Intended to highlight challenges facing academic library managers and to review current activities and programs, this annual report of the Office of Management Studies (OMS) of the Association of Research Libraries describes 1978 activities and programs and considers 1979 priorities. In particular, the activities of four core programs are…

In an Ohio Library Association guide for planning workshops, detailed instructions are given for forming a committee, holding meetings, selecting and paying the speaker, and developing the program. Budgets and fees are discussed along with information on federal funding. Practical guidance is also provided about equipment, table arrangements,…

The studies examined were all issued since 1965, thus, this is not a historical study of progress (or decline) in methodology, idea development or the actual results ensuing from the study process but rather it is an attempt to aid in assessing such matters as the thoroughness and care with which state and regional library studies are now normally…

Part of a series published by the "Journal of Library History," this document includes unannotated bibliographies of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Minnesota library history. For each one there is an introduction which includes a short history of libraries in the state and a brief overview of relevant publications. Coverage varies from…

The purpose of this historical study of the Association of American Library Schools (AALS) was to determine the actual role and influence of the AALS in library education. The author's hypothesis is that the influence of an association of professional schools on professional education is related to the level of involvement of the association with…

The nine papers presented at this one day conference are: (1) "Salary Position Paper"; "Peer Evaluation of Librarians"; (3) "Tenure for UC Librarians"; (4) "Grievance, Appeal, and Review Procedures"; (5) "Workload Requirements"; (6) "Sabbatical and Other Leaves, and Access to Grants,…

The primary goal of this survey is to discover the potential membership for a state sub-chapter in the Music Library Association. It also aims to discover the extent of the use of music specialists with music collections. In 1969, representatives from each state in the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association were delegated to query…

Facts about the work programs, organization, government, finances, and relationships with other associations and agencies of six state and six regional library associations are contained in this report of the Goals Award Project. The report also contains opinions that 231 state association members have of their associations -- how democratic they…

The Seminars on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) which started in 1956 with the meeting of a representative group of librarians and bookmen invited by the University of Florida and the Pan American Union, "to consider the problems involved in finding, buying, and controlling library materials related to Latin…

The American Medical Association and the American Library Association are comparatively studied in this essay which emphasizes organizational structure. The chief characteristics of professional associations are briefly reviewed and the three primary problem areas relating to organizational structure--participation of the membership, role of the…

Evaluation of the seminar by its 27 participants indicated that it had largely achieved its objective of training staff members of population/family planning libraries in Latin America in basic population librarian skills. In addition, activities were initiated leading to the formation of the Interamerican Association of Information Centers in…

Contains the text of the American Library Association Reference and Adult Services Division's guidelines entitled "A Commitment to Information Services." (PF)

ALA's Public Library Association Goals, Guidelines, and Standards Committee presents this interim document--the first in over a decade to guide public library managers and lay decision-makers in assessing public library services--for review by the public library community. (Author/JPF)

Examines the theory of a postindustrial society and its significance for librarians, with specific reference to Daniel Bell's "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society." Two areas of prime importance are the political environment characteristic of the postindustrial society, and the knowledge base of librarianship. (JPF)