Each step in the acquisition process of exhibition catalogs is described and the existing procedures and problems are outlined. (Author)

A recent study says that the state hasn't been giving public library systems enough money, that system development has lacked coordination and system planning falls far short of the mark, that interlibrary loan and reference service take too much time and are too costly, and that system personnel need more training. (Author/PF)

Many of the programs developed by the Library of Congress have been created for the benefit of libraries in the United States, and represent a specialized form of federal aid. (Author)

At the University of New Mexico, a machine-readable work file was developed to aid the bibliographer in science collection building. (PF)

A small corporate library evolved a computer system that generates routing slips to send 180 periodicals to 310 persons according to their individual and changing requests. (Author)

Discribes the history, collections and present administration of the Library of Congress, believed to be the world's largest library. (PG)

Suggests guidelines for the classification of law materials in a small library using the published parts of the scheme and some extrapolations from them. (Author)

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 manual for the College of the Southwest (New Mexico) library delineates collection development policies and procedures for library and teaching faculty. The first section deals with collection development and maintenance responsibilities: knowledge of the collection; knowledge of college and course needs; library materials budget allocations;…

Intended to give adult educators and adult education researchers greater and easier access to the Syracuse University adult education collection, the guide inventories, describes the resources, and names a contact person for each of 18 parts of the diverse collection. The following are the holdings attended to, which also reflect the guide's…

Plans by which academic libraries receive all the titles of a publisher's or book jobber's output are increasingly popular. A study was conducted to find out if there was a significant difference in utility between books acquired on these approval plans and books selected by librarians in the traditional way. (LS)

Librarians at Rutgers Law Library developed new programs of assistance to students which included: individualized instruction; inclusion of library information materials in registration packets; tours, workshops for introductory classes, printed guides; one-time classes on various subjects; and a newsletter. (LS)

This library handbook is a guide for the anthropology student. It lists some of the more useful materials and reference books basic to general research, and gives their location in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listed in six categories: (1) general, including guides and literature surveys; (2) encyclopedias and…

This library guide is an informal handbook for the education student. It lists some of the more useful materials and reference books basic to general research and gives their location in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listed in nine categories: (1) general reference works, (2) abstracts and indexes, (3) ERIC tools,…