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Laughlin, Mildred – Learning Today, 1973
Suggestions for enticing the public into libraries are presented. (1 reference) (SM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Librarians, Library Planning, Library Role
Arenas, F., M. L. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1973
The University of Chile's bookmobile program, which was started in October 1968, is described. The bookmobile contains a collection of 3,500 volumes, 800 slides and 90 musical scores to serve the nine faculties of the University. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Branch Libraries, College Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEvans, Susan M.; Line, Maurice B. – Journal of Librarianship, 1973
The principal service offered was a manual current awareness service, based on scanning primary and abstracting journals. Evaluation was by feedback slips for each reference, and by questionnaire at the end of the experiment. General observations on place and value of such a service in a university library are included. (6 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Services, Library Services, Program Evaluation
Robinson, Joyce L. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1973
The Jamaica Library Service is a combination of branch libraries, book centers, bookmobile stops, and free postal service. Under certain conditions the central government provides funds for new library buildings. Several rural communities have constructed their own branch library buildings. (Author)
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Branch Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Matley, Marcel B. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1973
The rationale for developing a phone book collection is discussed and the procedures for building the collection are outlined. (SM)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Library Collections, Library Material Selection, Library Services
De Prospo, Ernest R.; Altman, Ellen – Library Journal, 1973
An argument is presented in favor of finding new methods of measuring-evaluating-library performance. (3 references) (SM)
Descriptors: Administration, Evaluative Thinking, Libraries, Library Planning
Peer reviewedAuld, Larry; Voit, Irene – College and Research Libraries, 1973
Library group practice bears striking similarities to medical group practice, both in rationale and patterns of service. Library group practice is a means of enhancing professional achievement, improving rate of productivity in libraries, and thereby offering one way in which information can be marketed by libraries at an acceptable price. (8…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Information Sources, Librarians, Library Services
Peer reviewedHull, Dana J. – Educational Leadership, 1972
Describes the procedures and problems of creating a cataloging system for the curriculum library at Bowling Green State University. (GB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Curriculum Study Centers, Library Science, Library Services
Osborn, Anne – School Library Journal, 1972
The least a library can do for a teenager is to provide some of what he wants as well as what the library has decided he needs. He deserves the right to choose information for himself. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Censorship, Information Needs, Library Material Selection
Peer reviewedHernon, Peter; Pastine, Maureen – RQ, 1972
The floating librarian'' is one who interprets and adjusts the formal library structure to meet legitimate needs. This is one of the ways the academic reference librarian can gain greater acceptance with students and faculty. (9 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Needs, Librarians, Library Services
AAUP Bulletin, 1972
Descriptors: Faculty, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Librarians
Obsorn, Anne V. – School Library Journal, 1973
All aspects (including the librarian's attitude) of a successful young adult library program are discussed. (NH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Librarians, Libraries, Library Science
Wagner, Walter – Learning Today, 1973
A detailed account of an experiment in which the use of library reference tools and other materials was consciously incorporated into college coursework is presented, along with an evaluation of the results. (1 reference) (KE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Libraries, Libraries, Library Instruction
Chaplin, A. H. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1972
The papers and other contributions reported upon here drew attention to the achievements of library organizations in many countries, and also to a number of problems calling for consideration and study. (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, International Programs, Librarians, Library Associations
Carlson, James F. – Learning Today, 1971
A successful library program should be centered about the educational program, which means the acquisitions effort must be faculty centered rather than librarian centered. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Needs, Library Acquisition, Library Material Selection


