Three librarians--Barbara A. Genco from Brooklyn, New York; Eleanor K. MacDonald from Beverly Hills, California; and Betsy Hearne from Chicago, Illinois--share their perspectives on where popular literature should fit into library material selection and children's reading diets. Popular literature is defined as primarily that which has first…

Explains the educational value of picture books, what constitutes a picture book, what to look for in picture books, and how to select them for the classroom or school library. Gives advice on how small rural school libraries can get more books. Appendices describe 38 selection aids for children's literature and 10 children's book awards.…

Subdivisions are General Works on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship; Bibliographies; Library Bill of Rights; School Libraries and Young People; Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, and Library Education; Selection Policies; Racism, Sexism, and Social Responsibility; Censorship and National Security; Intellectual Freedom, Censorship, and the…

One of the major problems that a tree-approach to data analysis often encounters is the instability of tree-structures. The instability issue must be dealt with before data can be interpreted by this method. Examining instability at a node of a tree provides insight into the instability of the whole tree, because the same theory of instability…

This report caps an 8-year initiative that has had as its goal the recruitment and formation of scholarly committees to investigate the state of decay and preservation of collections within their separate disciplines. The Commission began to investigate strategies for preservation selection in 1988. By 1995, the Commission had worked with scholars…

Covers library budget crises, community book brawls, ongoing library issues, and efforts to combat inflation. (Author/PF)

Reports on a study assessing the impact of the June 1973 and subsequent U.S. Supreme Court obscenity decisions on public and school libraries and trade bookstores. (Author/PF)

On 1 July 1975 at the American Library Association Conference in San Francisco, a capacity crowd of nearly 1,300 heard from a panel of librarians, publishers, and wholesalers how the budget crunch is affecting the producers/distributors of books and the buyers of books alike. (Author)

Recounts the training and preparation that went into the successful use of a 14-member screening committee that included 11 citizens with no previous experience in reviewing professional papers. (Author/IRT)

Article provided suggestions for consideration when purchasing a brass musical instrument, i.e., a trumpet, cornet, horn or euphonium etc. (RK)

A reference guide which was designed to assist course developers in the selection, development and testing of instructional "software" materials. (Author)

A critique of Super-Competitive, National Prestige Oriented intercollegiate tournament debate. (CH)