Reports on visits to 24 Burmese libraries. (PF)

This guide to library resources in the Virgin Islands will introduce the reader to academic, public, secondary school, and special collections of library materials. By scanning the descriptions of the resources, services, and facilities of the territory's libraries, students and researchers can be assured of finding library assistance to fit their…

Fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, vandalism (including bombing) and war are discussed as major ways libraries and library collections have been badly damaged or destroyed. (53 references) (KE)

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 the stipendiary program of the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, which contains a collection of children's books from 60 countries. (JM)

A brief history is given of this special library along with its development and projected plans. (NH)

Developments in library services to Hispanic Americans include special collection development and outreach services to non-users but change is coming too slowly for America's fastest growing minority. Professional education has responded slowly, if at all to the Hispanic population's needs. (MBR)

Statement goals for formal collection development policies should include improved library services development. While such statements should be dynamic, and help define the total objectives of the institution, they should provide the necessary rationale for selection rather than serving as a substitute for book selection. (Author/MBR)

The obstacles faced by the online subscription library, Questia, illustrate the pitfalls of designing an online library for college students without winning over librarians and faculty. A major problem is the small size of Questia's collections. (SLD)

Many of the programs developed by the Library of Congress have been created for the benefit of libraries in the United States, and represent a specialized form of federal aid. (Author)

A research project which has as its objective the design, implementing and evaluation of educational programs for the purpose of upgrading hospital library practice is described. As a necessary preliminary to the formulation of educational objectives and the design of appropriate courses, a survey was made of hospital library facilities,…

A statistical survey was made of the general condition and problems of the museum library, using a questionnaire sent to a random sample of 856 historical, art, science, and other museum libraries. (Author)

Contends that, to the extent possible, the demonstrated needs of a library's constituency--inferred from the measurement of scientifically-observed objective data--must constitute the primary basis upon which to establish, develop, and discontinue library collections and services. One figure is used to illustrate these interrelationships.…