Rising costs and the arrival of the computer require an almost total reworking of past practice in the area of serial control. (Author)

The computer-produced circulation statistics in the Bucknell University Library for the academic year 1973/74 are analyzed by Library of Congress classification and academic department to determine how much each department is using the subject-related book collection. (Author/PF)

This history covers 1953 through 1978 and outlines the growth of the library's facilities, staff, collection, and participation in national bibliographic efforts and resource sharing. (JAB)

This series of articles approaches the major issues in academic libraries including faculty status for librarians, mass instruction method for teaching library skills, performance appraisal for librarians, and the controversy as to a research requirement for all librarians. (JAB)

This comparison of the treatment of microforms in small college libraries and the administration of microforms in large university libraries is adapted from a speech delivered to the Second Annual Library Microform Conference in 1976. (CM V)

A group of papers presents different points of view on the issue of hiring persons with the MLS degree for nonprofessional positions. (AWP)

Discussion of the future of academic libraries is presented. (AP)

In this article the Illinois Regional Library Council and its services, Infopass Program and Northeastern Illinois Delivery System, are described. Both cooperative functions are examined according to meeting the needs of individual libraries, cost savings, or expansion of services to the user. (Author)

Operative assumptions about librarians as teachers and the concentration of instruction on technical rather than conceptual skills are questioned. The importance of teaching a conceptual framework for development of library researching skills is stressed, with reference to ideas about the learning process. (Author)

Describes some of the children's services and creative means for stretching the budget to provide these services at the Peoria (Illinois) Public Library. Topics include (1) use of volunteers; (2) acquisition of materials through donations; (3) guest speakers; and (4) solicitation of prizes and reading incentives from businesses and agencies. (MES)

Traces the traditional method of making books accessible through their topical arrangement on library shelves, outlines the reasons for the abandonment of this method in European research libraries, explores its modified reappearance in postwar academic libraries, and cites modern arguments against the practice of making an entire research…

This article discusses the functions and activities of libraries attached to adult education institutions, universities, colleges of education, etc. and of public libraries in the context of adult education. (10 references) (Author)

A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)

This article contains a brief historical survey of Libyan libraries and describes their present state, with particular reference to university libraries and the national library project. (Author)

The administrative and legal pitfalls inherent in quick exchanges of bound volumes for microfiles are discussed. (2 references) (KE)