There exists today a series of discrepant ideas about the problem of work and leisure. Society in general feels that the wrong people will have the new leisure, that the professional persons of the country are going to work hard while those on the technical level will be less and less committed to their jobs. The new leisure will go to the…

The decision table is a valuable aid in describing, understanding, and improving both manual and automated library procedures. This article explains how these tables are made and used. Several examples and a bibliography are given. (Author)

The attempts of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) and the International Serials Data System (ISDS) to achieve internationally a greater compatibility of cataloging standards are criticized on two points: (a) the difficulty of automatic recognition of some of the fields; and (b) the difficulty of interfiling descriptions…

Discusses issues relating to library software including: (1) the library market; (2) library participation in software development; (3) customer support; (4) software standards; (5) copy protection and software theft; and (6) software reviews. (MES)

Describes the key components of an intelligent building--i.e, automated building control systems and information management control systems--and shows how they have been integrated into Infomart, a high-tech facility located in Dallas. Usage of these components by Infomart tenants and possible applications to library buildings are discussed. A…

A survey of the development of instructional systems in the Soviet Union. (Editor)

Background information, the present status, and future needs for standards in library technology are discussed. (9 references) (SJ)

A comprehensive survey dealing only with operations now in being, as reported by the individual libraries. (JW)

Applications of automation are discussed for credit, communications, banking, insurance, stock and commodities markets, police work, education, post office, cartography, and medicine. (CH)

Edited version of a speech, delivered as the Mary C. Richardson lecture, at the School of Library Science, State University College of New York at Geneseo, May 1969

Discusses cabling that is needed in local area networks (LANs). Types of cables that may be selected are described, including twisted pair, coaxial cables (or ethernet), and fiber optics; network topologies, the manner in which the cables are laid out, are considered; and cable installation issues are discussed. (LRW)