Problems related to acquiring library materials are presented, including that of shoplifting. (NH)

Library schools must train young adult librarians toward commitment to relevant book selection. (AB)

The work of the Federal Library Committee indicates that a group of librarians willing to work together on the solution of common problems can obtain the necessary resources and can be reasonably successful, providing they are endowed with goodwill, persistence, energy and imagination. (Author/MF)

Reprint houses offer almost any standard reference work, and worthwhile out-of-print title, catalogs of other libraries, periodical files, government documents, etc. Public service librarians would like to see more communication between library and reprinter. (Author/NH)

A case history describing the rationale, planning concepts, and development of necessary steps towards accomplishing the goals of a California high school resource center. (JF)

Recommends extensive cooperation between librarians and teachers to stimulate students to become enthusiastic readers and suggests ways in which the librarian can make the library program more effective. Bibliography. (RW)

This essay on library book selection critiques Nora Rawlinson's article on practices at the Baltimore County Public Library which appeared in Library Journal, November 15, 1981, p. 2188, and discusses library circulation statistics in relation to book selection. (EJS)

Describes studies illustrating how shared cultural knowledge (or lack of it) can affect reading comprehension, as well as those experiments directed to story structure. Implications for teachers and librarians are discussed. Forty-two references are provided. (EJS)

The nature of criminal justice as a discipline and types of statistics it requires are discussed. Also included are descriptions of bibliographic sources of criminal justice statistics literature (criticizing methods used in gathering and presenting data and reporting statistics) and reference sources to primary sources of statistics. Sixteen…

A proposed cataloging and information access tool for children's media would combine the most useful aspects of library subject-heading lists and thesauri to meet American Library Association recommendations for subject cataloging of juvenile material. Computer-based production of a preliminary edition is planned for 1983. Fifteen references are…

Describes and evaluates various selection tools on the basis of their coverage of rehabilitation literature and their usefulness to librarians. Appendices provide annotated selected bibliographies of rehabilitation materials, a list of specialized sources for rehabilitation literature, and an annotated list of selection tools for audiovisuals.…

Introduces the librarian to the needs of the developmentally disabled as revealed through young people's literature. A 41-item bibliography of resources is included. (LLS)

Compares the retrieval and cost-effectiveness of six library reference tools used to verify monographs before acquisition: "American Book Publishing Record,""Books in Print,""Cumulative Book Index,""Micrographic Catalog Retrieval Systems,""National Union Catalog," and OCLC. Six references are cited. (FM)