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Peer reviewedEpstein, Jacob S. – Library Trends, 1972
Descriptors: History, Library Services, Public Libraries, Urban Areas
Peer reviewedParkhill, John T. – Library Trends, 1972
Urban main libraries must provide services and collections for very diverse users. (25 references) (SJ)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Services, Public Libraries, Urban Areas
Peer reviewedCoskey, Evelyn – Library Trends, 1971
Public library service within Appalachia is an emerging thing. It is growing steadily and has a tremendous potential for further growth. (28 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Education, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedMonroe, Margaret E. – Library Trends, 1974
Reviews progress toward evaluation of particular forms of adult services within libraries, of total adult service programs, and of the status of adult services within public librarianship at the state and national levels. (JB)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedManthorne, Jane – Library Trends, 1971
Because the reach to disadvantaged teens is so evolutionary this paper has included examples of service ranging from the near-traditional to truly innovative programs. The emphasis is on examples of service rather than evaluations. (36 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Films, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedDeJohn, William T. – Library Trends, 1980
Discusses the effects of technology and networking on rural public library service in the future, and describes how these effects will improve the quality and accessibility of service to rural citizens. (FM)
Descriptors: Library Networks, Library Services, Public Libraries, Rural Areas
Peer reviewedBrong, Gerald R. – Library Trends, 1975
Discusses the role of cooperation in Washington's statewide program for library service. (PF)
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedHumphry, John A. – Library Trends, 1972
Descriptors: Library Networks, Library Role, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Thomas W. – Library Trends, 1972
Today's constantly changing, continually emerging urban environments affect the role and service functions of main libraries. (37 references) (SJ)
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Social Change, Urban Areas
Peer reviewedCasey, Genevieve M. – Library Trends, 1971
What librarians have done and are doing to serve the handicapped and institutionalized as well as what they might do in the future are explored. (35 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Institutionalized Persons, Library Services
Peer reviewedWeech, Terry L. – Library Trends, 1980
Examines national and state public library standards to discover the extent to which rural library services have been considered and to identify aspects of the standards that might be applicable to rural libraries. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Standards, Public Libraries, Rural Areas
Peer reviewedFenwick, Sara Innis – Library Trends, 1976
Describes the growing awareness of children's needs and the development of children's and young people's library services from 1800 to 1976. (LS)
Descriptors: Children, History, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedSigler, Ronald F. – Library Trends, 1978
The development of film services and use in the public library is described from its beginning in 1910 to the present. The rationale presented is based on examination of certain keys periods in this development and takes into consideration both library practice and its theoretical basis. (MBR)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Films, History, Library Collections
Peer reviewedEnnis, Philip H. – Library Trends, 1971
The first part of this article is a brief review of some problems involved in analyzing social change. The second part discusses two cases that may be useful in library planning. (12 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Education, Library Planning, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedEstabrook, Leigh – Library Trends, 1979
Addresses the questions of why community library services have failed to become integrated with traditional public library services, and how such services may develop in the future in the light of service techniques, professionalism, organizational behavior, and trends in human services. References are included. (FM)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Human Services, Library Services, Outreach Programs
