Four separate reports include (1) proposed international guidelines for school libraries; (2) standards and regulations for school libraries in the USSR; (3) the development of school libraries in Poland; and (4) the activities of the Federation of Yugoslav Library Associations, which is working on a national plan for library and information…

Summarizes events at the 1988 Special Libraries Association (SLA) annual conference which addressed such issues as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Library Awareness Program, SLA professional development projects, creativity, and child care at conferences and the workplace. A listing of SLA officers and awards is included. (MES)

Summarizes events at the 1988 Canadian Library Association (CLA) annual conference, which addressed such issues as access to information, CLA finances, and the information marketplace. A list of CLA officers and awards is included. (MES)

A personal report and critique of goings on in Lausanne at the 1976 restructuring of the International Federation of Library Associations. (Author)

The Planning Group on School Libraries in the International Federation of Library Associations was organized in 1973 in Grenoble, France. The new Group will provide a structure through which the interest in school librarianship of the associations affiliated with IFLA can be channeled. (Author)

The texts of statements delivered on August 21, 1972 and September 27, 1972, are presented. (SJ)

A brief commentary on Donald G. Davis' doctoral dissertation, The Association of American Library Schools: An Analytical History,'' is presented. (SM)

The entire November issue is a special edition devoted to the 1972-1973 American Library Association Handbook of Organization. (SJ)

Happenings at the 1973 Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association are reported. (NH)

The programs, activities and development of the Canadian Library Association and the libraries of Canada from 1952 to 1972 are reviewed. (SJ)

A report of the 1972 meeting of the American Association of Library Schools. (Author)

An account of the media of communication about intellectual freedom available to the library profession, arranged in a rough progression from the general and retrospective to the particular and current. (Author/NH)

Discussion of events and issues that led the American Association to adopt the Library Bill of Rights, to establish a committee on Intellectual Freedom and to continue to emphasize the vital importance of free inquiry. Comments regarding the protection of librarians who practice according to their commitment are also included. (Author/NH)

While there are still vast differences of opinion over tactics and armament, the intellecual freedom campaign has come a long way from Atlantic City. (Author)

Five of the 53 library school students brought to Dallas with funds from the J. Morris Jones/World Book Encyclopedia ALA Goals Award for 1970 present their reactions to the American Library Association's (ALA) Conference. (Author)