A report to the profession on the status of the urban information specialist project at the University of Maryland is presented. (Author)

Maintains that anti-intellectualism threatens intellectual freedom when thinking is regarded only as an activity that experts and specialists do and when judgments of value are not regarded as central to library work. Intellectuals are seen as making discriminating judgments while anti-intellectuals discriminate against them. Six references are…

Reports on the 1993 annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Topics covered include the future of law librarianship, access to government information, copyright, library school closings, the Internet, and the impact of global information needs. (EAM)

Discusses the importance of the role of librarians in the educational process. The value-added concept is applied to librarians, and requirements in terms of accreditation for school librarians and federal standards for school libraries and librarians are advocated. (MES)