Following a review of the contributions of computers and managerial science/operations research to the management of libraries, this paper introduces the concept of decision support systems. DSS, a blending of these techniques, can lead to more effective decisions by library managers. A case study of the utilization of a DSS in the budgeting…

In March 1975, the University of Michigan Regents and the Graduate Employees Organization signed a contract which included coverage for graduate student staff assistants employed by the library system there. This document relates the development of major issues that have surfaced in the debate regarding collective bargaining in the academic…

This document brings together current laws of the State of South Dakota as they pertain to libraries, and the administrative rules and regulations and general policies of the Dakota Library Commission that implement the laws. A subject index provides access to individual laws, regulations, and policies. (Author/CMV)

The objectives of the study were to record: (1) the problems encountered in interpreting and using the Illinois program documentation; (2) the modifications required to reconcile system incompatibilities and inefficiencies due to different computer configurations; (3) the input instruction modifications made to accommodate local library processing…

There were four objectives in this first phase in developing the concept of the experimenting and extended college library: (1) exploration of the configurations, functions, and operations of the academic library in transition; (2) initial analysis of the elements of such a library in the context of an experimenting institution, i.e. Hampshire…

The library of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has been a node in the European network for on-line information storage and retrieval called ESRO/RECON since October 1972. Experiences gathered during these two years are described, especially on the problems encountered in conjunction with promotion of information services, problems…

This annotated Bibliography lists selected reference resources and representational writings which reflect culture patterns and contemporary problems. The literature is limited to ethnic groups with readily identifiable physical distinctness within the territorial United States. Black, Mexican, Eskimo, American Indian, and Chinese literatures are…

This catalog provides descriptive material and explanations of the books, articles, and graphics included in the exhibit, as well as reproductions of an almost complete series of "Wound Man" figures. (These pictorial representations of the human body, showing ways by which it could be attacked by weapons of war, were popular in Western Europe…

Texts of papers delivered at the 1976 Catholic Library Association Convention in the Librarian/Educator Interdependence Seminar are presented in this report. Topics include: (1) Librarian/Educator Interdependence; (2) Trends in the Community Affecting Interdependence in Education; (3) The Cost of Interdependence; (4) The Community of the Book; (5)…

Contained in this bibliography are listings dating from 1974 through 1975 on political science, politics, and public administration. The bulk of the documents are committee reports, conference proceedings, guides, commercially published books, and project reports. Arrangement is by author. Some entries are annotated; all citations include title,…

The language of library and information science is presented in a faceted library classification. To this vocabulary are added rules for combining terms into compound subjects; an overall linear order for all terms, elementary and compound; and a notation to maintain this order in a mechanical fashion. An extensive alphabetical index is included.…

Presented is the final report of the Special Education Instructional Materials Center at the University of Texas. Described are the 8-year program's two phases: services and training (including development of associate centers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; library loan of materials; and information dissemination), and research and…

Nine papers on various aspects and methods of catalog card reproduction are included in this supplement. Many reports include cost analyses and comparisons. A lengthy paper describes the history and the present use of technology of the Library of Congress card production operations. Other reports cover offset press and computer output microfilm…

The library profession in colleges and universities is faced with three critical problems: (1) too few high-paying positions relative to the total number of practitioners to make the profession financially attractive, (2) the highest level positions to which the majority of career librarians may aspire offer dim prospect of an adequately…

This guide is a listing of government documents under alphabetically arranged subject headings. Recent works of current major interest are included. Brief annotations and explanatory notes are given when the title does not indicate the document's nature. Reference is given, where appropriate, to general indexes and Public Documents Division price…