Examines the problems of providing multicultural and multilingual library services, focusing on material selection, cataloging, indexing, and classifying. (FM)

Presents responses to 10 common arguments against the use of Internet filters in libraries. Highlights include keyword blocking; selection of materials; liability of libraries using filters; users' judgments; Constitutional issues, including First Amendment rights; and censorship. (LRW)

Examines the issue of evaluation of information by librarians in reference services, comparing this aspect of reference with the evaluative decisions made in the selection process. It is argued that libraries should assume an evaluative role in order to help users sort through information and make wise decisions about what they need. (two…

This discussion of fund allocation for library collection development is based on interviews with administrative officers of the Brooklyn and Tompkins County, New York, public libraries. It is concluded that no materials budget can be used effectively without quality service at the level where librarians bring materials and patrons together.…

Library procedures and practices that effectively deny minors access to certain services and materials available to adults, and administrative policies and procedures that affect the right of free access to information for all individuals, are discussed as they relate to Article Five of the Library Bill of Rights. (CHC)

Provides background on the selection process for government-produced CD-ROMS for small selective depository libraries. Hardware, software, staffing, and service issues relating to statistical CD-ROM databases are discussed from the perspective of the smaller depository library. Reasons for and against selection of these databases are considered.…

Discusses five developmental needs of adolescents and explains how they contribute to an "instrumental approach" to the selection of library materials. Highlights include traditional attitudes of librarians; place of popular culture in libraries; popular culture media as arbitrators of behaviors; and heroes, mass media, and reading.…

Discusses need for microforms (high costs, inaccessibility, space requirements, and deterioration of printed materials), selection of microform materials, and maintenance of microform equipment for library microform services in Nigeria. Results of a study of print material usage at the University of Lagos Library are presented. Eight sources are…

Discussion of the impact of new technologies (e.g., television, microcomputers) on library services to children highlights new intellectual demands, increased sophistication and pressure on families, meaning of changes for children's librarians, changing print materials, maintaining values of past, and selecting materials appropriate for…

This article discusses criteria of a good computer software package to aid the public librarian in the building, weeding, and maintenance of a software collection for young adults. Highlights include manuals or documentation; bells, whistles, and color; and the true test of time. (EJS)

Addresses factors to be considered in selecting library audiovisual materials in a time of increasingly complex constraints and operations. Suggestions offered include learning how to dig out facts that count, using unorthodox resources for evaluation, updating selection policy, and employing statistical and other measures to analyze patrons and…

Discusses the decline of children's library services, the library needs of children, the special character of children's librarianship, and book selection. (SRT)

Discusses the change of library music collections from long-playing (LP) recordings to compact discs (CD). Highlights include the drawbacks of LPs, disc prices and players, sound quality, logistics, selection of recordings, and a renewed commitment to sound recording facilities and collections. Ten sources are given. (EJS)

Uses general developmental framework to explain relationship of play, toys, and development of young children, and to support toy lending in libraries. An evaluative approach for library toy selection which is based on meeting children's psychological needs is suggested together with 11 titles to aid librarians in establishing toy-lending…

Examination of impact of new technologies (television, computers) on children's reading patterns highlights new intellectual demands, pressure on families, changes for children's librarians, changing print materials, maintaining values of past while moving into technology, synthesis for future, and main considerations in choosing library materials…