Since first being advocated by Terry O'Banion in the 1990s, the Learning-College Concept has been adopted by numerous community colleges. This concept focuses on student learning by placing students first. This strengthens the community colleges fundamental foci of emphasis on teaching and learning and providing higher education to underserved…

Discusses the problems of translating children's books into English and the need for children's fiction in translation to be available to young readers. (TO)

Discusses several books listing and discussing children's books and selection practices. Most of the lists include annotations. (TO)

A careful study of the conditions affecting the cataloging of nonbook media today reveals a situation of interacting and conflicting factors. (Author)

The draft program of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Service (NCLIS) is presented, along with comments from the field. (JB)

A discussion of the three major functions of a film archive: input, storage and output. (HB)

A proposal for one possible route to determining an equitable basis for school districts and other end-users of educational films to produce in-house video copies of those films, while not violating the rights of the holders of copyrights on the films. (Author)

Heightened scientific interest in the determinants and consequences of population change has generated increased demand for sources of primary data. Problems of obtaining and interpreting these data are formidable. Systematic solutions are under way or planned. Progress made by the International Census Documents Project and other agencies is…

Job sharing by two-part-time audiovisual services librarians at Montgomery County Community College, Pennsylvania is described. (SJ)

Systems analysis, in this context, is not the process which is the necessary prelude to library automation; it is something more basic. It involves seeking out the fundamentals of a situation and applying scientific methods to their study, to find an optimal solution to the problems facing the manager. (20 references) (Author/TW)

Women can achieve equal opportunity in library management through Affirmative Action Committees. Several steps are suggested: the determination of present status; assessment of library policies affecting hiring, parental leave and promotion; some strategies to attain managerial positions. (21 references) (Author)

Awareness of language, of how it operates, its appropriateness of the pupils who are exposed to it, and its quality in the books which are provided for them, should be every teacher's concern when selecting books and initiating writing based on them. (Author)

Building between and over existing buildings gives the University of Winnipeg additional usable space without buying additional acreage. (Author)

Discusses the part played by various organizations, libraries, media, and folk high schools in Finland. (SP)