The intent of the American Library Association resolution on compliance is that libraries begin to utilize their own expertise or that of a state or local equal employment or human relations commission or voluntary compliance agency toward a positive employment goal. (AB)

The American Library Association's Social Responsibility Round Table is emphasizing local action to give a national thrust on the issues of society and the role of activist librarians in it. (AB)

A brief account of the Association of American Library Schools' meeting at Berkeley. (MF)

The librarian should use the library as an instrument of social change, be responsive to the social concerns of the community, and take action in national and state associations as well as in daily work. (AB)

A position paper presented to the Catholic National Library Association (CNLA) on Library Education. (Author)

The issue of intellectual freedom as it came up at various meetings during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (Chicago, January 18-24, 1970). (JB)

This discussion of the development of library reference service standards and guidelines for service measurement highlights the work of the American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Standards, guidelines adopted by ALA's Reference and Adult Services Division, and efforts of state, public, and university libraries. Fourteen references are…

Reviews the preservation literature of 1981, with specific sections devoted to general articles and literature guides, association activities, collection surveys, conferences and workshops, conservation techniques, deacidification, exhibits, grants, national and local programs, nonbook materials, and paper. A 135-item bibliography is included. (JL)

Lists library annual reports and statistical documents available from three sources: ERIC, the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and the General Microfilm Company's (GMC) State Documents Relating to Libraries series. (Author/FM)

Discusses the role of international organizations and library associations in improving the libraries of developing nations, and describes the successes and failures of various programs aimed at universal bibliographical control, universal availability of publications, and promulgation of universal library standards. (FM)

Presents summaries of reports presented at the 1979 Association of American Llbrary Schools (AALS) Conference. Topics discussed include adult services, curriculum, international library education, interschool relations, library history, teaching methods, women in librarianship, and the Council of Deans and Directors. (FM)

The history of the Congress for Change, a professional librarian's group favoring aggressive library response to societal problems, is highlighted, and its past and present objectives are reviewed. (MBR)

Describes the structure of the mechanisms and problems in the distribution and utilization of bibliographic data in United States libraries from 1876 to 1945, or from the founding of the American Library Association to the close of the precomputer age. (Author/LS)