The purpose of the directory is to publicize innovative library activities in post secondary educational institutions. To compile the directory, a report form and cover letter were sent to 119 college libraries and 12 library schools. A total of 101 reports of individual programs were received with 75 libraries and five library schools responding…

The Committee on Manuscripts Collections of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section prepared five statements on recurring problems which plague librarians and archivists. The topics discussed are appraisal of items donated to a library for tax purposes, obtaining legal title to gift materials, the responsibility of a library to make valuable…

This survey is a description of the cataloging in publication (CIP) programs presently operational in four countries--the United States, USSR, Brazil, and Australia--and isolates in each of these national experiences the ingredients for success. Both the description of procedures and the recognition of factors which rendered the publishing climate…

This outline, which briefly describes the American system of education with major emphasis on professional library education, was designed for the foreign student interested in pursuing a graduate degree in library science. Specific topics include the A.L.A. accreditation system for library schools, the semester system, application and admission…

The four primary goals of these cost and funding studies are described: (1) to determine representative costs of present library services without network support; (2) to estimate future costs of library services at various levels of proposed network support; (3) to evaluate and compare the impact of a network upon costs of library services; and…

This questionnaire was issue to 12 western libraries to provide data for in-depth case studies of costs of technical processing and interlibrary loan. An additional 88 libraries received a somewhat shorter questionnaire as part of the same survey, which was designed to determine representative costs of library services without network services,…

This second compilation of library network acronyms and initialisms cites 61 networks throughout the United States. Each annotated entry includes the network's acronym or initials, name, and address. A source of further information is cited in many entries, and an ED number is given for references available through the Educational Resources…

The development of interlibrary cooperation in the National Capitol Area is not a simple task. The multiple, complex relations of governments on varying levels and the existence and independent sponsorship of important private association, industrial, academic and other libraries impose severe problems for any cooperative movement. A far-reaching…

The objectives of the study leading to this report were to review, analyze and summarize published library cost data; and to develop a cost model and a methodology for reporting data in a more consistent and useful way. The cost model and reporting procedure were developed and tested on the circulation system of three libraries: a large university…

This report has two main purposes: (1) To give an account of the use of automation in selected libraries throughout the country and in the development of networks; and (2) To discuss some of the fundamental considerations relevant to automation and the implications for library education, library research and the library profession. The first part…

Two issues relating to the library resources and services required by the National Institute of Education (NIE) are discussed. The first section of the paper examines the two major alternatives available to NIE for accessing library resources and services, namely: 1) to establish a NIE Reference Branch under the jurisdiction of the Department of…

The basis for the discussions at the institute was an automated circulation system developed at Florida Atlantic University and subsequently adopted by the State University System of Florida as a standard program. Circulation systems in general, automated systems and the Florida system were discussed in the first session. Borrower identification…

As educational and cultural centers, public libraries are in the mainstream of American life. Persistent library crime, such as pilferage, theft and vandalism, represents much more than financial loss. It deprives the public of access to irreplaceable books, rare manuscripts and other reference materials. Equally important, it inflicts hardships…

The Ohio College Library Center's off-line catalog system is a limited technique for production of card catalogs. Unlike the on-line system, it cannotmake the resources of a region available to users in an individual institution, and it does not have the potential for significantly reducing rate of rise of library per-unit costs. In short, it is…

The Inter-American Council for Education, Science, and Culture of the Organization of American States (OAS) at its Second Meeting in Lima in February 1971 requested of the General Secretariat a report on the contents, objectives, scope and execution of its program for library development particularly on the selection, compilation and lists of…