History of the library suppliers of office supplies, furniture, media, technical services, circulation services, and bibliographic services. (LS)

This guide is written for staff in church and synagogue libraries which traditionally have small collections, limited funding, and volunteer staff. The information in this guide provides the tools needed to create a customized disaster response plan for church or synagogue libraries. Part 1: The Disaster Response Plan, covers the process of…

There is an abundance of information available on the preservation and maintenance of maps, and the problems confronting the map librarian are not insurmountable. Familiarization with the source materials, and application of the accepted practices of preservation and maintenance will increase the longevity of the map holdings in any library. (7…

This paper presents analyses of separate data on the literature of tropical and subtropical agriculture, and the world literature of agricultural economics and rural socilogy, in relation to Bradford's law. (8 references) (Author/SJ)

A campus delivery service is one way to increase accessibility of library materials. This report provides an overview of such a service, evaluates its performance, notes the economic implications, and concludes that the service can solve some of the problems of decentralized collections. (13 references) (Author)

Some bracing thoughts and suggested guidelines on the delicate relationship between publishers and reviewers are presented by the president of a small, independent trade house. (Author/KE)

The problems of storage and maintenance which confront the map librarian are discussed. Included are the causes of map damage and deterioration, methods of detection and correction, and suggestions of further measures for optimum preservation. Useful guides on preservation and maintenance are cited. (7 references) (Author/NH)

How the Sellers Memorial Library added over 3,000 new items to its file at a cost of under one hundred dollars is told. (NH)

This paper summarizes the results of a study of cultural life on the southern Indiana frontier. Data were collected from a variety of sources, but especially important were county probate records. An examination of over 2,000 inventories located in sixteen southern Indiana counties produced descriptions of more than 500 private libraries. (44…

Abstracts on three books are described. The titles of the books are Technology and Culture in Evolution,'' Airport in the Sea,'' and New Posture on Environment?''. (PS)

The widely accepted approval-plan concept has moved from a lengthy period of discussion of selection responsibility to a few recent studies of the plans' cost, efficiency, and impact on research collections. An annotated list of articles from 1958 to 1972 traces this transformation and identifies the research studies. (34 references) (Author)

An attack on Philip Roth's book Portnoy's Complaint in Memphis, Tennessee, raises the issue of its purchase by the public library and the matter of censorship in general. A letter written by Henry Mitchell, editor of the "Delta Review, to the librarian encouraging him to support the public's freedom to read is included. (RM)

Presented at the American Library Association Annual conference (Kansas City, June 24, 1968). (JW)