In October 1970, the Agricultural Sciences Information Network (ASIN) Committee was established by the joint landgrant/USDA Agriculture Research Policy Advisory Committee (ARPAC). The ASIN Committee was directed to review various network concepts as a means of improving information services to professional agriculturalists in the private and…

The 29 articles on aspects of current book selection collected here are from the "School Library Journal." The book includes five major sections: "Perspectives on Selection" includes articles that challenge current book evaluation practices, each article examining an aspect of traditional book selection for children and asking that readers measure…

This pamphlet is composed of 7 lists of sources for visual materials on Afro-American art covering (1) 11 sources of slides, films, and film strips and their offerings, (2) names and addresses of 14 publishers of books on Afro-American art and the titles of their books, (3) 24 sources for slides, (4) film libraries in New York, Pennsylvania, New…

In 1961, the University of Arizona received the manuscripts and field notes of Father Herard Haile, a Franciscan missionary, who served actively among the Indians for 54 years. Among the materials were the notes and typed pages of the Blessingway Ceremonial of Navajo Indians. After the death of Father Haile, the University of Arizona selected Dr.…

Acquisitions of the Carolina Population Center Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are indexed in this bibliographic source. Topics deal with birth control and contraception, demography, family planning, health, population factors, social welfare, and related subjects. Section 1 is a list of books, monographs,…

The central thesis of the meeting is the need for a systematic plan for the development of book production and distribution in the countries of Asia. The aim is to increase the annual per capita supply of educational books from an estimated level of 16 pages per person per year to 80 pages per person per year by 1980. The provisional minimum 1968…

In determining standards to judge an agency's performance in meeting its responsibilities to the public, two fundamental factors must be taken into consideration: (1) standards for financial accounting and service reporting must be formulated in the knowledge that variations among agencies will necessarily give rise to variations in applicability…

One of the ways society expresses its attitudes and concerns about people with special needs is in the physical structures provided for programs serving those who are in need. A concrete approach toward improving a lagging community's perception of blind persons is through insuring that the physical structures of agencies which serve them reflect…

This annotated bibliography in 11 categories is designed to provide instructors with the means of identifying resource books needed for a Journalism Bookshelf in their school libraries. The 11 categories are Advertising and Public Relations, Analysis--Press and Society, Broadcasting, Communications Theory and Mass Media, Graphics--Design,…

Acquisitions of the Carolina Population Center Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are indexed in this bibliographic source. Topics deal with birth control and contraception, demography, family planning, health, population factors, social welfare, and related subjects. Section 1 is a list of books, monographs,…

The delegates to this conference addressed themselves to the problem of determining the best courses of action for the improvement of access by researchers to library materials on Southeast Asia. This compilation which sets forth the deliberations of the conference is divided into three parts: the Conference Papers, the Discussion Sessions, and…

Acquisitions of the Carolina Population Center Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are indexed in this bibliographic source. Topics deal with birth control and contraception, demography, family planning, health, population factors, social welfare, and related subjects. Section 1 is a list of books, monographs,…

Accessibility to the content of a curriculum materials collection is primarily determined by the simplicity of the classification scheme used to organize the materials in the collection. The classification system utilized to organize such a collection should structure and arrange materials in such a fashion that the patrons can serve themselves…

This bibliography is the second edition of a guide intended to serve adults in selecting books for children of preschool age through the eighth grade. Each of the more than 2400 titles is annotated, with each annotation including descriptions of the main characters, setting, plot, style, factual content, illustrations, suggested age level,…

The concept of learning resources in higher education has historically been identified with and limited to books and libraries and been thought of as an aid to teaching. The new, individualized approach to education stresses the importance of student learning, regards the faculty as managers of learning rather than as teachers, and assumes that…