The purpose of this paper is to recommend guidelines for the development of a special collection of materials to support a fifth year master's program in Librarianship. Reasons for the desirability of establishing a separate library school library are stated and some of the factors to consider in the initial and continuing development of the…

The annual "Florida Library Directory with Statistics" is intended to be a tool for library staff to present vital statistical information on budgets, collections, and services to local, state, and national policymakers. As with previous editions, this 2001 edition includes the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other information…

Some 220 works by over 30 composers are included in two sections, items recommended for first purchase and items recommended for second purchase. Selections recommended for elementary school collections are starred. (PF)

Centralized book selection on a national basis is offered as a practical alternative to the present system of selection by librarians and faculty members which, it is argued, does not produce the quality of collections needed. (14 references) (NH)

Decisions on the disposition of worn books from a library collection should be based on systematic evaluation. A checklist of questions to be asked in sequence is offered. (Author/NH)

What alternatives are available (other than new construction) when a library's collections approach the limits of its stack capacity? This paper considers the various approaches to relocation or decentralization as possible solutions to the spatial problem. (NH)

A summary of the results of a study made to determine what differences, if any, exist in the use of books selected by different methods (librarian, faculty, blanket-order approval plans) in academic libraries. (Author/NH)

An ideal school library and its librarian are described. (PF)

These directories list names and addresses of all publishers who submitted materials in the media review programs of January and September 1977. Used in conjunction with the advisory lists of instructional media, they provide complete mailing information for publishers and producers whose materials are included. Code names for each…

Detailed criteria for the evaluation of print and non-print media needed in the expanding collections and guidance resource centers are presented. (Author)

This study explored the feasibility of establishing interlibrary loan networks among secondary schools. Hypotheses derived from a statistical model using New Jersey secondary school collections' data were that net title resources available to the median library in a county pool would increase by 700 percent and net volume resources by 1,200…

A discussion of the comic book as the oldest art form, as a teaching tool, and as a part of school library collections. (PF)