Recommends that libraries include conservative 'Moral Majority' as well as liberal views of human sexuality in their acquisition of books for young adults to provide a balanced collection and blunt atttempts to limit academic freedom through censorship. Five 'New Right' choices are reviewed. (RAA)

Delineates the types of decisions involved in the preservation of library collections and suggests decision-making structures and criteria for each type of decision. The information gaps which limit the ability to make intelligent preservation decisions are also discussed. (Author/JL)

Deplores the lack of adequate training programs for archivists and documents efforts made by both history and library professional associations and schools to provide such training. It is recommended that the curriculum emphasize systematic appraisal of materials and indexing languages and thesaurus construction rather than cataloging. Thirty…

Censorship problems are becoming more complex. Liberals as well as conservatives are objecting to certain materials. And because selection of textbooks and school library materials hinges not only on content but on budgetary and instructional considerations, school censorship cases can be even more difficult to pinpoint. (SJL)

The New Right is working to alter drastically what is--or isn't--taught in American schools, the basic concept under attack being pluralism. They want to put the Bible and prayer back into the classroom; and get evolution, sex education, realistic library books, "objectionable" textbooks, and "secular humanism" out. (MLW)

Bibliographies of student papers, student questionnaires, and interviews with library media specialists were examined in studying the use of magazine articles by high school students to fulfill assignments calling for the collection of information on individual topics. Areas examined included context of use, age of materials, title selection, and…

Discusses a one-semester course offered in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana which incorporates technical writing and the use of the chemical literature into a single course. (CS)

Relates ways in which librarians are using their traditional print-related skills for the selection, organization, and servicing of audiovisual collections in order to make these materials more accessible to both students and teachers. (FL)

Describes ways that a library can be used as an integral part of a school reading program. (MKM)

Outlines need for more recruiting and training of Spanish-speaking librarians in the United States. (KP)

History and analysis of library services to adults--educational, informational, and recreational. (LS)

Describes the State University of New York at Albany law Web page that was designed to help teach students and others, as well as to provide access to selected law resources. Benefits of this instructional subject-specific Web page are its user-friendliness, its flexibility, its ability to provide a cognitive structure and to promote critical…

Discusses when librarians should develop their own Internet collections and how to add value to them, based on examples from the Argus Clearinghouse Web site. Topics include evaluation criteria for Internet resources; strategic planning; Internet collection development policies; and adding value through organization, navigation, learning systems,…

Digitization benefits the users of special collections through increase in traditional use of materials, development of new avenues of research, and the appearance of new types of research using rare books and manuscripts. It challenges the relative value given to paper originals of rare materials as digital holdings increase. Special collections…

Examines how librarians are customizing their services and collections for handheld computing. Discusses the widest adoption of PDAs (personal digital assistants) in libraries that serve health and medical communities; PDA-friendly information pages; the reference focus; journals and databases; lending materials; publicity; use of PDAs by library…