This report presents a model developed to examine costs of public library services, such as reference, circulation, and special programs, to be used by librarians in implementing a program budget and planning a budget system. Allocations for personnel costs, materials costs, costs of supplies and services, technical processing costs, reference use…

Describes the services of the General Theological Library in Boston, Massachusetts, a nondenominational, ecumenical institution which provides mail order circulation of religious books for clients throughout the United States. (Author/JL)

The resources and services of academic, special, and large public libraries in Pennsylvania are described in this directory. The information was collected from questionnaires sent to the libraries, and the substance of the directory--mostly personnel, volume and type of collections--reflects the responses to those questionnaires. Separate indexes…

The application of systems engineering and operations research to the problems of libraries has developed quite strongly during the past five years. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to this relatively new area. There are serious problems of applying systems engineering to libraries. This is to be expected in the case of a…

Subcommittee on Public Relations, Continuing Education (CE); State-wide Borrower's Card and School Library Specialist submit reports. The Public Relations Subcommittee makes nine recommendations. The general recommendations of the Subcommittee on CE include (1) the creation of a Steering Committee on CE; (2) the involvement in CE of three…

An appendix to a study that attempts to measure the service capabilities of public libraries, either in relation to the needs of their communities or to the standards adopted by the profession. (Author)

Twenty-four examples of job descriptions are presented for library directors to use as guidelines in drafting statements to fit their own particular operations. The descriptions attempt to cover most of the major work activities performed in public, college, university, and special libraries. They cover jobs in organizational areas of…

The basic rationale for this study was that attempts to measure the service capabilities of public libraries, either in relation to the needs of their communities or to the standards adopted by the profession, are hampered by the lack of criteria of quality or effectiveness. It was recognized that new measures were needed to gauge effectiveness…

Using a question and answer format, this report provides answers to a wide variety of questions and requests about National Library Service policies and procedures, planning and development, reading materials, equipment, and publication services of concern to librarians serving these user groups. Questions directed to guest speakers and panelists…

Since the publication of the third edition of this book in 1961, numerous changes have occurred in the policies, procedures, functions and technology of academic librarianship. The present volume incorporates the literature of the past 13 years, and the author concludes that while the changes implied through the literature are significant and…

Recreational reading has proved its importance in the public library systems nationwide, as confirmed by circulation records and significant consideration in library budgets, indicating the need to develop systems that bring the book and the reader together in a systematic way. This paper seeks to define the operation of readers' advisory programs…

This directory identifies members of the New Mexico State Library Commission, the New Mexico Advisory Council on Libraries, and staff at the New Mexico State Library. It goes on to list New Mexico libraries alphabetically by city. Within each city libraries are subdivided into public, academic, special, and school categories. Electronic mail…

A study was conducted to observe the behavior and problems of the users of University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) dictionary library catalog. The study group's activities included: (1) a literature search and the abstracting of catalog use surveys; (2) personal interviews with representatives of library units to obtain information about…

This directory of Oregon libraries lists public libraries, college and university libraries, and special libraries in an alphabetical order. Each listing includes a telephone number, an address, and the librarian responsible. It also lists Oregon communities and their populations which are served by the libraries. Statistical data are presented in…