As a commemoration of the first anniversary of the North Suburban Library System (NSLS), a program on "The Public Library in a Changing Suburbia" was presented to the trustees and staff members of the NSLS libraries. This report includes a speech entitled "The Suburban Library in the Affluent Ghetto," presented by Kenneth R. Shaffer; reactions to…

The Federal library community has felt an increasing concern about the role that Federal libraries will play in library and information network systems. Because of this concern, the Federal Library Committee (FLC) called a meeting at the Library of Congress on December 16, 1970 to discuss the implications for Federal libraries of the Conference on…

Written and adopted by delegates to the Governor's Conference in Spring 1979, this list of resolutions for libraries and library services in New Jersey covers seven topic areas: (1) general concerns, including the need for a Library and Information Services Planning Act; (2) broader access to public library services; (3) a statewide cooperative…

The purpose of this institute was to consider the ways in which various phases of interlibrary cooperation could be developed in a large and geographically scattered system composed of many once autonomous units which have developed independently up to the present. Attending the institute were librarians from the City University of New York and…

Representatives from California government, business, industry, and all types of libraries met to discuss interlibrary cooperation and coordination. The addresses presented at the conference and included in these proceedings cover these topics: libraries of the future, major national issues in the development of library networks, library and…

The 1974 National Conference for Librarians for the Blind and Physically Handicapped was held May 13-16 in Washington, D.C. This report summarizes and answers the questions raised there on such topics as: (1) regulations on the use of materials; (2) copyright, free mailing privileges, and general postal regulations; (3) procurement, distribution,…

In September 1972, a federally-funded 3-day institute was held, under the auspices of the Drexel University Graduate School of Library Science, to acquaint librarians from local State and Regional public libraries with current developments in the cable television field as they affect library planning and activities. The program utilized several…

The 16 recommendations of the 1978 Ohio White House Conference on Library and Information Services are presented with background information and identification of salient issues. Concerns include the legal structure of public libraries, funding, library services (particularly for those with special needs), public relations, preservation, library…

An overview of the proceedings covers library networks; network levels (national, regional, state, and local); network roles, activities, and services; legal, organizational, and constituency issues; funding and budgeting; technical issues; and network interrelationships. There are summaries of four major speeches which deal with the national…

Papers from an institute on the university's role in information networks are presented. Two introductory papers define networks in general and consider reasons for their existence in academic libraries. Five papers describe operational networks: Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), Stanford's BALLOTS system, the Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype…

Eight papers are included in this report of the Preconference Institute on Library Automation, June 1973. Papers addressing automation in user services, cataloging systems, acquisitions systems, and personnel are presented. Other papers focus on a review of the trends in library automation and computer technology, innovative strategies in systems…

In June 1975, 100 participants spent a week considering the future of California's libraries. Library trustees, Friends, concerned citizens, and librarians from all types of libraries heard talks by state and local government officials, social planners, and eminent librarians. Topics discussed included library planning, librarianship in general,…

Sixteen papers are presented which focus on microforms and data processing in library and information centers. Articles include discussions of cost analysis, decision making and program planning, library automation, information retrieval, indexing, cataloging, and computer services for libraries. (CH)

This volume of Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science is limited to the text of papers accepted and scheduled for presentation at the 1975 meeting. The papers reflect the need to address and define issues in national information policy, and they examine the current state of federal-level planning and funding of information…