One hundred and twenty entries comprise this general bibliography on housing (see also SO 008 763). Most listings date from 1974 to 1975. The bulk of the documents are commercially published books, reports, bulletins, and papers. Citations are alphabetized by author or title and include the date, number of pages, price, and availability. An author…

This general bibliography contains listings on economics, education, housing, land use, architecture, politics, recreation, and social services. The listings provide current information on these topics and date from 1973 through 1975. The bulk of the documents are commercially available books, project reports, studies, and conference proceedings.…

Reports of 1,335 research efforts, books, and monographs in innovative activities involving library and information services throughout the world are gathered here. Projects listed are varied and represent government, academic, industrial, research, and association-sponsored efforts as well as individual projects. Project descriptions are arranged…

Reviewed are the history and public relations, financial and service roles of lay "Friends of the Library" groups. Programs and techniques useful in the pursuit of these roles are suggested. Guidelines for a constitution, fee schedule, and administrative structure plus a bibliography give potential friends organizations help in…

The educational patterns of individuals who have used library resources in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for independent learning projects on a continuing basis were studied. The tendency of respondents was to use a combination of all four major types of resources for information and planning: (1) self as resource; (2) non-human resources, such…

The annotated bibliography represents the core holdings in the area of technology and social change in foreign countries at the Iowa State University Library. The first part of the bibliography (115 pages) contains several hundred individual entries, mostly of books, but including government and United Nations documents, published since 1950,…

The types of reference question considered most difficult by the staffs of Northern California public library systems were the subject of a workshop conducted by the Bay Area Reference Center (BARC). The topics included: antiques and collectibles; identifying a poem from its middle line; how to make practically anything; how to repair various…

Resources located in the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Headquarters Library are inventoried in this quarterly library bulletin. Entries follow the IPPF classification scheme and are arranged by topics: (1) general office management and administration; (2) contraceptive methods; (3) family planning (general); (4) United…

Resources located in the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Headquarters Library are inventoried in this quarterly library bulletin. Entries follow the IPPF classification scheme and are arranged by topics: (1) general office management and administration; (2) contraceptive methods; (3) family planning (general); (4) United…

Consultants and staff of the Appalachian Adult Education Center developed coping skills categories based on extensive work with adult basic education programs and in public library services for disadvantaged adults. The coping skills categories are subject areas in which most adults need information to cope effectively with the problems of…

A library for the blind is a good public library which deals in several media: Braille, tape, and large type. Such a library has the capability and dedication to provide each patron with personalized service, transcribing materials from regular print on demand. Organizations that simply select books made available the Library of Congress for mail…

A classic reference work, this glossary provides a practical guide to the terminology used in the production and distribution of books--not necessarily the technical language of the trade, but rather the words in common usage in a bookstore, in a publisher's office, in a library, or among book collectors. In this revised edition, printing…

This is the third annual Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolina and was compiled and organized from data provided by each institution to the State Board of Higher Education or through the Higher Education General Information Survey of the U.S. Office of Education. Information is provided in 11 broad areas which are (1) current…

The findings of a study of the Title II-B program of the Higher Education Act of 1965 are summarized. The program provides grants to institutions of higher education to assist them in training individuals in the principles and practices of library and information sciences (LIS). The results of the first four years of the Title II-B program are…

The library science course lecture summaries and reading references in the first part are organized around five fundamental areas of bibliographic study of the social sciences: the subject, social organization in the social sciences, communication systems and resources, documentary communication, and bibliographic organization. Part 2 includes…