Discusses "Resource Services for Canadian Schools," a book written by librarians and educators to serve as a standard for providing learning materials. It advocates the integration of school library and audio-visual services into learning resource centers and outlines the responsibilities of these centers. (JAB)

The Canadian National Library collects and preserves the serial publications, mostly newspapers, of Canadian cultural communities. Its Multilingual Biblioservice provides books in their own language to Canada's minority language groups. (PF)

Presents information about the psychological impact of unemployment and emphasizes the importance of aiming public library programs and materials at the appropriate level of user need. A needs-analysis approach to providing information services is proposed, and examples of programs and publications developed in Ontario public libraries are given.…

Reports from five librarians who recently worked for the Canadian University Service Overseas on 2-year contracts in the Third World are excerpted: Molly Walsh Miller (Nigeria); Peggy Sinclair (Papua New Guinea); Doug Arnott (The Gambia, West Africa); and Shirley Giggey (Sierra Leone, West Africa, and Papua New Guinea). (EJS)

Orr's schema for measuring the quality and value of libraries is described and discussed with respect to three paradoxes--the evaluation of catalogs, optimal library size, and Lenin's view of public libraries in the U.S. Seven references are cited. (CHC)

Describes experiences of the Cranbrook Public Library (British Columbia) in implementation of an automated circulation system. Background of the library and need for the system, stages of development, use of community volunteers, retrospective conversion, functions of the menu-driven system, benefits from the system, software, and system costs are…

Presents a set of management indicators intended to serve as guidelines for establishing realistic goals and priorities by learning resource center administrators at British Columbia's colleges and institutes of higher education. Five tables summarize the standards and the method for applying the standards is outlined. (Author/JL)

Report on development of multicultural and multilingual public library services in Federal Republic of Germany highlights influx of migratory workers, education, occupational training, efforts of public libraries to address information needs of foreign workers, illiteracy, and an international seminar titled "Books for Children from…

Outlines development of Alberta Library Services to the Handicapped, formed through a contract signed between Alberta Culture and Calgary Public Library Board. Highlights include four main contract clauses, patron eligibility rules, circulation of talking books, problems, service evaluation, program changes, and a large print book service. Four…

The current status of curriculum materials centers located in schools of education in Canadian universities is described in this study according to name of the center, purpose, administrative status, collection, classification scheme used, and services offered. Survey instruments used are noted, and 13 footnotes are listed. (EJS)

Provides an overview of public library services in Canada for children of ethno-cultural minorities, with emphasis on the problems involved in book acquisition and the importance of continued service in multilingual communities. (CWM)