This volume is an attempt to encourage academic librarians to use media as well as books in their libraries. It is composed of three papers, two by educators and one by a computer-oriented librarian. Dr. Ralph W. Tyler, former director of the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, discusses the changed…

The purpose of this report is to summarize the content of a series of lectures given at the School of Library Science, State University of New York at Albany. Four summaries are presented. "The Limits of Information Retrieval" discusses the need for a theory of documentation and how it can be derived. "The Structure of Notification" considers in…

Books, ERIC documents, and journal articles pertaining to professional continuing education are abstracted to provide resources for the planning of continuing education in librarianship. The listing is divided into three sections: some recent studies and bibliographies on continuing education in other professions, a selective list of materials…

A description of the School for Documentalists and Special Librarians of La Plata National University in Argentina is provided. Some background material pertinent to the founding of the School is presented and the administrative relationship of the School to the University is discussed. Entrance requirements are specified, the course of study is…

While libraries, as a species of complex organization, may not be facing immediate extinction, the available evidence suggests their long-term survival prospects are not particularly encouraging. Libraries, in general, have not responded adequately to rapidly changing social, economic and political factors. The locus for change lies in library…

Network services for library education and research should include access to: documentation and personnel in combination for research and education and instructional laboratories, instructional packages and testing, and curriculum information for education and computer-based facilities for research. An ideal network, current networks and…

Two Institute papers were concerned with genealogical research. "Manuscripts, Private Papers and Genealogical Research," deals with the handling and evaluation of unpublished and private papers in genealogical research. "The Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints," discusses the Mormon…

The purposes of the Workshop on Measuring the Quality of Public Library Services were to explore attitudes toward service, discuss the many facets of measuring library services and get a close-up view of one particular method of evaluating services: "hidden testing." Informal proceedings of the workshop include: (1) a talk of Ernie DeProspo…

An experiment was performed on the use of telelecture, amplified voice telephone, in a class of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The telelecture was successful in that it exposed the students to another academic library administrator, and it appeared to be a successful learning…

The Early Childhood Library Specialist (ECLS) concept was first conceived as the Early Childhood Media Specialist, and was written into a proposal that included a curriculum for the training of such media specialists. Cognizant of the interrelationship of the library and media fields, the proposal was adapted to include aspects of children's and…

Programs for the training of library technical assistants exist in more than 31 states of the United States and six provinces of Canada. Through the questionnaire developed to survey the status of these training programs a total of 134 have been identified: 118 in the U.S. and 16 in Canada. This directory of schools offering training programs for…

In July 1971 a need was articulated for a thorough review of educational opportunities and inter-institutional practices, and for a total articulated system to effectively serve the needs of New Jersey in the area of education for librarianship. This report of the Conference on Library Education, held on May 25, 1972, contains recommendations for…

This travel report includes descriptions of university libraries, public libraries, and national libraries in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Columbia. (PF)

Describes an instructional model for teaching the optimization of search strategies based on a small group of related reference tools. (PF)

This report and recommendations by the Implementation Board of the Library Association Council outlines the training and experience required for certification of library assistants, licensing of librarians, and registration of Library Association Associates and Chartered Libraries. (JAB)