Operative assumptions about librarians as teachers and the concentration of instruction on technical rather than conceptual skills are questioned. The importance of teaching a conceptual framework for development of library researching skills is stressed, with reference to ideas about the learning process. (Author)

Describes some of the children's services and creative means for stretching the budget to provide these services at the Peoria (Illinois) Public Library. Topics include (1) use of volunteers; (2) acquisition of materials through donations; (3) guest speakers; and (4) solicitation of prizes and reading incentives from businesses and agencies. (MES)

Traces the traditional method of making books accessible through their topical arrangement on library shelves, outlines the reasons for the abandonment of this method in European research libraries, explores its modified reappearance in postwar academic libraries, and cites modern arguments against the practice of making an entire research…

This article discusses the functions and activities of libraries attached to adult education institutions, universities, colleges of education, etc. and of public libraries in the context of adult education. (10 references) (Author)

A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)

This article contains a brief historical survey of Libyan libraries and describes their present state, with particular reference to university libraries and the national library project. (Author)

The administrative and legal pitfalls inherent in quick exchanges of bound volumes for microfiles are discussed. (2 references) (KE)

Problems encountered by librarians in developing and living with a budget are described. PPBS (Planning-Programming-Budgeting Systems) is shown to be the most effective method of budgeting to insure acceptance and adequate funding of the library's facilities and activities. (46 references) (Author)

The two decades beginning with 1952 are, in retrospect, a period of relative prosperity in American higher education. This economic situation in the fifties and sixties was both the cause and effect of many of the developments in academic libraries which seem worthy of note during the period. (21 references) (Author)

Since 1952 the Library of Congress has tremendously increased its collections, programs and services; and, plans for the future call for continued growth and expansion. (SJ)

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

In this report moving plans are developed, explained and evaluated; problems arising from the incomplete state of the building discussed; and some suggestions regarding the planning of similar moves made. (Author/NH)

Better picture collections and library service can result if public librarians and special librarians cooperate. (AB)

The second of a series of articles surveying developments in county libraries. (Author)