Last year produced a number of developments and publications on environmental problems. A discussion of major events is followed by a listing of current environmental literature. (90 references) (DH)

Results of a questionnaire survey of large research libraries on procedures and special problems in serials acquisitions. Cooperative programs are discussed, including the Latin American Cooperative Acquisitions Program and the National Serials Data Program. (JS)

A list of last year's outstanding reference books, prepared especially for Library Journal" and recommended by a committee of the Reference Services Division of the American Library Association. (58 references) (Author)

Sweden is in the throes of an adult education explosion; the public libraries of that country are playing a prominent part in this development. (Author/NH)

The problems of indexing, filing, and retrieving nonbook items become more difficult as the proliferation continues. This article presents a set of guidelines intended to provide cataloging consistency for nonbook materials. (Author)

The academic library can provide disadvantaged students with many new kinds of learning experiences by providing high quality staff, a wide range of resources and facilities, and meaningful programs that will involve students in the critical analysis of the social values and interactions that underlie the foundations of education. (12 references)…

New model formulations and solution methods are given for the Journal Selection Problem. The results are developed in a framework that can also accommodate problems with a somewhat different structure than the Journal Selection Problem, thus providing new solution strategies for these problems as well. (32 references) (Author/NH)

This article deals with the acquisition of standards and specifications and covers the selection of material, methods of acquisition, where to order standards and how to keep them up to date. (Author)

Annual revision of the list sent to New York City schools by the Bureau of Libraries, selected for their special importance to schools. (JS)

Publications which publish reviews of new technical books are compared and evaluated. The ideal reviewing journal provides critical reviews of all books--good, bad and indifferent--written by subject specialists, and publishes these reviews at the same time as the books are published. A proposal for producing such a journal is presented for…

The Newbury Library's system for keeping all of its manuscript collections up to date in handling and in current use. (Author/NH)

A plan of technical services organization based on function rather than form of material is proposed and briefly described. Professionalism in technical services is also considered. (Author)