This reference use survey conducted by the Reference Committee of the Southern Connecticut Council in 1972 was undertaken to determine the present pattern of reference use and to assist in future planning. Some of the characteristics of the 18 public libraries participating in the survey include a media per capita expenditure of $4.65 in 1971, a…

The Bibliotherapy Project, originally located at Agnews State Hospital, was transferred to the Santa Clara County Library in 1972 since the state of California announced the closing of the Hospital to the mentally ill. Most patients were returned to the community, where the County would provide the services formerly provided by the state. The new…

The Community Librarian Training Program was designed to provide a basic library background to staff in public libraries and institutions who found it difficult or impossible to attend university courses. The combination of correspondence work and study sessions was to provide a formal base upon which in-service training could be built. Unlike…

As the first of four scheduled revisions of a series of six earlier volumes compiled by the National Referral Center under the general title "A Directory of Information Resources in the United States," a total of 2,891 entries are presented in this volume to update and extend the physical sciences and engineering coverage of the 1965…

Many library operations involving large data banks lend themselves readily to computer operation. In setting up library computer programs, in changing or expanding programs, cost in programming and time delays could be substantially reduced if the programmers had access to library computer programs being used by other libraries, providing similar…

The introduction to this addendum (the Action Plan is LI 004 521) discusses the present use by libraries of information-handling technology and identifies some of the trends taking place in performing essential library services. While some limited inroads have been made in automating certain public library functions, the bulk of services is still…

The Palm Beach County Library System is evaluated for its program to date and for its existing public library resources in the County. Population trends are examined and a realistic program for the development of library services over a six-year period is recommended. The estimated costs for implementation of these recommendations are outlined in…

Census tapes are not a ready reference tool and must be supported by appropriate program tapes. However, census materials provide the single, most important sources of information and measures which, properly used, provide a better understanding of our society. In utilizing census products, librarians need to fill the role of a user, as well as…

The objectives of the Four Corners Bookmobile project are to provide public library service related to the economic and social development and educational needs of the Indian reservations in northeastern Arizona by means of a mobile library unit. The implicit objectives are to make library service available and meaningful to people who are not…

An investigation was made of the Nashville Union Catalog to explore the possibility of its expansion into a regional catalog and making it the nucleus of a bibliographic center serving the state of Tennessee. The primary objectives were investigation of: the catalog and its format possibilities; the structural organization, and required funding,…

The major findings and recommendations of a study to develop a comprehensive plan for library services for the blind and physically handicapped of Pennsylvania are presented. The study was undertaken at the request of the Pennsylvania State Library, and was financed by funds provided through Title IVB of the Library Services and Construction Act.…

The program planning phase to improve service programs includes the recommendations that the Trustees of the James Jerome Hill Reference Library: (1) commit the physical facilities and administrative organization to serve as headquarters for the cooperative program of academic libraries, specifically the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium, Inc.…

A major concern of the South Central Research Library Council in establishing an interlibrary loan network was the development of a Coordinated Delivery system (CODE). Several means of delivery were considered--the U.S. mails, commercial trucking (Greyhound, United Parcel Service), and use of the public library system's delivery services. A…

Results of a recent study of potential demand for electronic information transfer services in 1970-1990 are presented. Projections are made for new services such as electronic mail, remote library browsing, checkless society transactions, video telephone and others, as well as conventional services such as telephone, telegraph and network program…

In recent years many new and wonderful devices offer their own unique contribution to the recording and communication of ideas. These new media include multi-sensory materials, radio, and television. Many schools have developed separate administrative organizations to provide services from these newer media of communication, while others have…