Seven decades after Charles A. Cutter's death, his classification is still being used by a dozen American and Canadian libraries. These libraries are identified and their use of the Cutter classification is briefly discussed. (Author)

A summary of a survey conducted in 1973 of Danish library services available to immigrant workers and their families, especially those speaking Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, and the languages used in Yugoslavia. (Author/KP)

The concept of intellectual freedom, and its presence or lack of presence in library education programs, is discussed. (KP)

Authentication and certification of documents should be established as a part of the selection process in archives. Introductory courses in document examination are advocated for archival training programs. (JPF)

An overdue policy applicable in most academic libraries is described, including collection security and control, policy formation and approval, power of enforcement, publicity, documentation, notices, and fee schedule. (KP)

Discusses the development of a management technique that combats the impact of organizational retrenchment and its practical applications within special libraries and as an aid to survival of the parent organization. Five major classes of strategies are outlined--resource development, productivity, economy measures, interorganizational…

On the basis of information available to prospective students, the availability of courses and programs in special librarianship is described. (Author)

A brief description of the collections and organization of the library. (PF)

An elective course available to students at the University of Michigan is described. (Author)

The California State Polytechnic University Library conducted an inventory of three of its collections. The inventory produced useful information and statistics for Acquisitions, Cataloging, Collection Development Services, Reference and Circulation Departments and provided means for improving public services. (Author/AP)

There is a devaluation of antiquarian and other special collections in university and other libraries which needs to be countered. Arguments for the support of such collections in universities and in their libraries are advanced and possible sources of support considered with particular attention to the recommendations of the Parry Report. (9…

The multiplicity of terms used as synonyms for standards, the ambiguity of the designation hospital library, the dichotomy of service to staff and service to patients, and the plethora of involved agencies for library service in health care institutions are discussed. (72 references) (Author/SJ)

Acquisition of Canadian literature by American libraries was investigated in three ways: questionnaires were sent to selected large libraries, titles were checked against the National Union Catalog'' and published literature describing major collections was examined. With the exception of the Library of Congress, American libraries purchase…

The Books by Mail Service of the San Antonio Public Library System (Texas) is reported upon. (4 references) (SJ)

There are two ways a library supplement MARC tapes to establish a machine readable file of its entire collection: use the catalog cards to create the records, or use other machine readable data bases in addition to MARC. (35 references) (SJ)