A cooperative effort by public libraries in the five northwest counties of Ohio has resulted in this union list of materials about Ohio. The items are arranged alphabetically by title with an encoded listing of libraries holding copies. (LS)

Suggested subject headings for 16mm motion pictures are listed. The intent of the list is to provide audiovisual librarians with a tool which will aid them in making subject indexes for their printed catalogs. It is also intended as an authority for professional catalogers who may be called upon to catalog 16mm motion pictures. (Author/KKC)

This is the second volume of reports on the work of the Further Education Staff College. Each volume consists of accounts of the proceedings of selected study-conferences and collections of special papers and monographs. Twenty numbers are published each year covering the development of further education, college and industrial relationships, the…

A survey of the present reference resources was conducted as part of the Appalachia Improved Reference Services, a federally funded program to up-grade reference services in eight libraries in four counties in East Central Ohio. General recommendations include: (1) the libraries need recent materials, especially text type materials in the basic…

This study is a revision of an earlier study "Library Organization, Positions and Relationships" prepared in 1969. A new classification plan and job changes required a re-evaluation. There are 51 position descriptions grouped into ten major areas of activity. The description of each activity includes: (1) the function, (2) organization structure…

Libraries have long functioned as institutions which exerted wide-ranging cultural-social activity as determined by the economic and cultural needs of society. Librarianship as an educational factor has become increasingly important during the past half century with respect to its quantitative growth and its quality world-wide. Although the school…

The invitational conference sought to create an atmosphere in which public library administrators and youth services librarians might freely discuss and reach consensus regarding a definition of the appropriate role of Florida public libraries in service to youth in the decade ahead, appropriate, realistic objectives for public libraries' youth…

The Chapel Library Center, in its third and fourth years of existence, had as its goal relevant service to the people of its neighborhood who represent a wide range of economic, ethnic and educational backgrounds. These reports describe activities, programs, book collections, art exhibits, circulation, and staffing of the Center. Conclusions about…

It is believed that this compilation will meet an information need that currently exists about environmental organizations. There are numerous directories and listings of environmental groups which furnish names, addresses, and brief statements of objectives, but they are frequently quite meager in their presentation of the history and character…

The eight papers included in this anthology were originally presented during the 1968 quarterly meeting of the Public Libraries Section, Victorian Division of the Library Association of Australia. The papers are: (1) Some Current Problems in Public Library Development in Victoria, (2) The Role of Government and Public Libraries, (3) Regional…

Written standards for the structure and government of library service, the program of public library services, selection and maintenance of library collections, personnel, and physical facilities provide guidelines for improved services by small public libraries in Nebraska. An interpretation and application of these standards assists in their…

The purpose of the study was to determine the state of programs and services to the aging provided by the 1,330 public libraries with service area population exceeding 25,000. Library services were defined to exclude routine services such as book lists but include programs and services (1) which are offered specifically for the aging population or…

The present Iranian library laws are incomplete, obsolete, and ineffective. Certain aspects of the Iranian school and public library standards described are based on the assumption that the laws will be improved in accordance with these suggestions. In a general way, this document attempts to build on the present laws and supplement them as well…

This document provides a guide for the initiation, development, and evaluation of Iranian public library service. It is intended for use by Iranian librarians, library boards, government officials, and interested citizens. Its sections contain numerous guiding principles which are the standards. Each standard provides a measure of achievement or a…

One of the early tasks of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) was to identify the sources of public funds available for use in financing public libraries. Information is available on the amounts of federal and state funds for financing public library services. What is not known at the national level is the various…