The Handle System is a distributed computer system that stores names, or handles, of digital items and can quickly resolve those names into the information necessary to locate and access the items. It was designed by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives as a general purpose global system for the reliable management of information on…

Research libraries are increasingly supplementing collection counts with perceptions of service quality as indices of status and productivity. The present study was undertaken to explore the reliability and validity of scores from the SERVQUAL measurement protocol (A. Parasuraman and others, 1991), which has previously been used in this type of…

The number of books by and about blacks has increased, but there has been no corresponding increase in the publication of reviews and indexes for these new books. Among other things, librarians should pressure reviewing media to index and review more books by and about blacks. (JB)

The development of special-purpose information products for clients of the LEADERMART information retrieval system is described. (9 references) (RS)

The BIBCON file management system, designed for use on IBM 360 system equipment, performs two basic functions: (1) it creates MARC structured, bibliographic records from untagged input data; (2) from these records it produces page image output for book catalogs. (7 references) (Author)

Experimentation with a flexible week schedule at the University of Florida Libraries is described. (4 references) (SJ)

The two problems which pose a grave threat to the open classroom technique in both England and the United States are: (1) the fad psychology of education reform and (2) the tendency to confuse the open classroom freedom with mere chaos'' and neglect of children. (21 references) (Author/NH)

Three new buildings at the University of Iowa show how the architect's maturing field theory could yield three different visual solutions. (Author)

The distribution channels of children's books and the part played by translations within children's literature of different countries are neglected fields of research. Translation is the strongest link in an international chain which is constantly in need of amplification and reinforcement. (34 references) (Author/NH)

The books children with low vision need and want are in the libraries: the problem is in identifying them. As a partial step toward meeting this need a selective list of 78 large print titles is given. (Author/NH)

The development of the East African Literature Service (EALS) is discussed. (2 references) (Author/SJ)

The Technical Information Service of the National Research Council of Canada and several other information retrieval activities in Ottawa and elsewhere are components of a nation-wide network which is developing into a coherent Canadian Scientific and Technological Information Dissemination System. (21 references) (Author/NH)

The complex and time-consuming task of preparing an acronym directory with fully documented entries for the library, information, and computer science fields was appropriately aided by methodology of these fields. The input record is constantly available for searching despite dispersal of the component 3 X 5 card records. (1 reference) (Author/NH)