The report contains five papers dealing with some problems of a general classification scheme covering the whole field of knowledge which were presented at a conference held in London, June 1963. Topics covered included retrieval schemes, classification problems, inadequacies of existing classification schemes and the proposal of the…

Information mapping is a method of organizing categories of information and of displaying them for both learning and reference purposes. The method may be applied to the production of self-instructional books or to the organization of data bases for computer-aided instruction and reference. The report is itself written in modified information map…

Over 500 entries are listed in this bibliography of materials available about the American Indian. The purpose of the publication is to stimulate and encourage the purchase of more of these materials for libraries and classroom collections. Books, films, and filmstrips are listed along with the publisher or company producing the items. (RH)

The report represents initial findings of a study involving information science curricula as offered by various educational institutions in the United States and Canada. The objectives of the study are to examine the present state of information science as an instructional area; to identify the relationships that might exist between this and…

This report contains a 700 item bibliography of literature on statistical bibliography, arranged in author order. The areas covered are: citation studies, abstracts journals studies, direct literature studies with additional relevant material on user surveys, the history and sociology of science and citation structures. The period covered is from…

This study attempts to measure the attitudes toward intellectual freedom held by a group of future librarians and to correlate these findings with certain syndromes of authoritarianism as reported in "The Authoritarian Personality," by T. W. Adorno, and others (New York, Harper, 1950). The hypothesis is that graduate library students who…

This annotated bibliography includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, atlases, yearbooks, bibliographies, and periodicals which might have reference value for elementary and secondary school students and their teachers. No attempt has been made in this compilation to indicate evaluation of these by any reviewing medium. All publications…

This list of free North American and British periodicals is designed to support the curriculum in junior and senior secondary schools and to serve as a resource for teachers and teacher-librarians. The criteria for inclusion were the content, the frequency per year (at least twice), and the value to the teacher and student. Although the list is…

A comprehensive set of rules having the widest practical utility in all types of organizations engaged in the collection and use of nonbook materials is proposed. Since this code is also offered as a draft revision to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR), it is correlated to the AACR and, when appropriate, provides reference to it. The…

This selection of children's books, compiled by the staff members of the New York Public Library, includes old favorites and suggested new publications. The books in the collection are mostly representative of the current year. Recordings are also included. (CS)

This handbook represents a first attempt to provide library practitioners with practical guidance and tools for measuring the quality of library service. Excerpts from a wide range of literature provide a creative approach to understanding the needs of potential users. A variety of actual instruments for measuring the effectiveness of service and…

This paper provides a list of periodicals which supplement the curriculum in a vocational technical secondary school. It covers the literature published during 1970-73. For each periodical, the entry includes title, publisher, current cost, frequency of publication, indexing information, and priority for buying the periodical. It indicates…

It is believed that this compilation will meet an information need that currently exists about environmental organizations. There are numerous directories and listings of environmental groups which furnish names, addresses, and brief statements of objectives, but they are frequently quite meager in their presentation of the history and character…

Recommendations for certification requirements for the school media specialist in Texas were the concern of the conference reported here. Two papers presented were: "The Emerging Profession of Media Specialists," and "Certification for Tomorrow," chapter three of the proceedings gives a panel on "Certification" and…

Facts about the work programs, organization, government, finances, and relationships with other associations and agencies of six state and six regional library associations are contained in this report of the Goals Award Project. The report also contains opinions that 231 state association members have of their associations -- how democratic they…