The research libraries in Finland are in the majority of case libraries of universities and other institutions for higher education. Libraries in research institutes and some other special libraries account for some 20-30% of the total operational capacity. It is hoped the necessity of efficient libraries as a support to teaching and research will…

One of a series on library services to disadvantaged adults, this guide suggests several ways a library can provide books by mail services. Mail order delivery is a way of making the library's collection available to many who are unable or unwilling to visit the library building. The system can be handled by clerks or volunteers. Planning should…

The application of cost-benefit analysis to two library delivery systems--bookmobiles and books-by-mail (BBM)--is described. The study surveyed 36 bookmobiles and the mail order delivery (MOD) of books in Pennsylvania. The analyses are intended to provide decision-makers with guidance in determining (1) the kinds of information which must be…

The first book in the Heritage of Librarianship Series is about the life of Charles Coffin Jewett and the library events of his era, 1841-1868. The first part of the book describes Jewett's life and library leadership: his production of a catalog and other activities at Brown University, his struggle to create a national library at the…

The fourth Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) Conference on Library Automation was held in Hamilton, June 20-21, 1970, as a pre-conference workshop of the Canadian Library Association (CLA). The purpose of the conference was to present papers on current projects and to discuss the continuing need for this type of…

This study was conducted to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the Tacoma Public Library and the Pierce County Rural Library District (1) merging into a regional library, (2) federating for partial joint operations, or (3) continuing as independent entities with a service contract arrangement. The basic recommendation is that at this…

Four papers are included in these proceedings. The first three discuss specific on-going programs, including details of operation: (1) "Automation of Serials," by Shula Schwartz and Patricia A. Bottalico, reports a serials records automation at Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas; (2) "From Texana to Real-Time Automation," by…

This selective guide for planning and equipping special libraries contains basic information on major considerations involved in structural and space requirements as well as equipment (furniture, copying equipment, and microphotographic equipment). A flow process chart, inventory check list, directory of manufacturers, and bibliography are…

This publication represents a new approach to the determination of public library goals. It contains objectives and goals, as well as activities relating to goals, for all functions of the Inglewook Public Library. Unique is a concept of common goals and activities which apply to three or more divisions within the library. In compiling general…

In order to discern states' compliance with court mandates to provide prisoners with adequate legal counsel or access to legal reference materials, a questionnaire was administered to state consultants in 1972 and updated and expanded by later contacts with institutional consultants. Findings indicated that states are trying to comply with…

Ten library programs for the State of Kansas for 1974, under the Library Services and Construction Act, are described: library services to the disadvantaged, personnel development, State audiovisual materials center, library services for the blind and physically handicapped, institutional library service, public information program, reference and…

Two checklists are provided as a recommended collection for prison law libraries. The first list is for a minimum collection and the second for an expanded collection. Each entry includes place of publication, publisher, dates, number of volumes, and prices. Information on necessary shelf space and a directory of publishers is also included. (JG)

The text of four papers originally presented at a 1968 meeting of the Geography and Map Group, Washington Chapter, Special Libraries Association is printed in this booklet. Each of the papers deals with the origins and growth of Federal map collections. The first of these, "History of the Army Map Service Map Collection" by Mary Murphy,…

The two-volume report (Part A is ED061999 and Part B is ED065136), which included data received by the tabulation deadline from libraries of single-campus institutions and branch-campus libraries of multicampus institutions, presented individual reports for 2,514 libraries and 5 joint libraries. To preserve comparability with previous surveys,…

The last institute of the 1971-1972 LARC Institute Series was devoted to automated library acquisitions systems. The focus is upon a system in operation at Florida Atlantic, Florida International and Arizona State universities. The papers which discuss this automated acquisitions system are: "Computer Systems Hardware,""The Systems Approach," and…