After emphasizing the advantages of an automated library network, the author describes the stages which led to the establishment of the master plan for an automated network for Austrian libraries and to the adoption of a format suited to the specific needs of these libraries. (14 references) (Author)

The Rahway State Prison Library caters to a controlled and stable population with specific needs. These needs are met by three inmate librarians, a part-time civilian librarian who is assigned by the Woodbridge Public Library through a federal grant, and state allocated funds. (Author)

Questionnaires and in-person visits to large academic libraries in 1971 form the basis of this report which reveals the low priority given to nonprint materials by the majority of these libraries. (Author)

Approval plan purchasing is related to library goals of comprehensiveness, pointing out the interrelated pressures of the university system which have contributed to making this method of purchasing possible and the defensive techniques used to justify it. (19 references) (Author)

A recent questionnaire on instruction of graduate students in the use of the university library brings up to date a similar survey reported in 1958. (4 references) (Author)

An analysis based on a statistical survey of the library's request and reservation service is discussed. The survey method is described, results are tabulated and the most significant results and conclusions are discussed. The effects and implications of such a survey are outlined by the County Librarian. (9 references) (Author/SJ)

Described is the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) used at the University of Texas School of Library Science. (2 references) (SJ)

An American Reviews the developments during the last decade (1961-1971) toward a national library system in Great Britain. (7 references) (SJ)

Paralleling the boom in U.S. library building, the last few years have seen impressive new British libraries. (16 references) (Author/MM)

The emphasis in the Wabash project is on "gates" because the whole span of research opens through about eight different families of resource materials -- catalog, bibliography, encyclopedia, handbook, index, dictionary, abstract, book review source. (36 references) (Author)

The libraries visited by the author while doing research for A History of French Foreign Policy, 1774-1939," his latest book, are described. (NH)

Without sophisticated machines, Rhode Island sets up a processing unit to serve all types of libraries in the state. (Author)