This script was prepared as part of a program presented by the Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT) to share ways libraries in Mississippi help patrons use library resources. The program evolved from a 1981 needs assessment survey conducted by the Mississippi Library Association (MLA) Education Committee. At that time requests for information and…

This publication contains guidelines for the formation of consumer advisory committees to aid in the improvement of library services to blind and physically handicapped individuals. The purpose, justification, and composition of such committees are reviewed, as well as the tasks of organizing the committee's first meeting and providing…

Proceedings from this workshop sponsored by the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship are intended to disseminate information to assist rural librarians engaged in planning and conducting public programs that explore issues related to the humanities. This report of the proceedings includes the texts of three presented papers, reactions from…

Describes the modern library situation on Bombay, India.

Community education gives public librarians the opportunity to become engaged in a cooperative project which could lead to expanded services. The movement, started in 1936, has expanded throughout the United States. Community education programs attempt to foster community participation, develop interaction between schools and the community,…

Guidelines for public libraries establishing library services to residents of local correctional facilities outline recommended services, policy, materials, and staffing. Suggestions for implementation of services, readings, a sample policy statement, and a sample periodical list are included. (MBR)

Describes and evaluates a public library information and referral service. (PF)

Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, needed a library and an elementary school. Combining them into one facility reduced operational costs and saved over a half-million dollars in building costs. (Author/MLF)

Speech given before the Conference on Public-Library Relations (New York City, February 8-9, 1968).

This paper discusses Connecticut's need for a philosophy of public library services to children which will encompass a large intellectual scope and will clearly articulate the library's objectives and priorities for the community being served. It addresses the needs of Connecticut's children, reading programs for two- and three-year-olds, program…

Compiled from information supplied by the California State Library and by the ten library systems served by the Bay Area Reference Center, this directory covers indexes generated by libraries, as well as special collections and large subject collections in Northern California libraries. The main section of the publication is arranged alphabeticaly…

This booklist prepared by the Arizona chapter of REFORMA, an organization established to promote better library services and programs for the Spanish speaking population of the southwest, presents a representative sample of printed materials dealing with literature and language, traditions and customs, history and heritage, the arts, and applied…

Community colleges and public libraries have much in common, can both learn from each other, and have a great deal to share with each other as they carry out their respective roles: both profess to have total community-wide service as their goal/objective; both draw upon the same population and tax base; and the general public often makes use of…

Both general and miscellaneous policy statements from 47 public libraries of the Pacific Northwest Library Association have been compiled in this manual. Among topics covered by "general" policies are board of trustees, buildings, confidentiality of circulation records, displays, gifts, materials selection, personnel, public relations, and…

This discussion of the role of sound recordings--phonodiscs, tape cassettes and cartridges--in public and university libraries provides a brief review of types of collections and criteria for choosing materials, the variety of uses patrons may make of such collections, selection tools and patron input for collection building, in-house listening…