The results of a questionnaire sent to medical schools in Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Mangolia and Thailand to survey the state of medical libraries are reported. Comments and recommendations are made. (3 references) (SJ)

A better understanding of the reference process can result in better reference services. Seven models and flowcharts representing different approaches to reference work are reproduced and discussed. (4 references) (DH)

The development of a Directory'' of crisis intervention services in nine areas of concern to young people by the Baltimore County Public Library is described. (NH)

The author lists the most frequent ways faculty members fail to make intelligent use of their libraries. (Author/PG)

The two problems which pose a grave threat to the open classroom technique in both England and the United States are: (1) the fad psychology of education reform and (2) the tendency to confuse the open classroom freedom with mere chaos'' and neglect of children. (21 references) (Author/NH)

Guidelines are presented to assist the library consultant to determine what services, facilities and resources management requires its library or information center to provide. These guidelines can also be used for self-evaluation of an existing library or information center. (2 references) (Author/NH)

The development of the East African Literature Service (EALS) is discussed. (2 references) (Author/SJ)

The imperatives of the opening age of computer assisted library service requires the adoption of this standard. Much of the international bibliographical and cataloging world has already seen the light. Shall we lag far behind? (Author/NH)

The author, a working librarian-programmer, wonders how such a far-reaching recommended standard could have reached this advanced stage of development with so little public notice. (38 references) (Author/NH)

The Library Management Research Unit tested a survey design to measure and evaluate author catalogue use in four varying libraries. Readers were asked to note details of items not found in the catalogue and the source of the reference. Items were checked to discover the cause of failure.'' (9 references) (Author/DH)

A brief description of the reasons for and methods employed in arriving at an expansion of the Library of Congress classes PT 2600-2688. (Author)

Regression techniques are used to define a method determining when and to what extent technical reports should be collected by college or university libraries. A questionnaire sent to ninety-four libraries and published sources were analyzed and used to predict the number of technical reports a library should have. (4 references) (Author/DH)

The audio market is thriving, turning out records cassettes, and two-track tapes to coax the reluctant reader over to books, to introduce the young child to his first sounds of poetry, or to communicate with the youngster whose interest level has far outstripped his reading ability. (17 references) (Author)