The Science/Technology Information Center at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, offers a new service to its science community. It provides a researcher with any materials not already located in his department library, regardless of format or location, at no charge. Operations, procedures, and costs are discussed. (4 references)…

Suggestions for enticing the public into libraries are presented. (1 reference) (SM)

The University of Chile's bookmobile program, which was started in October 1968, is described. The bookmobile contains a collection of 3,500 volumes, 800 slides and 90 musical scores to serve the nine faculties of the University. (Author/SM)

Construction costs are up, but the number of libraries built has dropped below last year's figures - two of the findings of this, the seventh, survey. The analysis of libraries is broken down into: additions and renovations, undergraduate libraries, professional libraries, general academic libraries, and libraries not previously reported.…

An argument is presented in favor of finding new methods of measuring-evaluating-library performance. (3 references) (SM)

This article describes the out-of-print book procurement system presently is use at Stanford University libraries. Instead of granting exclusive rights to a bookdealer, Stanford relies upon an in-house specialist, a former bookdealer, who prepares desiderata letters and evaluates offers received. (8 references) (Author)

Teachers in courses in special librarianship at accredited library schools were asked to write resumes and evaluations of their methods. The majority of the respondents considered their courses to be a type of library'' course which was comparable to the courses in public libraries and academic libraries. (Author/NH)

A detailed account of an experiment in which the use of library reference tools and other materials was consciously incorporated into college coursework is presented, along with an evaluation of the results. (1 reference) (KE)

A successful library program should be centered about the educational program, which means the acquisitions effort must be faculty centered rather than librarian centered. (Author/MM)

The author reports upon her assignment as consultant during the construction of the new library for the international school in Islamabad, West Pakistan. (SJ)

During the past two decades publishers generally discovered the library market and came to realize its importance and potential. (Author)

Questionnaires completed by library catalog users revealed that catalogs are more widely used in academic libraries than in public libraries, especially at the county level. Guidance in use of the catalog by librarians promotes use by library patrons. Reasons for non-use and methods of using the catalog were surveyed. (4 references) (SJ)

This article discusses some of the problems likely to be experienced by university libraries over the next decade in the provision of books for undergraduate reading. It examines the reasons for having short loan collections and describes the administration of such a collection. (6 references) (Author)