Discusses developments in the application of computer and microform technologies to the storage and management of large map collections, including online cataloging systems, digital databases, videodiscs, microfilm, and the role of map librarians. A bibliography lists more than 70 sources. (FM)

Comments on problems encountered when attempting to devise international standards for training of archivists and record managers, i.e., problems of cultural, linguistics, and administrative discontinuities between major regions of the world, and questions of harmonizing archival training with that of other information workers. Curriculum…

Discusses the working relationship between librarians and architects in handling feasibility studies, site evaluations, budget considerations, time line predictions, and the architectural programing involved in library building projects, whether it be replacing, expanding, remodeling, or relocating. (EJS)

Discusses events in a legal dispute sparked by an order of the Board of Education in the Island Trees School District, New York, to remove certain books from high school and junior high school libraries. Opinions of justices of the Supreme Court are noted. (EJS)

Likening the relationship of the ALA and its professional divisions to that of the sun and its planets, this editorial explores the organizational characteristics and stability of the present system and solicits opinions. (RAA)

Presents a method for collecting reference desk statistics in machine-readable form using optical marks. Useful data categories are identified, and figures illustrate how data can be recorded for each category. Ten references are listed. (FM)

Uses an experimental system for authority control on a collection of bibliographic records to demonstrate the resemblance between thesaurus-based automatic indexing and automatic authority control. Details of the automatic indexing system are given, results discussed, and the benefits of the resemblance examined. Included are a rules appendix and…

Examines the growing problem of book censorship in the schools and some of the motives behind it. (Condensed from "Saturday Review," June 1981, p16-19.) (Editor/SJL)

This selected bibliography lists 188 items pertaining to oral history, including manuals and handbooks, collection guides and directories, methods, interviewing techniques, theories, teaching devices, oral history in libraries and archives, international perspectives, oral history in research, the profession, and periodicals. (CHC)

Discusses the theory of self-disclosure and outlines a proposed model of self-disclosure appropriate for reference work and question negotiations between librarians and library users. (Author/FM)

Discusses the need for, and function of, programs in school libraries which are aimed at gifted and talented students. Three elementary programs are described: Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland; Taft Elementary School, Lakewood, Ohio; and SPACE (Students Participating in an Active and Creative Environment), Richland School District,…

A questionnaire was sent to 446 members of OCLC to ascertain their views on the development of a special minimal standard to be used only for the conversion of retrospective cataloging records to machine-readable form. It was found that 74.5 percent would oppose the creation of a new lower standard. (Author)

Indicates that Bradford's law may be applied with a relatively high degree of confidence to citations in library science periodicals. The study tests verbal and graphical formulations of the law using 5,628 citations to journal literature referenced in College and Research Libraries and Special Libraries between 1940 and 1974. (RAA)

Describes several library programs funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and encourages librarians to apply for the grants in the future as the number, quality, and variety of applications is not what was expected. (JVP)

Describes a special St. Patrick's Day exhibit, with games and decorations, designed to get students into the school instructional materials center. (SJL)