This action plan for the Caroline County (MD) Public Library describes the key elements of library service for the 1985-86 fiscal year, derived from the library's long range plan for 1985-90. Objectives, strategies, activities, and timetables for accomplishing the following goals are outlined: (1) citizens of the county will increasingly meet…

Through utilization of effective sampling procedures, libraries may obtain substantial savings in terms of data collection costs. (Author)

Effective use of a new or remodeled media center requires advance planning of the programs to be used in it. (LS)

University of South Florida librarians developed 1) a library lecture series in which presentations were faculty-initiated and tailored to each situation; and 2) a course to help students develop library skills. A computer analysis of library statistics showed increased student library use since the course has been given. (LS)

This study was developed on the hypothesis that economic inflation reduced the purchasing power of local support for public libraries from 1967 through fiscal 1976. The total local support for public libraries in each county in each year of the study was adjusted from the reported nominal amount to the relative Consumer Price Index value of 1967…

This library handbook is a guide for the student of American History. 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 seven categories: (1) guides to the literature; (2) encyclopedias and dictionaries; (3)…

This library handbook was designed to aid the student of business administration and economics. It lists reference materials basic to general research and gives their location in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listed in seven categories: (1) literature guides, (2) encyclopedias and dictionaries, (3) corporation and…

This library handbook is a guide for the student of food science. 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) dictionaries and encyclopedias, (2) U.S. and international documents, (3)…

This library handbook was designed to aid the student in human development. It lists reference materials basic to general research and gives their location in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listed in five categories: (1) bibliographies; (2) handbooks and guides; (3) yearbooks; (4) congresses; and (5) documents. Some…

This library handbook was designed to aid the student in political science. It lists reference materials basic to general research and gives their location in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listed in seven categories: (1) guides to the literature; (2) dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks; (3) biographical…

At Georgia Tech faculty are provided remote bibliographic access to the library through microfiche copies of the card catalog and remote physical access through a delivery system. (Author/PF)

Reports on a study conducted in the fall of 1974 to survey goal and objective setting efforts as a management activity in selected large public libraries. (Author/PF)

Allocative formulas are preferred alternatives for distributing the book budget among departmental funds. Economic efficiency via cost-effectiveness analysis is suggested as potentially useful for within fund acquisition of library-resource units. (Author)

The Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Public Library holds training sessions for children on the use of audiovisual equipment, and licenses children who have learned how to operate the equipment so they may check it out and take it home. (LS)