Using data bases of the DIALOG system new teaching techniques and materials are presented to an audience of library educators. Included are search demonstrations, teaching approaches, sample exercises and instructional prolects, multidatabase searching methods, utilization of search aids and offline resources, the conduct of presearch interviews,…

This fully revised manual of procedures for evaluation visits presents guidelines for site visits to library schools seeking accreditation for their programs of study. Visits to such schools provide the Committee on Accreditation with data to assist in reaching a judgment whether to grant accredited status. The area of responsibility for the…

A standard requirement of the accreditation process, the Self-Study Report prepared by requesting library schools, is necessary documentation for the accreditation request and possible site visit by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association. This guide presents the detailed procedures for accomplishment of this study. The…

This state-of-the-art survey of non-bibliographic databases and their use within the fields of economics and business studies recommends that schools of librarianship and information science incorporate online teaching packages encompassing such databases in their programs. The review, conducted through on-site visits and a questionnaire, focuses…

Reported in this document are activities of the third Graduate Library Institute for Spanish-Speaking Americans (GLISA). The institute is designed to provide coursework to fulfill requirements of the University of Arizona Graduate Library School, and to develop professional competencies in library services for Hispanic people. Participants and…

Drawn from the 15th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the nine papers presented in this volume deal with problems--or, in some cases, downright failures--in the automation of various facets of library service. They range from a general survey of failures or limitations…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO TEST HYPOTHESES THAT LIBRARY SCHOOL GRADUATES AS BOOK SELECTORS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTIONS ARE SUPERIOR TO UNTRAINED LIBRARIANS. A STUDY WAS MADE OF LIBRARY STANDARDS AND LIBRARY LITERATURE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES WHICH RESULT IN BUILDING GOOD LIBRARY COLLECTIONS. TWO GROUPS OF TEN…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS SURVEY WERE TO DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIBRARIANS EMPLOYED ON THE STAFFS OF THE MORE THAN 2,000 HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1966-57, AND TO IDENTIFY AND EXAMINE RELEVANT MANPOWER ISSUES. THE REPORT IS BASED ON THE RESPONSES OF 2,282 INDIVIDUALS, OR 93 PERCENT OF 2,459 SAMPLED FULL-TIME…

The objective of this project, funded under Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act, was to provide a standard training sequence for library technical assistants in Texas through the development of syllabi for library technical assistant courses offered in junior colleges or in the first two years of four year institutions in the…

The first American Library Association convention west of the Mississippi, held in 1891 in San Francisco, generated an interest in forming a California association. Then in 1895 a meeting of representatives of eight northern California libraries was called, and the California Library Association (CLA) was born. The five main areas of concern to…

This modular curriculum on state librarianship is designed to be used as a basis for a full-length library science course, instructional segments of several courses, continuing education courses, or workshops. The 20 curriculum modules cover the many facets of state libraries and their activities--history, functions, social and political…

The North Dakota State Library Commission defines the public library as an agency devoted to informal education, permitting an individual to study any subject at any time, to start at any degree of difficulty, proceed at his own pace, work toward a self-determined goal, free of costs and with minimum institutional restrictions. The State Plan…

A firm proposal is made for a statement of policy on library training and education, and the utilization of manpower in libraries. This policy statement is intended to recommend categories of library manpower, and levels of training and education appropriate to the preparation of personnel for these categories, which will support the highest…

Using the Semantic Differential, the attitudes of thirty-five public librarians participating in a training program on library service to the inner city were measured before and after the conference. A group of thirty public librarians in similar positions in large cities was randomly selected and measured with the same instrument to serve as a…

Three problems in the field of library science concerning the education of reference librarians which this project attempted to solve were: (1) unsatisfactory teaching methods, (2) variation of education and skill among students and (3) lack of self-instructional materials. The development and testing of computer-assisted instructional materials…