A selected bibliography of materials dealing with education in Pakistan--books, parts of books, and editorials--is presented with each entry described in several paragraphs of summary. The arrangement is topical, the topics including adult education; agricultural education, childhood education, curriculum, discipline problems, education goals,…

Section 1 of this bibliography of materials contains a revised version of the 1969 edition of the same publication, with a few additional citations. This section includes a variety of references pertinent to the teaching of foreign languages, grouped under the following headings: aids in teaching; course outlines and guides; cultural aids from…

Nearly 2,000 games and simulations are listed along with details of their content, suppliers, and audience. The games range in level from those designed to teach young children to read, to those intended for postgraduate study of political decision-making. The subject range is equally wide. Management topics convered include: industrial relations,…

The directory lists 1,715 products of both members and non-members of the National Audio-Visual Association alphabetically by company name under product type. Each description shows a picture of the product and gives specifications, other models, and a price. Appended are an audience capacity chart, an index of 16mm projector models, a list of…

The results of this study outline the plans for the establishment of a cooperative network of Ohio Art Libraries. Academic, Special, and Public Libraries are included. The study reveals that these several libraries jointly possess a major art research resource. In addition to sharing, it was decided that a clearly defined program outlining areas…

The Career Pattern Study hypothesized the concept of vocational maturity, attempted to define the concept, developed questionnaire methods for studying it, and refined the questionnaire items into an instrument to measure it. In this brief biography of the Career Development Inventory (CDI), the next step was to refine the Career Pattern Study…

With current renewed interest in the black man's role and contributions in the settling and development of America, educational institutions and libraries have accelerated their efforts to institute courses of study and programs in the field. This index to black history and studies, retrieved from a computerized data base at the University of…

Defines artificial intelligence and reviews current research in natural language processing, expert systems, and robotics and sensory systems. Discussion covers current commercial applications of artificial intelligence and projections of uses and limitations in library technical and public services, e.g., in cataloging and online information and…

Describes a program of national collection building designed to provide universal availability of publications in the Federal Republic of Germany in the context of historical traditions, the development of a cooperative acquisition program, financial support, and methodological aspects of the system. (CLB)

Examines the MARC Archives and Manuscripts Control format as a prototype for the exchange of information among multitype networks including libraries and archives, and discusses existing differences in policy and objectives of libraries and archives that may be reconciled using this format. (CLB)

Outlines evaluative criteria and compares optical data disk products used in library technical processes, including bibliographic records for cataloging, acquisition databases, and local public access catalogs. An extensive table provides information on specific products, including updates, interfaces, edit screens, installation help, manuals,…

Defines information science; reviews currently available literature pertaining to information science education (directories, analytical articles, opinion papers); and discusses a study which surveys course offerings in information science to establish what currently constitutes a specialization in the field. Course descriptions in school catalogs…

This review of the transition from library card catalogs to online public access catalogs (OPAC) (1981-1982) discusses methods employed by online catalog use studies (self-administered questionnaires, OPAC transaction logs, focused-group interviews, feature analysis, online search and retrieval experiments) and new directions for OPAC research…

Through a single computerized system, the Libraries Information Access System provides interactive, integrated access to a range of information functions in support of services meeting both academic needs (bibliographic access for research, instructional support) and administrative needs (processing, inventory control, communications, record…

Evaluating library collections by comparing them to bibliographies has a long history in research libraries. This evaluative study examined all 107 titles within the "Women in Botany" section of the Herbarium Library at The Ohio State University (OSU). The Herbarium is not part of the OSU Library system, but functions as a satellite to…