This is a career book by minorities written especially to encourage young people from minority groups to consider entering the library profession. The essays are written by twenty librarians from a wide variety of backgrounds and discuss native Americans, Chicanos, blacks, Puerto Ricans, Asian Americans, and other minority groups in librarianship.…

Public library use and librarians' knowledge of access to government documents were assessed through a survey of 108 participating public libraries in Kentucky in preparation for a one-day workshop providing instruction in government documents. Response rate was 43 percent. Community needs were determined by classification of the particular…

After comparing 1976/77 statistics for library acquisitions, services, and administration personnel with those for 1975/76, the document presents lists, arranged alphabetically by the names of the librarians involved, of the following kinds of information: committee memberships and elective offices held in professional organizations; presentations…

Highlights of the Council's activities during the year are briefly reviewed, and the current board of directors, committee members, officers, and staff members are listed. Areas covered include (1) the national and international scene, including the Council's work towards a national periodicals center, promotional efforts for national…

IN 1966-67, LIBRARY TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAMS OF SIX UNITS OR MORE WERE OFFERED AT 17 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES. AT 15 COLLEGES INSTRUCTION IN LIBRARY USAGE WAS OFFERED WITHOUT A VOCATIONAL EMPHASIS. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AND CURRICULUM PATTERNS WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE CATALOGS OF ALL COLLEGES OFFERING LIBRARY PROGRAMS. CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION…

THE STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON VISITS TO 5 CAMPUSES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND INTERVIEWS WITH LIBRARIANS, FACULTY, AND UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS, ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AVAILABLE DATA ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN CALIFORNIA. CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT THE NEED FOR LIBRARIANS IN THE STATE, THE RAPID EXPANSION OF…

As part of the Articulated Instructional Media (AIM) program at the University of Wisconsin which is intended to extend higher education to people who would not otherwise have opportunities for study, the Library School program was conducted to develop independent study courses for the four beginning core areas of librarianship. The purpose of…

This annually revised guide lists awards from state library agencies, national and state library associations, and academic institutions offering undergraduate or graduate programs in library education. National associations, foundations, and other agencies known to grant financial assistance for library education are also listed. Not included in…

The first listing of continuing education opportunities for library, information, and media personnel in the United States includes 178 programs offered by 51 institutions and organizations for the year 1976. Program information comes from 24 states and the District of Columbia. The fields with the largest number of programs are: medical…

Designed for use in a post-master's level course in administration of the federal special library, this guide provides instructions for the teacher in simulation techniques plus suggested problems and materials. Suggestions are given for classroom management of the "Governmental Library Simulation." A briefing guide, a debriefing guide, and…

Although multimedia centers routinely coexist with community college libraries, media use in library instruction has been limited, a surprising fact in view of rapidly expanding enrollments. This study documents current practices in five Southern California community college libraries, and proposes and outlines a videotape for effective…

This preliminary work in human communication for librarians is designed to help the library profession address itself to significant communication problems. As they relate to the library and information sciences, the three major areas of communication science covered are: (1) History and theory of communication and culture, organization and…

The first lecture on some experiences in library surveys and classification concludes that reclassification or acceptance of the Library of Congress system provides an opportunity for librarians to reevaluate their organizational patterns of work, to make clear decisions about policies of work and to remove deadwood from the collections. The…

The manual is prepared for use in courses taught at the annual workshops sponsored by the Michigan Department of Education, Bureau of Library Services, for those public library personnel who need state certification. It includes the following sections: (1) The Public Library, (2) Selecting Materials for a Library, (3) Organization of Library…

The modern library is an institution that supplies many information services by efficiently organizing universal knowledge that has been reduced to the printed word. Unfortunately, the Latin American countries have not developed centralized services and programs with respect to bibliography, cataloging, exchange, reprography, production of library…