This paper provides a brief guide to the major relevant works which yield information about the subject resources of libraries within New England. The list is not exhaustive and the works described are not evaluated. (28 references) (Author/NH)

The importance of an up-to-date information file is discussed, using the quest for the name of Paul Revere's horse as an example. A list of Famous Riders and Their Horses'' is included as an indication of the type material to be included in an information file. (SM)

Books on parapsychology are reviewed to provide a general orientation to the subject, to indicate the best current sources of information, and to recommend a basic library collection on parapsychology. (69 references) (SJ)

Institutions which own primary source materials on historical figures encounter many problems when they attempt to provide access to the information for scholars. (LS)

Describes source for photographs, including collections at the Universities of Louisville and Texas. (PD)

Discusses the state of newspaper files. Reports on available newspaper collections and developments in these resources. (PD)

A workable system for collection development in this library is a weekly review of standard selection tools, catalogs, and publishers' notices by the book selection committee (library director and the department heads of adult, children's, bookmobile, and technical services). (JAB)

The dimensions of the book storage problem vary from rigid to flexible and from conventional to futuristically hazy. The library network, conceived as a channel of access to information, has definite promise of assistance--but not total solution--for storage problems. (NH)

This bibliography of newsletters, periodicals, and indexes useful to adult educators includes periodicals held at Bird Library and the Clearinghouse of Resources for Educators of Adults (CREA), both at Syracuse University; newsletters held by CREA; and indexes held by Bird. The bibliography is divided into four sections: (1) the Bird Library…

Describes prominent film archives in the U.S., including several university collections. (PD)

Describes television archives, including university collections such as the Vanderbilt Television News Archive. (PD)

Describes Project DL whose goal was to provide a Web site where diverse information sources on digital libraries are available. Discusses the Web site design at the University of Missouri-Columbia that includes three sections: digital library collections, digital library resources, and digital library Web sites. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the advantages of vertical file collections for nonconventional literature, and describes the classification scheme used for fugitive literature by the Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse at the Center for Environmental Information. An annotated list of organizations and examples of titles they offer is provided. (8 notes with…

The rationale for developing a phone book collection is discussed and the procedures for building the collection are outlined. (SM)

Items considered to be a basic reference collection in the area of thoroughbred breeding and racing are given along with annotations which identify the content, usage and value of the particular item in the complete collection. (7 references) (Author/NH)