In order to utilize cable, libraries will be dealing with an entirely new clientele. The present knowledge libraries have about their users is not sufficient to extrapolate to the new clientele, so needs must be identified. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503074 and 503076 through 503084.) (Author/SJ)

The utility of the argument put forth in this paper relates to the planning for future information systems. Librarians must determine what sorts of epistomological or classification systems they can expect in the future and how they can be organized and serviced so they will interface with the past. (Author/NH)

The intellectual and theoretical basis of librarianship is the study of man and societies together with the study of the nature of knowledge-how it is generated, transmitted, and absorbed. (MM)

An unusual experiment in Rochester, New York, shows the value of student-centered learning in today's inner-city schools. (Author)

Before specific role of the public library in eradicating illiteracy can be determined, each library must determine the extent of the problem in its community; determine what is already being done; and analyze the library's resources. Specific involvement and goals must be determined for services to teachers and students. (EJS)

Addresses the question of librarians' response to women's needs, examining the basic differences between public and academic libraries and their service philosophies in terms of the community of women library users, collection development of material on women's issues, access to information, and library services for women. (EJS)

Describes the challenge to libraries involved in the development of online catalogs, discusses the revolutionary importance to librarianship of the online catalog, outlines the role of effective planning in implementing online catalogs, and projects some changes that will occur in libraries because of them. (JL)

Examines the place of popular culture in the school library media center and the role of the library media specialist in integrating it into the curriculum. There are seven references. (Author/RAA)

Highlights a network of public libraries that promote services to the disadvantaged young and the production of indigenous children's books in Venezuela. Libraries in developing nations are seen as active centers of culture and education, organizing and collecting, as well as transmitting information, and not mere repositories of reading…

Argues that a well-planned literature program can instill in primary-grade children a lifelong love of literature and reading. Describes one such program, the Literature in Teaching program developed in Evanston, Indiana, by classroom teachers and librarians. (FL)

Describes some innovations in the organization of children's and school libraries in the USSR which were facilitated by the Public Law of 1973. (LLS)

This brief history of the development of school library media centers includes descriptions of several problems that have emerged regarding their role in the school. (CHC)

Discusses a strategy for improving user access to information in academic libraries by articulating the goals of user education and planning programs accordingly, encouraging students to be critical and analytical in evaluating their information needs, and providing library instruction which makes students feel comfortable in the library…

Deals with the interaction of traditional library reference and the new services generated by online information retrieval capabilities. Described are the impact of online reference within the library context, problems resulting from implementation, and the librarian's influence on future prospects. (Author/SW)

Reports remarks made by Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, on distinctions between the concepts of knowledge and information and on the widening gap between the growth of "information institutions" and the financial plight of many "knowledge institutions" (schools and libraries). Shows how Boorstin's ideas bear on the…