The United Nations 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons offers a unique opportunity for broadening the basis of understanding of the library needs of the blind and print handicapped. There is room for both national and international development if traditionally publicity-shy and mostly nonaggressive librarians come forward and seize the…

Term selection methodology used in the Subject Access Project is outlined in this manual. This project was designed to demonstrate how a card catalog in machine-readable form can be augmented to allow greater subject access to the information content of a library collection. Rules and regulations for selecting words from indexes and contents pages…

Remarks made by key speakers of the conference are presented, beginning with an introduction and identification of the five major themes by Charles Benton, Chairman of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and of the conference. Marilyn Gell, Executive Director of the conference, described the services of the White House…

This paper constitutes a summary of the major topics discussed by the nearly 500 librarians, information specialists, representatives of the information industry, and other interested individuals who participated in a national forum for the identification, elucidation, and discussion of issues relating to library networks, as a contribution to the…

A study was undertaken to determine the extent to which "Choice" provides librarians with an adequate evaluation of the best books in the field of western American history in a reasonable amount of time. To assess the overall coverage, the titles of all the books reviewed in "Western Historical Quarterly" from 1970 to 1974 were searched in…

This working paper provides an initial discussion point for the construction of a national location service as a component of a national library and information service network. The study described had a dual purpose: (1) expansion of the Register of Additional Locations (RAL) data base by cooperative means, which involved identifying…

The Message Delivery System described, a facility that will link automatic bibliographic services and permit the transmission of messages among the various services, is one of the basic requirements for the development of a comprehensive computerized bibliographic system of nationwide scope. The system will enable users of one system to have…

For this study of specific values that adult readers derive from their reading, 100 people from eastern central Illinois were interviewed about their reading experiences. All persons selected for interview were identified as having a continuing interest in reading, reflected in regular voluntary reading. The interviews were analyzed for…

This document provides subject access to the non-book educational media in the Audiovisual Room of the United States Military Academy Library. Materials are listed alphabetically by title under 83 major subject areas. Types of materials in the collection include phonograph records, open-reel tape recordings, audio cassettes, video cassettes, 16mm…

This report discusses the meetings of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council and the World Assembly of Non-Governmental Organizations Concerned with the Global Environment in Geneva, June 5-26, 1973. The need for environmental information was constantly stressed and ways of exchanging information discussed. A demonstration of a…

The San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC) has compiled an annotated bibliography of curriculum guides produced by California county and local educational agencies during 1974. It is divided into three sections: Subject, Institution, and Summary. The purpose of the Resource Guide is to provide to California educators a state-wide awareness…

During the fall term of 1975, an experimental course was offered at the School of Library Science, Emporia Kansas State College. The objective was to review the general principles of interpersonal relations and to apply them to case studies involving library staff and patrons. Using a brief reading list and a case study approach, students were…

This general bibliography contains current sources on urban and regional planning. Most citations date from 1973 through 1975, and some are annotated. The bulk of the documents are commercially published books, bulletins, project reports, and studies on urban studies, urban planning, regional planning, and city planning and problems. Citations are…

This partially annotated bibliography contains current sources on a variety of topics including architecture, economics, environmental education, energy, geography, land use, urban planning, politics, recreation, and open space. The sources date from 1973 through 1975. The bulk of the documents are project reports, commercially published books,…

The cooperative project which is designed to share video equipment and expertise between the Long Beach Public Library and the Long Beach Museum of Art is discussed in this issue of the California Video Resource Project (CVRP) newsletter. Also in this issue are discussions of other California video projects, the repair of broken video equipment, a…