A media specialist describes her experience of working with educable mentally retarded children in a media center. She discusses projects done with the children. (SM)

Various aspects of computer and information science and librarianship are discussed, including the problem of foreign language material increasing in the U.S. and Canada. (SM)

Advertisements in Savannah, Georgia, newspapers from 1765 through 1789 offered adults leisure-related topics for learning such as drawing, language, music and self-defense through private venture schools. (DS)

Information Dissemination Centers have emerged as brokers or retailers for computer-based information retrieval services. Areas which concern users and suppliers are the nature of data bases available for search, retrieval results and factors affecting them, timeliness of services, cost and prices, and practical operational considerations related…

Discusses the present situation and future developments of scientific and technical information in terms of its generation, accumulation, transfer, unit costs, and processing technology. (CC)

The Fry Graph is used to get the right book to the right person. (20 references) (SJ)

The results of a questionnaire to determine art scholars' needs isolates areas in art bibliography and art librarianship that seem to be deficient. Specific bibliographic tools and an evaluation of art librarians are discussed. (12 references) (Author/DH)

The on-line serials control system in use at UCLA Biomedical Library utilizes and inverted file for its primary retrieval technique. A detailed profile of title structure and search scheme is given. The major determinants of the scheme are evaluated on a performance and cost basis. (5 references) (Author/KE)

Excerpts from the Supreme Court decision in Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District, protecting pupils' rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to express their political views peacefully. The implications for freedom of selection in libraries are noted. (JS)

The extension of network modeling to library networks provides some interesting twists of the usual models. A general library network is offered, a mathematical statement of the network problem is given, and the solution of the problem is discussed. An example of the use of the model is provided. (Editor/JS)

Libraries and librarians can live up to their commitment to freedom of the mind by grasping the initiative, wherever possible, by supplimenting the traditional role with continuing seminars on the choosing and deciding roles of society. (Author/JS)

Examines some of the internal and external factors that contribute to student unrest including such issues as: communication, responsiveness, student intolerance, adult hypocrisy, relevance, overreaction, the black student, and size of the institution. (MF)