A WELL-EQUIPPED AND ADEQUATELY STAFFED SCHOOL LIBRARY CAN HELP IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND CAN BE THE CENTER OF LEARNING BY PROVIDING EXTENSIVE ENRICHMENT MATERIALS. THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IS A NECESSARY PART OF EVERY SCHOOL. THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) RECOMMENDS STANDARDS BASED ON SCHOOL SIZE, AND THE KNAPP FOUNDATION SPONSORS SCHOOL LIBRARY…

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BIBLIOGRAPHIC MATERIALS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERSONNEL--(1) PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE 1960, (2) RECENT ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS MATERIALS FOR PARENT EDUCATION, (3) A LIBRARY BOOKLIST FOR GRADES K-6, AND (4) RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS SERIES.…

This annotated, sometimes critical, bibliography is directed to those wishing to acquire a background in the conservation and preservation of library and archive materials. The bibliography lists general works, technical works, disaster planning literature, other preservation bibliographies, automated preservation information sources, periodicals…

Undertaken to determine if the pattern of use of library reserve collections found at other college libraries continues to exist at DePauw, this study found that approximately 40 percent of all the reserve collection items never circulated during the entire semester, and that 33 percent of the collection circulated only one to five times during…

Developed for biology students, this handbook discusses categories of various types of reference books and other information sources, and presents a step-by-step approach to the logical, systematic, and comprehensive way in which library resources may be used to locate information on the biological sciences. An accompanying bibliography lists…

The information sources for the life sciences and allied fields listed were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Citations include indexes and abstracts dealing with national and international literature in medicine, the biological sciences, environmental science, veterinary medicine, agriculture, botany, and zoology, as…

The information sources on Indians of North and South America which are listed were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Materials are grouped by type, including bibliographies, biographies, catalogs and directories, documentary histories, laws and treaties, encyclopedias and guides, handbooks and sourcebooks, microfilm,…

Emphasis in this annotated bibliography, a Title III project from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is placed on individual titles and anthologies of fantasy. The list is divided into six parts: poetry, folk tales, tall tales, myths and legends, fairy tales, and fables. The titles in each section are alphabetized by author. The annotations describe the contents…

A reference tool with built-in provisions for updating and revision, this manual for acquisition of library materials contains information on the collection development policy, as well as budgeting and accounting selection, pre-order and order procedures for monographs, government publications, and periodicals. Each of the five sections is…

The purpose of this project is to develop a set of computer programs to perform a variety of collection development analyses on the machine-readable cataloging (MARC) records that are produced as a byproduct of use of the online cataloging subsystem of the Ohio College Library System (OCLC), and made available through the OCLC Distribution Tape…

The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science's (NCLIS) nationwide information program is based in part on the sharing of resources. The United States Book Exchange (USBE) and its existing services may have a role in this program, since the USBE's major function is the preservation and maximum utilization of publications through…

A revision of a bibliography published in 1970, this bibliography cites approximately 340 books, periodical articles, and newspapers found in the Mexican American Materials Collection at the University of Texas at El Paso. The materials, published between 1900 and 1971, are arranged alphabetically by author or title and are numbered sequentially.…

A guide for obtaining government documents at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, this document describes a step-by-step procedure for using a Federal depository collection. Illustrations are provided from the "Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications" author index, title index, and subject index. Item numbers are…

This project is concerned with public, school, and academic library services for the non-institutionalized handicapped of Indiana. Some of the most important questions which are discussed are the following: Who are the handicapped who are unable to use regular library materials and services? What level of library services is presently available to…

A simple normative theory applicable to public library services was developed as a tool to aid libraries in answering the question: which books should be bought by the library? Although developed for normative purposes, the theory generates testable predictions. It is relevant to measuring benefits from services which are provided publicly because…