Scepticism is a form of philosophy to be adopted by libraries which will accommodate all dogmas regarding library missions but will assent to none. (AB)

There is a public need for improved and relevant library services to make libraries institutions of the future with the capacity to provide a secure and healthy preservation of our heritage. (Author/AB)

Application of common sense to work simplification may be flourishing under the pseudonym of systems analysis. (AB)

A library's annual report serves several purposes: publicity, knowledge source for the public, and factual record of activities which tells what has been accomplished and what the next year's goals should be. The author discusses how to prepare an annual report. (SJ)

ALA could move forward by becoming an association of libraries in fact as well as in spirit. (Author)

Suggests ways and means by which libraries and librarians should change to keep pace with changing needs in our society, and to be responsive to them. (AB)

As congressional library supporters retire, establishing new commitments for library services and funding is a priority for advocates. Highlights retiring library champions in Congress, their contributions, and current congressional librarian, Representative Major Owens. Suggests ways to secure more support--educating legislators about libraries,…

The programs, activities and development of the Canadian Library Association and the libraries of Canada from 1952 to 1972 are reviewed. (SJ)

Public library services to children have made great contributions in the past and should be preserved at all costs. (5 references) (AB)

Without library quiet, mankind certainly would have been pushed over that brink the doomsday men of the nineteen sixties predicted. (6 references) (Author)

The use of volunteers in many types of services and programs may expand in the foreseeable future and libraries should keep certain principles in mind in using them. (AB)

Sources of endowment assistance are listed for libraries seeking federal funds. (AB)

Hierarchies-by-type threaten to institutionalize the isolation of different libraries from each other. (Author)

Developments in library services to Hispanic Americans include special collection development and outreach services to non-users but change is coming too slowly for America's fastest growing minority. Professional education has responded slowly, if at all to the Hispanic population's needs. (MBR)

The Library Technology Program is an attempt to meet one of the great challenges to improved library service -- the application of new technology to library operations. (20 references) (SJ)