Argues that (1) increased and improved relations are definitely needed between R&D specialists in universities, research centers, and educational laboratories on the one hand, and the field users in public schools, State agencies, legislatures, and colleges on the other; (2) serious problems and pitfalls have developed in linking procedures…

Problems related to school desegregation are identified in this document. The use of the desegregation case study has fallen short of identifying problems common to the desegregation effort. This failure to isolate commonalities is in itself, a major problem. However, before a useful taxonomy can be developed, a list of the most frequently…

The publishers and editors of 61 metropolitan or regional magazines responded to a questionnaire designed to assess the current state of the local magazine market. Most of the respondents cited the "community pride" theme as the biggest reason for the rapid increase in popularity of "local" magazines, and the fact that the…

PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING SUITABLE DICTIONARIES OF PASHTO WERE REPORTED. PASHTO WAS DESCRIBED AS A MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN BRANCH OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN AND IN NORTHEASTERN PAKISTAN. FIVE TOPICS DEALING WITH THE PASHTO LANGUAGE WERE DISCUSSED--(1) STATISTICS, (2) WRITTEN CORPUS AND LEXICAL STUDIES, (3)…

This article looks at the problem of obtaining accurate income data from cross-sectional surveys and explores the implications of rounding of income to the class boundaries when using grouped data. (Author/RM)

Examines a number of specimen terms of interest to librarians in various languages with a view to establishing the degree of ambiguity inherent in them and the extent to which the connotation of apparent equivalents in other languages matches. (Author)

Describes cooperative arrangements between libraries at a state treatment facility and a private college for collection development, resource sharing, and educational programs. Some problems with the arrangements for users are also identified. (JPF)

Although the ILL subsystem of OCLC is not yet operational, it is apparent the OCLC is being used to facilitate ILL now. The capabilities and advantages of such a system are discussed, as well as the problems it creates. (Author/JAB)

The Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of ARL, which acts as a clearinghouse for current operating practices in libraries, is now open to everyone. Its flyers and kits reporting results of surveys show how libraries solve budget and other management problems. (JPF)

Examines the position of school libraries in the educational system and discusses the lack of adequately trained staff to ensure the development and maximum efficiency of these libraries, and the need for all school libraries to meet certain minimum standards. (VT)

An analysis of the punctuation of the eighth edition Library of Congress Subject Headings reveals that the hyphen, coma and parentheses are most often used. Examples of these and the use of the apostrophe, dash, and period are discussed. (Author/MBR)

Although publications of conferences may be handled as either serials or monographs, at present there are no definitive guidelines. The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, International Standard Bibliographic Description for monographic publications, and practices at the Library of Congress, and the University of Iowa Libraries are discussed.…

This article reviews the history of the paperback, factors in adding them to library collections, technical services, and trends in their use. (Author)

The problem presented by the way in which boundaries are drawn between computing and telecommunication, and the issues of the desirable degrees of monopoly and competition are discussed in relation to the development of information services and their accessibility. (Author/MBR)