Discussion of English language journals of librarianship of most interest to North Americans includes publications from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, and West Africa, as well as from UNESCO, IFLA, and Scandinavia. Some indexes, other secondary publications, and monographs are also discussed. (RAA)

Research dealing with reading interests, habits, and problems of the older reader has been primarily a tangential result of surveys concerned with reading activities of the general population. The studies reviewed were selected to give an overview of existing research with suggestions for future investigation. (Author)

Criticizes the Library of Congress' manner of representing the United States in international attempts to develop universal bibliographic control. Direct involvement by American libraries in international activities is urged, in order that actions taken be decided upon in a democratic fashion. (SW)

Summarizes the two recent studies of interest to the library community: (1) an A. D. Little analysis of past and present systems for dissemination of scientific technical information, and (2) Fritz Machlup's economic profile of key disseminators of scholarly, scientific, and intellectual knowledge. (FM)

Reviews the professionalization process in the school library media field; critically analyzes the field, drawing from the appropriate professional characteristics; and explores the field's ethos, especially the service orientation considered important for the field, which needs to be translated into ethical practice.

The recording of dance for archival purpose has spawned the mediation of dance for education, training, and artistic purposes as well; and video has naturally emerged as the recording medium. (Author/CMV)

Describes an assignment in which students locate, read, assess, and discuss critical articles about the works of literature they are studying. Points to many benefits of the assignment, including its positive effects on students' library research skills. (TJ)

Outlines archival training in selected countries of Latin America, with particular emphasis on the role of the Inter-American Centre for Archives Development. Information is provided on training courses, the trainees, methodology, teaching staff, visiting lecturers, advisory services, and publications. (RAA)

This proposal for training conservators of library and archival materials reviews recent activities of national conservation groups, names conservation characteristics that would influence such training, describes conservation jobs, and identifies needs and priorities of the field and of individual institutions. (JD)

Examines data collected from a sample of 228 librarians, including sex, type of library in which employed, vocational needs, characteristics of job environments, and job satisfaction, in order to identify those factors most highly related to job satisfaction among beginning librarians. (CWM)

Government depositories can supply teachers with a wide variety of information and teaching materials, ranging from background information, text supplements, audiovisual materials, to new sources for student research. (DS)

Books, newspaper and journal articles, manuscripts, and pamphlets and reports on Blacks in the State of Washington are cited. (MC)

Describes a conceptual framework for the development of a management information system including performance assessment components for linking institutional goals, library performance, and library management decision making. The operational methodology required to evaluate resource allocations consistent with aggregate user needs and delineated…

The leadership to bring about a network is always in conflict with the member organizations of the network because the latter resist the control of network protocols by the network managers. The tension in leadership responsibilities in network operations is a result of increased use of more comprehensive communication links. (Author)

Suggests that librarians have a great deal to offer in the field of adult education given their traditional reader's role and training in information services. Author believes this valuable resource of librarians should be made known to adults and adult educators. (JD)