Outlines suggestions to help librarians plan effective young adult programing including studying the literature, talking to every staff member, needs assessments, administrative support, involving participants, community support, coordinating with other social agencies, outside funding, starting with something simple, public relations, imaging,…

This paper examines the functions and services of public, academic, special, and school libraries; identifies similarities and differences that might exist among them; looks at basic functions and how they relate to the characteristics of the library's clientele; determines to what extent the services have been cost-effective; and explores…

A previous document, with a similar title for 1972-77 (ED 070 476), set out long range goals for statewide development of Illinois libraries. According to the present report, progress has been made toward: increasing the number of local libraries and population served; increasing income and expenditures for libraries; augmenting media collections;…

The two papers in this document are: (1) "Culture in the Craft" and (2) "Management Aspects of Mobile Libraries.""Culture in the Craft" reviews the problems of providing library services in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bookmobiles are used to serve library users that live in farms near the road. Other library users are…

Discusses some of the considerations for any librarian in any type of library who wishes to reach out to an unserved area of the community. (Author)

Plans for consolidating the Nursing School Library at Mercy Hospital with other departmental libraries to form one central hospital library. (NH)

This article is number 2 in a series of 10 from USOE's Regional Library Services Program Officers.

This report outlines planning activities of the Pahlavi National Library in Iran. Steps taken in the planning process include: proposal, recruitment of consultants and advisors, preparation of background papers, seminar on present conditions and beginning planning, preparation of position papers by consultants, and review. Descriptions are…

A survey is made of the more important technological and managerial problems in the planning of university library services and recommendations are made for a positive program of innovation and development. Two approaches are explored in considerable detail. The first is the use of operations research models of the acquisition and storage…

Conditions which affect present and future library service for Monroe County are traced in detail. A range of feasible services is suggested for implementing the objectives of the library. The report is intended to offer background information, analyzed and interpreted in relation to library philosophy. Possible services which can help the…

This report deals with the problems relating to cooperative long-range planning for the seven Boston Theological Institute (B.T.I.) libraries. A single united library was considered and rejected as a solution to problems confronting these several libraries, because it would sacrifice the advantages of present decentralization by delaying responses…

The annual report covers the sixth year of full scale operation of the Institute of Library Research. It covers the activities of the Institute including the completion of several projects, the initiation of other projects, and the first full year of the Library Systems Development Program. The major thrust of the Institute during this period has…