If librarians from all areas of reference and information service understood their own roles better, then they might feel more capable of fruitful interchange transcending common institutional boundaries. (Author)

Discusses the use of videocassettes as professional tools for librarians. Such applications as continuing education, downloading of teleconferences, and training for vendor systems are described. A sidebar reviews and provides ordering information for seven continuing education or training videos. (MES)

This discussion of the place of research in the field of library science notes empirical and scientific research; testing, analysis, and research design; theories and methodologies from other disciplines; the dilemma of quantification; library research needs; and the search for an audience. Twenty-six references are cited. (EJS)

Citation analyses of articles appearing in "College and Research Libraries" (C&RL) and "Journal of Academic Librarianship" (JAL) for 1981 reveal that academic librarians use more periodical articles than monographs in research, C&RL and JAL reference themselves, majority of references in periodical and monograph form…

Provides an overview of public administration and its similarities to library and information science, and notes research themes in public administration (innovation, organizational development and change, decision-making and evaluation, personnel, financial concerns, marketing, dissertations). Future of public administration research and its…

Library schools need to reorganize in order to permit specialization in such fields as archivy, special materials or special groups. The philosophy behind such a move is presented. Special mention is made of the position of the archivist within library science. (DH)

The main information, research, and documentation activities which Unesco proposes to carry out in 1973-74 are briefly discussed. (SJ)

The report of a symposium held May 16-18, 1972 is summarized under the following headings: Content of journals, standardization, abstracting and indexing services, international co-operation, and the recommendations made. (SJ)

It is time for librarians to discard the blind alley of professionalism and agree among themselves to shift gears and change directions. This will divert the librarians' energies to the process of developing better service and satisfaction for all users. (Author/NH)

A mini workshop on the use of video tape equipment followed these brief remarks on the characteristics of the equipment and features to consider before purchase. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503072 and 503074 through 501084.) (SJ)

Teachers in courses in special librarianship at accredited library schools were asked to write resumes and evaluations of their methods. The majority of the respondents considered their courses to be a type of library'' course which was comparable to the courses in public libraries and academic libraries. (Author/NH)

Describes the procedures and problems of creating a cataloging system for the curriculum library at Bowling Green State University. (GB)

Describes the use that may be made of data derived from the pattern of citation of scientific journals in determining editorial policy for journals, acquisitions policy for libraries and individual scientists, and science policy by governments. (AL)

All aspects (including the librarian's attitude) of a successful young adult library program are discussed. (NH)

Point-of-use library instruction consists of a series of short audio-visual programs, each limited to discussing a specific reference source and each located next to the source which it discussed. (NH)