THIS STUDY, UNDERTAKEN FOR THE OHIO STATE LIBRARY, PROVIDES IN PART I A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE IN OHIO AND A SURVEY OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES PRESENTLY AVAILABLE TO THEM. PART II, WRITTEN BY RAYNARD SWANK, GIVES LONG RANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROVIDING THE…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A STUDY OF THE READING POTENTIAL OF BALTIMORE'S CULTURALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED AND THE ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY'S ROLE IN SERVING THE DISADVANTAGED. AFTER DESCRIBING THE PRESENT CONDITIONS OF THE INNER CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS AND AFTER A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRATT'S SERVICE IN CITY AREAS, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES CHARACTERISTICS…

These 19 articles on school-public library cooperation have appeared in library and education periodicals or conference proceedings. Topics covered include: the problems and opportunities of library service to students; various relationships between school and public libraries; aspects of library cooperation in general; and descriptions of…

This study, prepared as a part of a comparative study of the Cleveland and Columbus Union catalogs (LI 000 788), reviews the literature on the subject since 1956 under the headings: (1) historical overview, (2) functions of a union catalog, (3) operational costs, and (4) new technology. A bibliography of 32 items is appended. (RP)

This comparative study of the Cleveland Regional Union Catalog located at Case Western Reserve University and the Ohio State Library Catalog located in Columbus had as its purpose evaluation of the effectiveness of the catalogs and determination of their potential roles in Ohio library service. Data gathered on questionnaires and from analysis of…

The Reader Development Program (RDP) of the Free Library of Philadelphia was begun in 1966 with funds from Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act. The program was created in order to develop a demonstration reading program to reach and help the culturally disadvantaged. The RDP involves three approaches in providing library service…

The Queens Borough Public Library's picture book program, implemented in 1965 for children aged three to five years in disadvantaged areas of the Borough, is described in this report intended for the general public. Topics discussed include: the background and planning of the program, parent programs, personnel, the "library of their…

Indexes, abstracts, and reference tools that will supplement, or substitute for, use of computer based ERIC are included in this annotated bibliography. A total of eighteen citations are listed with call numbers and shelving area at the State University of New York at Albany Universities Libraries. (AP)

A collection of papers which were presented at two series of seminars sponsored by the Michigan Library Association are concerned with the role of public libraries in providing services and developing collections dealing with the contemporary arts. The papers included are: (1) Public Library Programs and the Arts, a discussion of the public…

This five-year plan of the Chicago Public Library revises the plan of 1976-1980. Several operational/procedural objectives have been dropped and incorporated in normal operations. New goals, objectives, and tasks are service-directed with special attention to expanding services to affiliated and other cooperating Chicago libraries. The specific…

The Shared Staffing Program in Illinois began in 1975 under co-operative funding from the Illinois State Library, the public library systems, and local libraries. By 1977 fifteen public libraries in three systems were involved in seven projects, each funded for three years. The original objective was to provide beginning professional librarians…

A checklist of bibliographies available from the Reference Department of the Indiana State University Library was mailed to each member of the faculty and administrative staff in an effort to improve communications. The list included bibliographies which has been compiled by the library staff within the past five years. Two hundred persons (out of…

This progress report of the Georgia Southern College Library presents information on a comprehensive program that involved the library in all aspects of the academic program. Objectives were to: (1) inform the college community about present and planned library services and programs; (2) attempt to expose all undergraduates to the organization of…

In public library program planning, emphasis should be placed on the linkage of measurement to evaluation. Three basic assumptions underlie program planning and evaluation: (1) a basic commitment must be made to develop goals and objectives, (2) measurement must be taken in regard to specific criteria, (3) a final evaluation must be implemented.…

This California Video Resource Project (CVRP) newsletter reports the activities of the all day Video Carousel program and other video events at the 1975 American Library Association conference held in San Francisco. Excerpts of talks on selections, acquisition, and utilization of video hardware and software is included. Several video tapes are…