A guiding principle of the Soviet economy is management by branches of industry. Information, documentation and bibliographical services for each branch are provided by central scientific and technical libraries. (4 references) (Author)

Cooperative efforts between Fort Detrick and various organizations over the past eight years and the consequences of these efforts are discussed. (26 references) (Authors)

The author lists the most frequent ways faculty members fail to make intelligent use of their libraries. (Author/PG)

Ideas are presented here in the hope that teachers will create a parent-space in their schools or classrooms, adapting and modifying these suggestions to meet the needs of their particular group of parents. (Author/CB)

Guidelines are presented to assist the library consultant to determine what services, facilities and resources management requires its library or information center to provide. These guidelines can also be used for self-evaluation of an existing library or information center. (2 references) (Author/NH)

The University of Georgia Information Dissemination Center is profiled. Emphasis is on the organization and services of the system which primarily serves 27 state supported schools in Georgia. Based on a recent survey, the impact of the service on the users is discussed. (DH)

The library problem consists of equal parts of external and internal noise. The external noise consists of the volume of publication. The internal noise can be characterized by the present and continuing brouhaha concerning reform of library education. Scientists frankly regard librarians as impediments to information. (Author/NH)

An aggressive public information program pays off in terms of increased newspaper coverage. (HS)

Lists professional organizations; library and resource centers; journals and periodicals; government publications; and books and articles with interests in language, adults, ESL, or social and educational issues. Most are Canadian. (EKN)

Outlines structural changes in the information supply community effected by the emergence of computer-searchable files as a major information resource together with other developments in electronic technology. Database definitions, interface differences, DuPont experiences, and options available to libraries and information centers are discussed.…

The positioning process of marketing used by special libraries and information centers involves two key decisions from which other decisions are derived: to which user groups marketing programs and services will be directed; and which information needs will be served. Two cases are discussed and a bibliography is provided. (EJS)

Outlines the expansion since 1966 in the size, accessibility, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a national, computerized educational database. Describes four typical cases in which ERIC searches proved useful to clients of the San Mateo (California) Educational Resources Center, an agency offering ERIC search…

Examines an organizational model which is innovative in grouping the library and one or more other information/communication functions under a senior administrator. Present university structures are deemed ill equipped to cope successfully with modern pressures and rapid change. Eight examples of the communication model are examined. (Author/RAA)

Describes proposals for national programs intended to develop a national network system for library, documentation, and information services in Indonesia. (FM)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on the status of the National Media Center for Severely Handicapped Persons. Listed among the six major objectives of the center is the location and retrieval of instructional media materials. (PHR)