Reports on visits to 24 Burmese libraries. (PF)

An investigation was conducted into undergraduate students' use of the University of Lagos Main Library at Akoka. (Author)

Describes the functioning of an international reference service at the UNESCO library. (PF)

The papers included in this group are: (1) The Organization of Public Libraries in Milan,'' (2) The Organization of Italian Libraries,'' and (3) Initial Assumptions for an Approach to Library Development in Lombardy.'' INTAMEL: International Association of Metropolitan City Libraries. (KE)

Describes a survey to assess the present status of libraries in primary, intermediate, high, and tribal schools. The information gathered through interviews, personal observation, and informal contact with students, is analyzed and evaluated; conclusions and recommendations are included. (VT)

Analyzes replies to a survey questionnaire received from 119 school libraries in Hong Kong. (PF)

Summarizes the background, services, and collections of the library. (PF)

Examines to what extent primary source materials required by humanistic scholars are accessible to them through the library. (Author/PF)

Penang, Malaysia is undergoing rapid industrialization to stimulate its economy. A survey was conducted to determine what technical, scientific, and commercial information sources were available. Areas covered in the survey were library facilities, journals, commercial reference works and audio-visual materials. (DH)

The title National Library'' means different things in different countries. It can encompass parliamentary libraries, public libraries, special interest libraries (museums, etc.), and reference and lending libraries. (DH)

Relates author's impressions of Hungarian libraries and library schools gained during visit sponsored by Association of Hungarian Librarians and Kent State University. The Library of the Hungarian Parliament, Szechenyi National Library, Ervin Szabo Municipal Library, Hungarian Technical Information Centre, City/County Library, Teachers' Training…

These two articles examine library activities in Ethiopia. One describes the information and documentation services of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies Library, including its publications, conferences, seminars, and suggestions for improvements; the second article describes Ethiopian libraries prior to 1900, which were primarily church and…

Examination of present conditions of law libraries in Pakistan with respect to their origin, resources, and services covers court libraries, academic law libraries, bar association libraries, government department libraries. Development of legal information service, the judicial system in Pakistan, and problems and prospects peculiar to law…

Discusses objectives set forth in "Status of Librarianship in the USSR" adopted by Decree of Presidium of Supreme Soviet of USSR of March 13, 1984, to consolidate Leninist principles of library work as unified system. Organization of country's libraries, effective formation of library collections, library services, and bibliographic…