This cumulative bibliography of State University at Albany (New York) doctoral dissertations, which spans the years 1979-1989, is not simply a compilation of previous supplements. It is based on an examination of the University Libraries' doctoral dissertation collection as reflected in the online and printed library catalogs. It is also the…

Covers library budget crises, community book brawls, ongoing library issues, and efforts to combat inflation. (Author/PF)

Reports on a study assessing the impact of the June 1973 and subsequent U.S. Supreme Court obscenity decisions on public and school libraries and trade bookstores. (Author/PF)

On 1 July 1975 at the American Library Association Conference in San Francisco, a capacity crowd of nearly 1,300 heard from a panel of librarians, publishers, and wholesalers how the budget crunch is affecting the producers/distributors of books and the buyers of books alike. (Author)

Presents the results of a questionnaire survey sent to 399 members of the Duplicates exchange Union. (PF)

This second annual encyclopedia summary updates the American Library Association's (ALA) evaluation of 10 sets and analyzes the deletions and additions made to each encyclopedia within the context of each publisher's revision plans. The board looked specifically for significant changes in purpose, arrangement, content style, general quality, and…

For the study of mass communication in social, cultural and political contexts, this annotated resource guide presents a list of materials available in the McGill University Libraries in Montreal, Canada. As a select bibliography, the guide concentrates on current sources, although some historical coverage of newspaper and journalism is included.…

This bibliography provides annotations on over 165 testing sources in the collection of the Humboldt State University (California) Library. Focus is on psychological and educational tests. Information resources are grouped according to information need, including sources of tests or information about tests, and by subject. The Library does not…

A guide to the Logan Pearsall Smith Collection at Trinity University Elizabeth Coates Maddux Library in San Antonio, Texas provides a descriptive overview of the collected works of this renowned epigrammatist, critic, essayist, biographer, and authority on the English language. The guide includes a brief biography of Smith (1865-1946), detailed…

The 1975 librarian must determine whether to begin collecting materials on the International System of Measurements (metric system). Librarians are urged to learn and use the metric system, provide displays, and collect materials to better serve their patrons. Bibliography. (Author/LS)

Methods for evaluating scientific and technical journals such as frequency of citation, "impact factor," and "Immediacy Index" are described. (PF)

This manual, intended primarily for use by preservation supervisors, includes a discussion of basic leather preservation techniques, and a description of the entire leather book preservation program at Olin Library, Cornell University. Discussions of work flow, materials, treatment steps, schedulinq, and recruiting student assistants are included.…

Items listed in this bibliography of biographical materials on writers and poets were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Organized by geographic region, citations include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, bibliographies, and directories on British, American and English speaking, European, French, German, Austrian,…