This guide provides local New York State education agencies with necessary instructions for participating in fiscal 1970 programs under the ESEA Title II program. The pamphlet also includes information on the basic grant program, special purpose grants, and special purpose incentive grants. (JF)

This guide to evaluating services provided by Montana libraries is intended for the use of librarians, library boards, government officials, friends of libraries and other interested citizens. It will enable them to assess the adequacy of their present library services and help them move toward improvement of their library services in the future.…

Although there may be no such thing as a purely undergraduate book, there are services which are more appropriate for undergraduates than for other members of the academic community. These services make the undergraduate library unique. It is the responsibility of the undergraduate librarian to develop his specialty so that our undergraduate…

The primary purpose of this study is to identify the management problems of research libraries. The study suggests some approaches to solve these problems and sets priorities for action. The discussion is focused on the future and attention is directed to topics which promise to be significant in the context of the operating environment…

Ten percent of the registered voters of Camarillo, California were surveyed by questionnaire to determine what personal factors were correlated with knowledge of library services and facilities. Thirty per cent (357) of the returns were tabulated, with findings that knowledge about the library and use of it were highly related, and that occupation…

The focus of this paper is on small branch libraries of a public library that provide book service. The topics cover: (1) management, (2) resources, (3) library planning, (4) layouts, (5) site selection and (6) briefs or schedule of requirements. (MM)

The annual report covers the sixth year of full scale operation of the Institute of Library Research. It covers the activities of the Institute including the completion of several projects, the initiation of other projects, and the first full year of the Library Systems Development Program. The major thrust of the Institute during this period has…

To meet the needs of librarians and others for information on libraries in Wisconsin, Part I, a statistical section divides institutions according to control - whether public or private - then by type of institution, and then lists institutions alphabetically. Part II, an academic library directory, lists the name of the institution, address,…

The primary purpose of this study is to identify the management problems of research libraries. The study suggests some approaches to solve these problems and sets priorities for action. The discussion is focused on the future and attention is directed to topics which promise to be significant in the context of the operating environment…

The optimal storage of books by size in libraries is considered in this paper. It is shown that for a given collection of books of various sizes, the optimum number of shelf heights to use can be determined by finding the shortest path in an equivalent network. Applications of this model to inventory control, assortment and packaging problems are…

Two aspects of comparative library science are discussed in this paper: the adaptation of American library education and of American library standards for Iranian use. Its basic assumption is that all of the goals and most of the essential principles of American library science are as appropriate to modern Iran as to modern America. Furthermore,…

Iranian school library standards were adapted from American school library standards and have received Tehran Book Processing Centre executive committee approval. While Iran has several foreign schools, libraries and librarians, there are no Iranian professional school librarians to take an interest in the standards. Furthermore, the present low…

In this document the author attempts to set forth the activities, items, or criteria susceptible of development in librarianship, information science, and bibliography. The list attempts to include all facets of a reasonably extensive development, one which no country has quite reached. On the other hand, among highly developed countries, progress…

The purposes of these standards are: (1) to suggest the steps necessary for the establishment of special libraries; (2) for those recently established, to suggest the steps necessary to achieve satisfactory performance levels in all areas, and finally, (3) for well established libraries, to suggest the steps necessary to achieve excellence. These…

This is a summary of the planning process which will be followed in pursuit of the "1977 General Plan," (LI004046). It is designed to guide the activities which give growth and direction to Nebraska libraries during at least the next five years. The summary of the Nebraska Five Year Long Range Planning Process represents the best…