The specific emphasis of this paper on the urban library system includes: programs and services for a changing society and new clientele, community relationships, and the financing of programs. (12 references) (Author/NH)

Service to the disadvantaged can be fostered within existing institutions provided total commitment and strong administrative direction are given to: (1) organization and planning, (2) financing, (3) interagency cooperation and community relations, and (4) staffing. (15 references) (Author/NH)

The academic library can provide disadvantaged students with many new kinds of learning experiences by providing high quality staff, a wide range of resources and facilities, and meaningful programs that will involve students in the critical analysis of the social values and interactions that underlie the foundations of education. (12 references)…

Information events and environments (including the flyers, posters and electronic announcements to make these happen) are more important than bibliographies and print-dominated programming. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who hasn't learned how to learn. (20 references) (Author/NH)

Libraries should not be viewed as inert monoliths or dinosaurs, unchanging or unresponsive. Rather they should participate rightfully in the center of our community dialogue, even as the keystone between what has gone before and what is to come. (18 references) (Author/NH)

The Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middletown, New York, developed a subject catalog of materials in the central library and the system headquarters. The subject catalog was filmed and placed on standard microfiche, and a set of the microfiche catalog was placed in each of the member libraries. (6 references) (Author/NH)

Academic libraries, enjoying their status as "the heart of the college," have been receiving fatter and fatter portions of institutional budgets. With the "new depression," they will now be hard hit. (Author)

Reference librarians must, if they hope to survive, retool in preparation for becoming the interface between the patron and computer-based information systems. This involves sharpening the interview technique and understanding where to plug into the information flow process. (4 references) (Author)

No time could be more propitious than the present to integrate library instruction into the college curriculum -- the need for instruction is critical; students are insisting upon relevant education with individualized instruction; faculty are seriously interested in meeting these demands; and information and bibliographic tools are available in…

In this project, the library acts as an advisory center and provides professional assistance in the selection of materials for study, a selection of professionally prepared study guides and reading lists, and a tutorial service which includes seminars and workshops conducted by librarians. (MM)

Libraries can be a steady refuge where the gifted may find themselves and grow and learn. The library is one of the most dependable and challenging resources for independent study. (Author/NH)

One of the most significant points made by Dr. Deason was the danger that children may well be turned off by science since, at the present, its less-than-constructive aspects are being emphasized everywhere. (Author/NH)

Since users' needs are never static, librarians must continuously evaluate existing services and make appropriate modifications or innovations--or else the role of the library will diminish and eventually be eliminated. (Author)