This paper presents the results of disinfecting treatment of more than 200,000 documents damaged by microorganisms in connection with moving the documents from depositories to a new building of the National Library of Russia. For disinfection, a preparation Metatin GT made by a Swedish firm ACIMA was applied. Metatin GT meets three basic…

How the Cornell University Libraries dealt with flood damage and developed plans to handle future emergencies is described. (Author/SJ)

The book is a difficult medium to use to communicate information about an art that is not only visual but mobile. This article reviews childrens dance books that succeed in this difficult means of communication. (38 references) (Author/SJ)

Manuscripts and archives are important to historians and to the companies of origin. What should be collected and when, and the principles of acquisition for these similar materials are discussed. The chief difference is that archives are received'' from one's parent body, whereas manuscripts are collected.'' (8 references) (Author/SJ)

Microfilming has been used at the Library of Congress to solve the need for storage space; to preserve newspapers and rare and fragile documents; to produce copies for outside orders; to conserve copyright records; and to acquire new materials for the library collections. (Author/SJ)

Doubtless everyone is tired of the subject of censorship; but I do have to give vent to my feelings when they are as intense as they are over the selection of a book as full of profanity as a Newbery honor book ( The Upstairs Room''). (Author/SM)

Procedures for solving the problem of overordering copies of books for which fewer copies would be sufficient are discussed. (SJ)

An account of the media of communication about intellectual freedom available to the library profession, arranged in a rough progression from the general and retrospective to the particular and current. (Author/NH)

The validity of the direct shelf approach as a concept for organizing library materials, with special reference to its component, browsing" is investigated by this survey. Findings implied policy recommendations for library management and library school curricula. (33 references) (Author/NH)

Libraries and librarians exist, above all, to create a better pattern out of the mosaic of contemporary experience than that provided by newspapers or television in their datelines of simultaneous happenings. (Author)

The helpful guide shows librarians how they can encourage school-art-teachers to try a reading table in the art room. A list of thirty reference books is included. (MF)

Suggests that a librarian may help stimulate the use of reference materials by putting them on book trucks and wheeling them to the class that requests them. Describes the system used for overnight check-out of such materials. (RW)

Using approval plans, professional selection can start where the work of the jobber leaves off. Librarians should evaluate service received and the long-terms effects on collection development. (Author/NH)

This paper is directed toward the librarian from a library with a small state document collection. It discusses some possible places to begin a state document collection. (MF)

A fully documented proposal for the adoption of the concept of book rejection is presented. (Author)