A simple and cheap manual double entry continuous transaction posting system with running balances is developed for bookkeeping by small libraries. A very small library may operate without any system of fiscal control but when a library's budget approaches three figures, some kind of bookkeeping must be introduced. To maintain control over his…

Associations of special libraries in Hungary are being developed to provide universal availability of published works on a national and international level. While most library legislation recognizes considerations, concerns of document security, copyright, reprography and computerized services are also matters of legislative importance,…

These papers presented at a program by the Boston Library Consortium Cataloging Committee had three objectives: to present basic non-technical information on the implications for member libraries of the decision by the Library of Congress to close its catalog and to adopt AACR2; to emphasize the need to make decisions in the next two years on card…

The general purpose of this conference was to bring together school and public librarians to discuss library service to the student, "wherever he lives, wherever or whether he attends school, and whatever his aspirations and abilities." Topics discussed at the conference include new developments and goals in service to students, impact of current…

This document reports the results of the first comprehensive analysis of the effects of Federal funds on public library services in the United States. Using a case-study approach, a team studied Federally funded public-library projects in 11 states, interviewing State library agency and local public library personnel in each state. The results of…

Under a grant from the Illinois State Library, a manual was prepared in 1973 as a reference guide for 18 library systems to use in their five-year planning and evaluation programs. The manual explained the Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) model. The 18 libraries used this model in various ways and reached different stages in the…

During the Autumn of 1975, Northwestern Michigan University Library undertook a survey of the amount of time necessary for the Library of Congress to fill orders for sets of catalog cards. The time outstanding was recorded for over 2000 orders. Response time varied between five and fifty-five weeks. It was concluded that use of Machine Readable…

The Ontario Council of University Librarians (OCUL) was requested to undertake an assessment of the library facilities that would be required by each university to serve the enrollment projected for 1975-76. After submission of the report a research staff refined the data and analysis, and placed the figures for all universities on a comparable…

A general statement of standards designed to cover library services in a variety of health care institutions ranging from hospitals to home care programs is presented. Detailed outlines of activities with guidelines for the formulation of library programs suited to individual institution goals are provided. All health care institution libraries…

This report attempts to relate the first year's experience of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML). Ten academic institutions in Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan (KOM) are supporting an agreement signed on May 1, 1968 to form an organization with the general objective to work toward making the resources of each of the…

A survey of the present reference resources was conducted as part of the Appalachia Improved Reference Services, a federally funded program to up-grade reference services in eight libraries in four counties in East Central Ohio. General recommendations include: (1) the libraries need recent materials, especially text type materials in the basic…

Written specifically for school libraries, the principles given can be applied to any library system which houses books and other media together and has a single, unified list of holdings. Following some general rules for descriptive cataloging, the cataloging principles are given for such non-book materials as: (1) filmstrips, (2) slides, (3)…

There is a direct relationship between the care with which the book collection is developed and the success of the library. Questions which must be answered before developing a selection policy statement include: How large, broad or intensive should the periodical collection be? What should the policy be on back files of periodicals? On periodical…

The invitational conference sought to create an atmosphere in which public library administrators and youth services librarians might freely discuss and reach consensus regarding a definition of the appropriate role of Florida public libraries in service to youth in the decade ahead, appropriate, realistic objectives for public libraries' youth…

This annotated bibliography is in two parts: (1) a select list of 60 documents for the administrator and librarian concerning recruitment and training for and manpower needs of the library profession, with an emphasis on library technical training in the junior college; and (2) a list of seven documents concerned with the library technician in the…