Reports explaining what each task force has done, what its future plans are, and how those interested can help are presented. The reports were written by the coordinators or members of each task force. (Author/NH)

A disorientation handbook for the American Library Association's (ALA) Convention prepared by the New York Social Responsibilities Round Table (NYSRRT) Committee for a More Responsive ALA. (Author)

ALA conference report: ALA accepts the jargon of change but balks on implementation, while AASL sets its own directions. (Author)

A member of the Activities Committee on Directions for ALA (ACONDA) reflects on what threatens to be an ongoing process of backing, filling, retrenching, and revisioning." (Author)

A reprint from a chapter in The Black Librarian in America" edited by E.J. Josey (Scarecrow Press, 1970), p.253-271, describes the experiences of a Negro librarian both in preparation for the field and in a working environment. (AB)

A survey of the members of the American Library Association revealed that the principal salary determinants are academic degree, type of employer and sex. The obvious differences in the earnings of men and women is not only found in the early experience years but any narrowing which does take place in the wage gap seems to take place at the…

Highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3, 1970. (Author)

ALA could move forward by becoming an association of libraries in fact as well as in spirit. (Author)

Reports on the 1992 National Conference of African American Librarians, sponsored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (ALA). Highlights include participants; programs on topics such as political issues, recruitment, and the involvement of African-American librarians in ALA; exhibitors; and a list of African-American library…

This section includes national association reports from the American Library Association; the Special Libraries Association; the Association of Research Libraries; the Association of American Publishers; and the American Booksellers Association. (LRW)

Contains reports from the American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers Association, Association of Research Libraries, and Council on Library and Information Resources. (PEN)

Presents a history of the American Library History Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) and describes the role of Louis Shores in its proceedings. Discusses library history, the position of the Round Table within the ALA, and disseminating research in library history. (LRW)