This awareness survey lists resource materials which the teacher-librarian team may find useful in individualized Instruction. (MF)

An annotated bibliography of books and magazines on computer literacy and programing in BASIC for elementary and junior high school students. Each entry includes title, author, publisher, date, price, and a short annotation.

Presents literature review posing hypothesis: pattern of usage of library materials may be function of social stratification of scholarly activity. Concentration of scholarly productivity, articles on a subject in journals, citations, and library usage and citations as indicators of quality and library usage are discussed. A 115-item bibliography…

Describes the National Library of Canada's videodisc project which provides keyword index access to more than 1,200 stills of text designed to demonstrate ability of videodisc to store and present library materials in various formats; information retrieval capability of combined videodisc and microcomputer systems; use of videodisc as research…

Recommends that libraries include conservative 'Moral Majority' as well as liberal views of human sexuality in their acquisition of books for young adults to provide a balanced collection and blunt atttempts to limit academic freedom through censorship. Five 'New Right' choices are reviewed. (RAA)

Delineates the types of decisions involved in the preservation of library collections and suggests decision-making structures and criteria for each type of decision. The information gaps which limit the ability to make intelligent preservation decisions are also discussed. (Author/JL)

Deplores the lack of adequate training programs for archivists and documents efforts made by both history and library professional associations and schools to provide such training. It is recommended that the curriculum emphasize systematic appraisal of materials and indexing languages and thesaurus construction rather than cataloging. Thirty…

Censorship problems are becoming more complex. Liberals as well as conservatives are objecting to certain materials. And because selection of textbooks and school library materials hinges not only on content but on budgetary and instructional considerations, school censorship cases can be even more difficult to pinpoint. (SJL)

The New Right is working to alter drastically what is--or isn't--taught in American schools, the basic concept under attack being pluralism. They want to put the Bible and prayer back into the classroom; and get evolution, sex education, realistic library books, "objectionable" textbooks, and "secular humanism" out. (MLW)

Bibliographies of student papers, student questionnaires, and interviews with library media specialists were examined in studying the use of magazine articles by high school students to fulfill assignments calling for the collection of information on individual topics. Areas examined included context of use, age of materials, title selection, and…

Discusses a one-semester course offered in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana which incorporates technical writing and the use of the chemical literature into a single course. (CS)

Relates ways in which librarians are using their traditional print-related skills for the selection, organization, and servicing of audiovisual collections in order to make these materials more accessible to both students and teachers. (FL)

Describes ways that a library can be used as an integral part of a school reading program. (MKM)

Outlines need for more recruiting and training of Spanish-speaking librarians in the United States. (KP)