An analysis based on a statistical survey of the library's request and reservation service is discussed. The survey method is described, results are tabulated and the most significant results and conclusions are discussed. The effects and implications of such a survey are outlined by the County Librarian. (9 references) (Author/SJ)

Described is the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) used at the University of Texas School of Library Science. (2 references) (SJ)

An American Reviews the developments during the last decade (1961-1971) toward a national library system in Great Britain. (7 references) (SJ)

Paralleling the boom in U.S. library building, the last few years have seen impressive new British libraries. (16 references) (Author/MM)

The emphasis in the Wabash project is on "gates" because the whole span of research opens through about eight different families of resource materials -- catalog, bibliography, encyclopedia, handbook, index, dictionary, abstract, book review source. (36 references) (Author)

The libraries visited by the author while doing research for A History of French Foreign Policy, 1774-1939," his latest book, are described. (NH)

Without sophisticated machines, Rhode Island sets up a processing unit to serve all types of libraries in the state. (Author)

Surveyors and professional librarians should look to the methodologies of other fields, such as the social sciences, for more satisfactory techniques. (Author)

In most profit-making organizations, if a lack of funds forces a choice between a library and an information center, it would be the library which would go. (Author/MF)

The core collection provides undergraduate students with a noncirculating duplicate collection of some 30,000 books which can also be found in the research collection. (MF)

A report of a seven-month study project, November 1, 1969 to May 31, 1970, funded by a Council on Library Resources fellowship is presented. (Author)

The State University of New York has prepared a library manpower budget formula for its several campuses by developing weighted standard times for accomplishing library operations in various kinds of institutions correlated with various library characteristics. (Author/NH)