Outlines and illustrates the principles underlying the training of librarians in providing services to ethnic groups, discussing library education policies, the ethnic librarian, the language barrier, and course design. Twenty references are cited. (FM)

Reports on a survey conducted among 72 American public libraries to gather data on foreign language collections, special services to members of ethnic communities, and special projects directed to those communities. Six references are cited. (FM)

Surveys the United Nations microform program's history, its current filming projects, and its future plans. Established originally to preserve UN documents for archival purposes, it has expanded to public distribution and dissemination of significant UN documents. (Author)

Reading is the key for reference librarians to increase general and subject knowledge for continuing professional growth. Continuing education has been limited in practice and thinking to the technical aspects of the profession. (RAA)

Describes the role of the school library media program in networking in terms of nine network considerations requiring group agreement, joint programs and services, media specialist's roles, and challenges to be met. (CMV)

Describes a program for teaching search analysts at the SUNY Albany School of Library and Information Science. (RAA)

Presents a planning guide for implementation of online services at a public library, consisting of: (1) identification of public service goals and online reference objectives, (2) needs assessment, (3) manipulating the political environment, (4) project description, (5) time schedule, (6) preliminary budget, and (7) evaluation. (SW)

Presents survey data on the unique needs of the Spanish-speaking community for bilingual services and culturally reinforcing materials. The survey provides hard data on the level of awareness of library service by a sizable Mexican American population in southern California. (RAA)

Outlines the costs for self-instructional packs consisting of files of offprints, original materials, and small publications at a university library. Full details of the assumptions and the basis of the cost analysis are included, based on a limited amount of literature available (references are included) and additional proposals. (Author/JEG)

The approach to planning described is a process of self-study for academic librarians that can be used to improve library effectiveness. (MBR)

Explores the increasing demands on resources and services of one large university library by the external community which led to attempts to pass on to the community some of the costs involved in resource sharing, e.g., fees for or reduction of library services, and examines consequences of these changes. (CWM)

Presents a state-of-the-art discussion of school library media supervision at the state, district, and regional levels. (Author)

Evaluates the adequacy or inadequacy of the services provided by the public, state, and school libraries for the handicapped in Nigeria. The scope, objectives, methodology, recommendations, and conclusions of the study are described, as are the institutions surveyed. (FM)

Presents the results of a survey of all state library agencies and the library agency of the Virgin Islands concerning their efforts to support local public library literacy programs and their means of support. (Author/JD)

Describes the philosophy, objectives, services, and experimental research of the Abadina Media Resource Center, which provides library services, materials, and education to elementary school students and provides research and training facilities for Nigerian teachers and school librarians. (Author/CWM)