The service policies of the Pratt Institute Library are divided into two categories. The section on access covers constituency, hours of service, circulation of materials, reference and information services, reserve materials, and access to other library collections. The collection development section includes objectives, responsibility,…

In order to learn who determines what is available for children to read, in addition to textbooks, a study was conducted in which authors, book editors, public librarians, school librarians, teachers, parents, and children were interviewed. This booklet contains the results of the interviews and presents the author's overall conclusions, including…

The Massachusetts Public Library Materials Conservation Project was a year-long program sponsored by the Massachusetts Bureau of Library Extension and conducted by the New England document Conservation Center (NEDCC) under a grant from Title I, Library Services and Construction Act. Its purposes were to provide public library administrators,…

The bibliography is divided into three sections: (1) federal publications, (2) general information sources and indexes and (3) planning libraries and classification schemes. It is intended to show new planning librarians how others have attempted to solve the problems of organizing, collecting and classifying materials of interest to agencies and…

The major purpose of this study was to assist the data collection firm which the American Library Association had hired to do the actual data collecting for its study of decision-making in the selection of science books for academic libraries. Part of the study was devoted to a literature search on the subject of book selection for academic…

The first day of the conference identified library resources, what they are and where they are, whether in the area or outside of it. The second was devoted to discussing access to these resources, the problem encountered in gaining access to them, identification of library needs and ways to make library efforts more successful. Recommendations of…

The project which resulted in this report was a study of decision making in the selection of science library materials in college and university libraries. Questionnaires, interviews and objective collection descriptions were used to collect information in the fields of chemistry, physics and biology. Part I is an analytic description of the…

The idea that there was a need for formal study of the methods by which titles are selected for addition to the collections of academic science libraries resulted in this investigation of the selection processes of these libraries. Specifically, the study concentrates on the selection procedures in three sciences: biology, chemistry, and physics.…

According to this guide the teachers' library is: (1) a collection of books and materials housed in one or several places; (2) a flexible service, not a location; (3) a collection of materials in the various subject areas as well as materials on methodology; (4) a collection of materials for specialists and for teachers with only general…

This document is a guide to the selection, purchase, and use of children's books. Emphasis is put on the development of standards of evaluation through attention to certain features, such as quality of illustrations, language, and writing style. Reading aloud and teaching children to use books are other topics discussed. The project of writing and…

A summary is provided of an investigation made of the book ordering and processing procedures used by the four site libraries operated by the Library and Learning Resources Service of the City on London Polytechnic. The survey sought: 1) to analyze current practices in the sub-areas of selection, bibliographic checking, ordering, receipt,…

The 29 articles on aspects of current book selection collected here are from the "School Library Journal." The book includes five major sections: "Perspectives on Selection" includes articles that challenge current book evaluation practices, each article examining an aspect of traditional book selection for children and asking that readers measure…

In 1961, the University of Arizona received the manuscripts and field notes of Father Herard Haile, a Franciscan missionary, who served actively among the Indians for 54 years. Among the materials were the notes and typed pages of the Blessingway Ceremonial of Navajo Indians. After the death of Father Haile, the University of Arizona selected Dr.…

The purpose of this circular is to describe some of the more useful reading lists available in 1966 to elementary and secondary school teachers, librarians, curriculum workers, and students themselves. The book lists and periodicals described in these pages will be helpful in selecting new materials to suit local school needs and in making the…

The survey is the first comprehensive study of the library and audio-visual services in the schools of Prince Edward Island (PEI). The survey does not include any of the one or two-room schools as they do not have libraries (45% of the schools are one or two-room). The survey considers only the quantitative aspects of library collections and makes…