Librarians have an alternative to providing library services with their own resources. The alternative is to purchase these services from outside contractors. The library manager must carefully consider several service and economic factors along with the range of available services. (7 references) (Author/DH)

The on-line serials control system in use at UCLA Biomedical Library utilizes and inverted file for its primary retrieval technique. A detailed profile of title structure and search scheme is given. The major determinants of the scheme are evaluated on a performance and cost basis. (5 references) (Author/KE)

The development of library education in Iran is presented in some detail. In addition, the origins, purposes, operations and services of the Iranian Documentation Centre and the Tehran Book Processing Centre are described. (7 references) (KE)

Library Pathfinders into the Social Sciences--alternatives to standard techniques used in the teaching of subject reference and bibliography--are described. (1 reference) (SJ)

Discusses the need for greatly expanded community library services, for librarians to accept social responsibility for education and information, and for the library to become a program for getting information to where it is needed. (JS)

Sheffield High School in Memphis, Tennessee has developed a Multimedia Center designed for easy access to materials and services. It has become an integral part of the school program and center of activity in the school plant. Includes floor plan. (JS)

Describes efforts to provide library service to Spanish-Americans in the Southwest, through bilingual staffing, helping children to feel pride in their heritage, and providing service to the social agencies. Includes bibliography. (JS)

Examines some of the internal and external factors that contribute to student unrest including such issues as: communication, responsiveness, student intolerance, adult hypocrisy, relevance, overreaction, the black student, and size of the institution. (MF)

In the future, the central unit of the large city library will be pulled in opposite directions by two inevitable forces: the specialized demands of an interdependent society centered in the metropolitan area, and the deterioration and rehabilitation of the city itself. (1 reference) (Author)

Following a brief history of the development of school media services, the author gives ten ways by which a good media service program serves the objectives of the total educational program of the school. (NH)

Study halls in dormitories and classroom buildings could make room in the library for students who need its books and reference services. (IR)

Librarians will need specialized tools and skills to conquer technology and to deal with large scale problems in the future and library schools must plan curricula that will provide the education needed by those librarians. (Author/AB)