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 Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Philadelphia SRRT has surveyed the handling of controversial materials in twelve libraries. Public, university, and college libraries, are discussed in terms of which controversial titles they have and what is allowed to circulate. (Author/DH)

Practical advice is offered on managing libraries during a time of declining resources. Librarians are urged to set aside the extravagant and empty rhetoric of the 60s and 70s and take a more realistic view of collections and services for users during the austere 80s. (Author/RAA)

A study of Black literature collections, including their organization, administration, financing, and development. (PF)

TO ASSESS ADEQUACY OF EXISTING COLLECTIONS, EVALUATE CURRENT PLANNING, AND PROPOSE GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LIBRARIES, 17 OF THE STATE'S 18 JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE SURVEYED BY QUESTIONNAIRE, AND 13 WERE VISITED BY A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS. THIRTEEN COLLEGES HAD FEWER THAN THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S MINIMUM STANDARD OF 20,000 VOLUMES. GROWTH…

With the increasing cost of periodicals claiming an ever greater proportion of university library acquisitions budgets, a Wayne State University Education Library committee investigated the nature and value of newsletters. They considered two groups: commercial and noncommercial. The former are those which are published for profit and are intended…

The Utah Public Library Service annual report for 1975 includes a financial and statistical report of the State Library Commission. Then for each public library in the state, data are given on staffs, circulation, collections, income, and expenditures. A comparative table for 1973 through 1975 shows total library spending per capita by county.…

A description of the building and its operation and use, and the library functions, collections, services, and staff is provided. Financial statements are included. (AB)

This report ranks 70 North Carolina public libraries in the following statistical categories: population served, operating expenditures, size of book collection, volumes held per capita, number of books circulated, book circulation per capita, staff by full-time equivalents (FTE), book circulation per staff member (FTE), cost to circulate a book,…

The directory of Oregon libraries provides an alphabetical listing of public, academic, and special libraries with addresses, telephone numbers, and names of head librarians. Included are public library statistics, a comparison of taxable property values, and communities served by Oregon libraries. Names of Oregon librarians, trustees of public…

A comparison of the statistical data presented for 1979-80 and the data for the 75 libraries that were members in 1969-70 reveals a 91 percent increase in expenditures for library materials over the decade, while the gross number of volumes added yearly decreased by 22.5 percent. Library staff size has risen slightly over the decade, while…

The purpose of this study was to determine conditions and services in Arizona's public, private, and parochial school libraries. The data, mostly for the school year 1965/66, were collected on questionaires sent to librarians and school authorities. The survey covers the libraries' organization and administration, physical facilities, services,…

This annual report is the first to be written since the middle 1960's. In order to provide a sense of progress, the problems, and the trends which have occurred during the intervening years, this report is organized around a series of major library concerns including: (1) collections; (2) physical facilities; (3) internal organizational…

The Palm Beach County Library System is evaluated for its program to date and for its existing public library resources in the County. Population trends are examined and a realistic program for the development of library services over a six-year period is recommended. The estimated costs for implementation of these recommendations are outlined in…

This directory lists library resources for individuals with blindness or physical disabilities. The first section of the directory lists National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) network libraries and machine-lending agencies arranged alphabetically by city. In several states, two regional libraries have been…