The reference librarians' task is to provide specific information as needed by users, rather than to teach them the mechanics of finding the information themselves. (LS)

Since the government supports research and publication for the benefit of the public, this information should be disseminated at a minimum cost with maximum accessibility, at no extra profit to the publisher. Fiscal implications relate higher costs of publications to library budgetary limitations as basic reasons for subscription cuts. (Author)

Data for the raw frequency of use of 138 physics journals in the science library at MIT are re-examined and converted to densities of use-per-metre of shelf. There is no evidence for synchronous obsolescence in the 1955 to 1968 volumes, and some evidence of greater density of use with greater age. (Author/LS)

Reviews the state of first amendment freedoms today and postulates their erosion in the near future. Includes discussions of the balanced presentation and fairness doctrines, decline of press freedoms, privacy of library circulation records, the Nixon Supreme Court decisions on obscenity, the FCC suppression of broadcasters' freedom of speech,…

History of international library and information organizations, as well as the status of communications among them, and the organizations' present role and future possibilities. (LS)

This is the third edition of the holdings list of the Educational Research Library. The library is a major component of the Educational Resources Division of the National Institute of Education. The list consists of three sections--indexes and abstracts, general collection, and foreign collection. Titles in the general collection are listed as…

Undertaken by a student from Rutger's University Graduate School of Library Service, this study is an analysis of the first 500 rejections received in response to his applications for professional library positions over a two year period. Job applications are categorized as solicited and unsolicited: these categories are further divided by type of…

In this directory, the International Federation for Documentation (FID) provides names and addresses of its administrative and committee officers, and of its member and affiliated organizations, both international and national. Those international organizations with which FID is associated are also noted, and the relationship indicated:…

Subroutines which provide efficient access to a directly organized file by blocking and deblocking variable length bibliographic records are described. (Author)

Methods for evaluating scientific and technical journals such as frequency of citation, "impact factor," and "Immediacy Index" are described. (PF)

In a speech given at the Catholic Library Association 1975 convention, a noted childrens librarian discusses the world of childrens literature and four influential people: Frances Clarke Sayers, Virginia Haviland, Elizabeth Nesbitt, and Clifton Fadiman. (PF)

Systematic documentation projects, now in progress, will provide access to the unpublished emigre material located in German and foreign archives. (Author)

An overview of youthful tastes in popular music since 1954, a plan for developing a popular record collection, and a basic list of records. (LS)