THIS REPORT PROVIDES A CHECKLIST OF JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PERSONNEL IN A COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. THIS SHOULD HELP TO DETERMINE THE STAFF NEEDED FOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITUATION. (MS)

ON-THE-JOB AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR SUBPROFESSIONAL STAFF, LIBRARIANS, AND INFORMATION SPECIALISTS WAS DISCUSSED. THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT MORE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED UPON TRAINING SUBPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AND THAT, WITH PROPER TRAINING, LIBRARY TECHNICIANS COULD PERFORM DUTIES NOW PERFORMED BY LIBRARIANS. THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE…

SOURCES OF MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND NATURAL SCIENCE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE LISTED IN THIS UNESCO GUIDE. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM 144 INSTITUTIONS IN 65 COUNTRIES. ENTRIES ARE IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH AND ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTRY. THE GENERAL FORMAT FOR EACH SOURCE INCLUDES--(1) NAME AND LOCATION,…

THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS AN ANALYSIS OF TYPES OF CHEMICAL LITERATURE, WHERE THEY MAY BE OBTAINED, AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED. PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION ARE ANALYZED. PRIMARY SOURCES INCLUDE PERIODICALS, UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL…

IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL OR REGIONAL NETWORK OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WILL REQUIRE A BASIC STANDARD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND REPRESENTATION OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE DATA BASE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL PROJECT, DONE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MACHINE INPUT RECORDS, WAS TO PROVIDE THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE MINUTES OF A WORKSHOP ON AUTOMATION IN LIBRARIES, HELD TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ARMY TECHNICAL LIBRARIES AND SPONSORED BY ARMY TECHNICAL LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT STUDIES (ATLIS). THE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED IN FOUR AREAS, EACH ILLUSTRATED WITH PRESENTATIONS BY PEOPLE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THESE SYSTEMS. THE FIRST SESSION…

This paper examines the involvement of the federal government in information activities and services, and raises questions about the legitimacy and consistency of this involvement. Three major areas of government policy in the information sector are discussed: research and development, the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and public…

The United Nations 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons offers a unique opportunity for broadening the basis of understanding of the library needs of the blind and print handicapped. There is room for both national and international development if traditionally publicity-shy and mostly nonaggressive librarians come forward and seize the…

Term selection methodology used in the Subject Access Project is outlined in this manual. This project was designed to demonstrate how a card catalog in machine-readable form can be augmented to allow greater subject access to the information content of a library collection. Rules and regulations for selecting words from indexes and contents pages…

Remarks made by key speakers of the conference are presented, beginning with an introduction and identification of the five major themes by Charles Benton, Chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and of the conference. Marilyn Gell, Executive Director of the conference, described the services of the White House…

This paper constitutes a summary of the major topics discussed by the nearly 500 librarians, information specialists, representatives of the information industry, and other interested individuals who participated in a national forum for the identification, elucidation, and discussion of issues relating to library networks, as a contribution to the…

A study was undertaken to determine the extent to which "Choice" provides librarians with an adequate evaluation of the best books in the field of western American history in a reasonable amount of time. To assess the overall coverage, the titles of all the books reviewed in "Western Historical Quarterly" from 1970 to 1974 were searched in…

This working paper provides an initial discussion point for the construction of a national location service as a component of a national library and information service network. The study described had a dual purpose: (1) expansion of the Register of Additional Locations (RAL) data base by cooperative means, which involved identifying…

The Message Delivery System described, a facility that will link automatic bibliographic services and permit the transmission of messages among the various services, is one of the basic requirements for the development of a comprehensive computerized bibliographic system of nationwide scope. The system will enable users of one system to have…

For this study of specific values that adult readers derive from their reading, 100 people from eastern central Illinois were interviewed about their reading experiences. All persons selected for interview were identified as having a continuing interest in reading, reflected in regular voluntary reading. The interviews were analyzed for…