Statistics that pertain to article use and individual user satisfaction should be weighed in determining library journal holdings. Separate article use/user satisfaction relationships must be developed for each discipline and library population. (NH)

Working with two librarians, the Cornell Career Center came up with an open ended, flexible system which aids student use of sources. (Author)

For the reference librarian, who has more to work with than ever before, a review of purposes and uses of general and specialized dictionaries, bibliographies, and indexes. (JS)

Problems related to acquiring library materials are presented, including that of shoplifting. (NH)

Library schools must train young adult librarians toward commitment to relevant book selection. (AB)

The work of the Federal Library Committee indicates that a group of librarians willing to work together on the solution of common problems can obtain the necessary resources and can be reasonably successful, providing they are endowed with goodwill, persistence, energy and imagination. (Author/MF)

Reprint houses offer almost any standard reference work, and worthwhile out-of-print title, catalogs of other libraries, periodical files, government documents, etc. Public service librarians would like to see more communication between library and reprinter. (Author/NH)

A case history describing the rationale, planning concepts, and development of necessary steps towards accomplishing the goals of a California high school resource center. (JF)

Recommends extensive cooperation between librarians and teachers to stimulate students to become enthusiastic readers and suggests ways in which the librarian can make the library program more effective. Bibliography. (RW)

This essay on library book selection critiques Nora Rawlinson's article on practices at the Baltimore County Public Library which appeared in Library Journal, November 15, 1981, p. 2188, and discusses library circulation statistics in relation to book selection. (EJS)

Describes studies illustrating how shared cultural knowledge (or lack of it) can affect reading comprehension, as well as those experiments directed to story structure. Implications for teachers and librarians are discussed. Forty-two references are provided. (EJS)

The nature of criminal justice as a discipline and types of statistics it requires are discussed. Also included are descriptions of bibliographic sources of criminal justice statistics literature (criticizing methods used in gathering and presenting data and reporting statistics) and reference sources to primary sources of statistics. Sixteen…