This description of the Botswana National Library Service (B.N.L.S.) with its central headquarters and 13 branches provides insights into communication problems, development of services, and clientele in an area where books and reading are still a new exciting idea. (MBR)

The results of a questionnaire sent to medical schools in Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Mangolia and Thailand to survey the state of medical libraries are reported. Comments and recommendations are made. (3 references) (SJ)

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…

This bibliography identifies a useful selection of basic documents and publications to provide help and guidance to schools of library and information science and archival studies--especially those in developing countries--that wish to establish a basic collection for the use of students and teachers or to enlarge their existing collection.…

Describes functions of Sahel Documentation Center established at Michigan State University (MSU) in September 1976, with support of grant from U.S. Agency for International Development to Department of Agricultural Economics, MSU Library, and MSU African Studies Center. Filming of the collection and its contents, including U.S. government…

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 need for microforms (high costs, inaccessibility, space requirements, and deterioration of printed materials), selection of microform materials, and maintenance of microform equipment for library microform services in Nigeria. Results of a study of print material usage at the University of Lagos Library are presented. Eight sources are…

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)

Issues and factors involved in four types of cooperative acquisitions agreements are discussed--general agreements to collect certain classes of material, agreements to purchase specific titles, agreements to cooperate on expensive items, and joint acquisitions. It is argued that the more specific the agreement, the more difficult are the…

A questionnaire sent to 295 destinations in 84 countries to obtain information on popular religious libraries of churches, synagogues, and mosques outside the United States received responses from 63 countries. Findings are reported by number of libraries by denomination and by country or region. Reports from individual countries are included.…

Describes the institute library's social science collections, periodicals, user services (bibliographic, photocopy, press library, documentation, and translation) and offers recommendations for improvements in library service, collection development, and future programs. Objectives of the institute and role of foreign policy are noted. Eleven…

Describes attempts to develop library services in the island republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands). The development of rural library service in conjunction with school libraries is discussed, a postal library service is described, the establishment of village libraries is discussed, and constraints that have inhibited…

Based in Berkeley, California, the Green Library is dedicated to helping solve the world's environmental problems by providing information on ecology, environmental problems, public health, and related fields to overseas libraries. The library has opened environmental libraries in Poland and Nepal and plans to expand this network worldwide. (MES)

Reports results of study designed to analyze user behavior in two Cyprus cultural center libraries--American Center Library and British Council Library. Library floor plans, user characteristics and patterns, special use analyses, serious versus casual use, and relationships or correlations between characteristics and services are highlighted.…

Briefly discusses the development of two types of public libraries in Iran, i.e., those libraries under the administration of the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance, and those administered by the Ministry of Education. The organization, staff, buildings and equipment, collections, and services of both types of libraries are described. (CLB)