A programed text designed to teach library students basic manual flowcharting techniques is presented. A statement of behavioral objectives indicates that the text will teach the student to: define the process of flowcharting, list its uses and distinguish between programing and systems flowcharts; specify flowchart input and output; analyze the…

A ten-week institute was developed to train library students in the western United States for work in state library agencies. Learning activities included lectures, guest speakers, discussions, role-playing, field trips, four weeks of field work, case studies, research, and report writing. The focus was on state library history, special aspects,…

Designed for use in a post-masters level course in library science, this model presents background information about the hypothetical library which is the context for the role-playing and in-basket exercises of a governmental library simulation. An organization chart, operations manual, annual report, and other documents serve to convey…

Libraries and information centers are rapidly becoming an integral part of American Indian life. Even though tribes have recently taken a great deal of initiative in establishing community libraries in conjunction with tribal community centers, they have encountered problems of training staff in Indian libraries. Isolation and lack of funds,…

This report contains recommended guidelines for selected aspects of the environment affecting the use of microforms. Environmental factors discussed include those related to the convenience and comfort of the readers and the custodianship of the material. The recommendations focus on daily routine problems faced by librarians and readers when…

Thirty-two papers presented at the seventh annual seminar of the Documentation Research and Training Center explore: (1) Universe of Subjects - Its Development and Structure, (2) Subject Analysis and Classification, (3) Subject Headings, (4) Librametry and Its Scope, (5) Subject Analysis, (6) Library Work, (7) Documentation List, (8) Library…

The opening session of the seventh annual seminar of the Documentation Research and Training Center is provided in verbatim form. The section of Group Meetings and Plenary Sessions examines the propositions presented in the thirty-two papers presented in Volume I (LI 002 230). The balance of the report provides: (1) the Valedictory Address and the…

On May 8 and 9, 1970, 170 people from six provinces and four states gathered in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at Lakehead University, for a two-day workshop on the subject of library technicians. The objectives of this workshop were: (1) to consider the role of library assistants or technicians and the type of post-secondary school training which they…

The main concern of this lecture series is innovation in librarianship. Today's librarian must be more than a technician, more than a collector and storer of materials. Today's librarian must be an innovator. Education for librarianship must stress the diverse community and the ability to understand and work with people of a varied education,…

The author notes three approaches to library education today: the traditional approach, the information science approach, and the approach which seeks to use what is best in the traditional while incorporating the more promising innovations. The author feels that library education ought to prepare librarians to be solution seekers rather than…

The course treats the organization and structure of files including relationships between information representation and processing techniques, transformations between storage media, and the referencing of information as related to the structure of its representation. The intent of the course is fourfold: (a) To teach the underlying principles of…

Two major sections comprise this first in a projected series of bibliographies and reference works on documentation, libraries, and archives. The series will be published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and is intended to replace UNESCO's series of bibliographical handbooks. Part I of this volume…

The Community Librarian Training Program was designed to provide a basic library background to staff in public libraries and institutions who found it difficult or impossible to attend university courses. The combination of correspondence work and study sessions was to provide a formal base upon which in-service training could be built. Unlike…

The object of this study was to analyze the processes by which individuals enter the occupation of librarianship and are prepared for positions in the field. Attention was directed to the ways in which the educational institutions who prepare these entrants are responding to the challenges which are being presented them by the increasing demands…

The purpose of this institute is to provide the individual with an introduction to the place of the library technical assistant in the organization of the college, public, school or special library. Orientation information stresses the areas of material processing, patron services, non-print media, and automation. Tours of the Engelhard Elementary…