking out reading matter and her reaction to specific books. (RK)

This is a commonsense guide to cooking, cooking equipment and cookbooks. Sections include picking a cookbook, how recipes are organized and a list of reference books about cooking and food. (29 references) (DH)

This article is intended to familiarize library administrators with the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. (4 references) (SJ)

The librarian has become a mobile person, carrying the library into the classroom, to the school staff, and to the public. (Author)

The information community'' is seen as consisting of three primary groups: Processors, Libraries, Users. These groups have overlapping areas of interest, function and concern, as well as motives and needs which are respectively unique. It is desirable that these groups gain deeper mutual understanding. (1 reference) (Author)

Mechanization has been introduced in the preparation of UDC and alphabetical indexes using a KWIC Program to access directly documentation files. A special feature of the system is that the KWIC serial number equals the program sorting number equals the encoded UDC form equals the storage or shelving number. (9 references) (Author/NH)

About 200 events in the field of information and documentation and their probable time of occurrence were investigated in three groups using the Delphi Technique: tomorrow's library, technological breakthroughs in information storage and transfer, and future developments in the field. (3 references) (Author/SJ)

Increased cross-registration is not only enlarging the opportunities for students at all of the colleges, but it is also helping these schools to become more aware of what the others can contribute to a cooperative effort. (9 references) (Author)

On the assumption that parents can provide significant educational experiences for their preschool children, a Parent/Child course has been initiated in conjunction with the Toy Library at the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. (Authors/CB)

Many librarians today are concerned with obtaining faculty status. This report supports this idea by critically analyzing the work of several writers who do not accept or understand the economic and professional reasons for desiring status. (21 references) (DH)

Teenage fiction is a rapidly growing segment of American book publishing. Current books are listed and briefly evaluated taking into account the special problems and concerns of the adolescent. (35 references) (DH)

Last year produced a number of developments and publications on environmental problems. A discussion of major events is followed by a listing of current environmental literature. (90 references) (DH)

In the U.S.S.R., research is carried out on the part played by books and libraries in the development of schoolchildren. Studies are undertaken on children as actual or potential readers and on methods for guiding their reading. The organization of research work in children's libraries is described. (Author/SJ)