Though many of the functions of libraries are analogous to functions performed in the business world, public libraries have been disadvantaged by their reluctance to adopt computer technology. Though costs have previously been prohibitive and lack of uniformity in library processes has made the use of the new technology awkward, recently-developed…

The approach to library planning studied in this report is the use of accounting models to measure library costs and implement program budgets. A cost-flow model for a university library is developed and listed with historical data from the Berkeley General Library. Various comparisons of an exploratory nature are made of the unit costs for…

This survey is a revision of the 1967 survey made by David Kantor (ED 021 586) in view of the re-allocation of many services under the new Florida Constitution. The current status of the various institutions is noted throughout the survey. Besides the report on libraries, a description of the purposes and programs of each state institution grouped…

This issue of "Library Lectures" contains lectures nineteen, twenty and twenty-one. Lecture nineteen, "Librarianship Today - Crisis or Change," presented by Dr. Jerrold Orne considers change a natural result of growth which should not be feared as a critical disruption. The twentieth lecture, "Twentieth Century Scholarship and the Research…

The paper tries to clarify the position special governmental libraries hold in the system of libraries of today by investigating only one specific type of library mainly from a formal and historical point of view. Central statistical libraries in Europe were first regarded as administrative and archival libraries. Their early holdings of foreign…

It is the contention of this paper that libraries are accountable and that library performance can be measured under the accountability concept. Accountability includes three aspects: (1) basic principles, (2) performance objectives and (3) educational engineering. In order to explore this position, the following topics are dealt with in this…

A STATISTICAL STUDY WAS MADE OF THE LIBRARIES OF 669 UNITED STATES LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES. DATA WERE DISPLAYED IN FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS--(1) ALPHABETICAL LISTING, (2) EXCELLENCE QUOTIENT, (3) NUMBER OF BOOKS, (4) NUMBER OF BOOKS PER STUDENT, AND (5) TOTAL LIBRARY BUDGET FOR SALARIES. EXCELLENCE QUOTIENT WAS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF A THREE-DIGIT…

Rising costs and the arrival of the computer require an almost total reworking of past practice in the area of serial control. (Author)

The computer-produced circulation statistics in the Bucknell University Library for the academic year 1973/74 are analyzed by Library of Congress classification and academic department to determine how much each department is using the subject-related book collection. (Author/PF)

This history covers 1953 through 1978 and outlines the growth of the library's facilities, staff, collection, and participation in national bibliographic efforts and resource sharing. (JAB)

This series of articles approaches the major issues in academic libraries including faculty status for librarians, mass instruction method for teaching library skills, performance appraisal for librarians, and the controversy as to a research requirement for all librarians. (JAB)

This comparison of the treatment of microforms in small college libraries and the administration of microforms in large university libraries is adapted from a speech delivered to the Second Annual Library Microform Conference in 1976. (CM V)

A group of papers presents different points of view on the issue of hiring persons with the MLS degree for nonprofessional positions. (AWP)

Discussion of the future of academic libraries is presented. (AP)

In this article the Illinois Regional Library Council and its services, Infopass Program and Northeastern Illinois Delivery System, are described. Both cooperative functions are examined according to meeting the needs of individual libraries, cost savings, or expansion of services to the user. (Author)