DATA OBTAINED FROM VISITS TO ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES, INTERVIEWS WITH ABOUT 80 PEOPLE, AND STATISTICAL DATA FURNISHED BY THE COLORADO STATE LIBRARY FROM THE BASIS FOR THIS SURVEY OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN COLORADO. LIBRARY SERVICES ARE FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STATE LIBRARY ASSUME LEADERSHIP FOR STATE PROGRAMS, THAT THE…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMS PROPOSED IN "LIBRARIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY," BY LOWELL A. MARTIN AND MARY V. GAVER (NEW JERSEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER, 1964.) RECOMMENDATIONS COVER (1) INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN AMONG AREA…

The handbook is a combination and incorporation of two previously published handbooks. The approach has been expanded to emphasize the role of the local library in relation to other libraries, library systems, the State Library and library cooperative programs. The services of modern libraries has become increasingly complex, and involves all…

A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)

The second of a series of articles surveying developments in county libraries. (Author)

Only those processing centers which serve two or more different jurisdictions" are included in this list. (Author/NH)

A description of administrative aspects of the Nassau Library System (New York) by the Director. Presented at a colloquium held at the School of Library Science, State University of New York, Albany, in 1969. (JB)

Defines and describes formal cooperative library reference services and discusses the major variables that produce differences in cooperative reference networks: size, composition, funding, services, delivery mechanisms, control methods, and resources. (Author/LLS)

Sketches observable trends in states of the United States since the inception of the federal LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) programs in 1964. (Author)

Discusses the role of cooperation in Washington's statewide program for library service. (PF)

A discussion of the need for a new legal basis for library cooperation across political boundaries. A model metropolitan area library authority act is included. (PF)