This is the revision of the 1949 Unesco public library manifesto which was prepared by the Public Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations for International Book Year. (SJ)

Visits to the Open Corridor Schools in New York City were made to search out the role of the library and the librarian in these informal education situations. (2 references) (NH)

An account of the rapid growth of a relatively new area of knowledge, and some of the problems in information storage and retrieval involved are presented. (4 references) (Author)

Greater use can be made of fewer materials if there is public library and school library involvement in satisfying the library needs of all children. (Author)

Libraries are rated by several gifted children and the parent of a gifted child after which a librarian describes an open access" policy of one library and urges other libraries to consider such a change. (NH)

A report to the profession on the status of the urban information specialist project at the University of Maryland is presented. (Author)

Recounts in personal terms the role of the librarian in the high school. (JL)

Describes the Australian public library system's involvement in literacy programs. (HTH)

Discusses four types of services requested of libraries and strategies for providing them: collecting material about oral history, collecting published and semi-published oral history transcripts for research, serving as a repository for unique oral history materials, and establishing a program to create new oral histories. References are…

Examines current developments by public libraries in the area of services designed to meet the information needs of female clientele. (FM)

Traces the development of library user instruction in American college libraries, reviewing the major issues, experiments, and conflicts in the field since the 1870's. (FM)

Suggests that the divisions and animosities of the library community could be resolved through proper emphasis on access to information and resource sharing. Urban versus rural library, school versus public library, trustee versus librarian, and issues of professionalism are examined. (RAA)

Argues that archives of sound recordings represent an important cultural heritage that has been largely ignored by the libraries entrusted with them. Part of the loss is seen as a waste of the contributions private collectors could make both as consultants and as donors. (JD)

Notes that public library video programs are changing stereotypes about the function of libraries and librarians. Reviews several successful video programs across the United States. (FL)