Remarks on the relative permanence and durability of three types of film in use in library microform reproduction (silver, diazo, and vesicular) and points out some technical and economic facts that govern the choice of microform materials for libraries. A 6-item reference list is included. (Author/JL)

Argues for changes within the library community to better serve the information needs of the ethnic community. (EF)

Defines and describes formal cooperative library reference services and discusses the major variables that produce differences in cooperative reference networks: size, composition, funding, services, delivery mechanisms, control methods, and resources. (Author/LLS)

Since 1945 many library developments have taken place in the Pacific Islands. The greatest strides have been made in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, which have benefited from the investment placed in educating and training librarians. The lack of trained personnel, however, still remains as an obstacle to library development. (Author/LLS)

Argues that the role expected of libraries is significantly different now from what it was for nearly 95 percent of the span of library history, and that this change of purpose has not been reflected in the current budgetary and management priorities of librarians. Nine references are cited. (FM)

Discusses the effects of technology and networking on rural public library service in the future, and describes how these effects will improve the quality and accessibility of service to rural citizens. (FM)

Public Libraries in 41 cities throughout the world, including data on collections, budgets, loans, and personnel. (FM)

Holds that Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2 provisions concerning headings for authors who use more than one name threaten standardization and impede interlibrary cooperation. (FM)

Describes the library skills workshops, expressly designed for faculty secretaries, executive secretaries, administrative assistants, and clerk-typists, that have been successfully experimented with by the University of Maine at Orono Libraries. (Author)

A survey of American library education and development in the last century. (LS)

Discusses a library at the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) containing both classroom aids demonstrating the physical and creative development of books and a permanent, working collection of materials accessible to librarians, publishers, writers, and illustrators involved with children's literature. (JM)