Urges public librarians to promote the fact that children's services are provided in a totally nonthreatening atmosphere without discrimination or depersonalization. (FM)

Suggests materials and services Australian libraries should provide for the assistance of immigrants with limited English skills. (HTH)

Discusses objectives for public library services to the disabled in terms of material, equipment, facilities, services, and staffing, and reports selected results of a 1979 survey of public library service to the physically impaired. (FM)

Discusses 10 ways state libraries can help combat illiteracy: as planner, initiator/catalyst, trainer, coordinator, resource back-up, demonstrator, disseminator/publicizer, funder, supporter of good public education, and consultant. (Author/LLS)

Presents marketing as an attitude, an approach, and a set of tools, techniques, and concepts that can be applied to the professional development of librarians. (FM)

Outlines costs and benefits to the user of the library as an information channel and notes the implications for library organization in terms of pricing and multiple services. (MBR)

Describes what is happening concerning developmental information service guidelines published by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association (ALA) in 1976 and discusses evaluation guidelines for reference/information services of libraries. (Author/JD)

Public library services are threatened by a national mood of economic conservatism. Librarians should actively combat the threat by defending services, making collective decisions, resisting inflation, seeking federal support, responding to charges from politicians, and increasing efficiency. (FM)

Describes social, cultural, informational, and educational programs and services that are offered by some libraries in Louisiana to their adult patrons. (JD)

Addresses the questions of why librarians engaged in serving children are on the defensive about the way in which they evaluate their services, and what can be done to bring children's services back into the mainstream of library thinking. (FM)

Reports the Library Association of Australia's China Library Study Tour of 15 December 1978 through 3 January 1979 which visited 11 libraries in five cities. Library services throughout China are discussed. (RAO)

Recommends that public libraries be aware of the need to develop basic preservation policies in order to safeguard local treasures and to extend the life of the collection as a whole. The importance of cooperation is asserted in the light of limited budgets. A selected bibliography is included. (FM)

Excellent public relations come from excellent library services. (Author)

Gives a brief history of prison library services in the U.S. Points out specific problems with prison libraries and suggests that more action be taken to improve prison library services. (AP)

How to go about using the public library in learn-it-yourself experiences. (WL)