Reviews some current literature concerning library services to the blind and physically handicapped, including a publication on legislation affecting services and a book on handicapped persons employed at libraries. (FM)

Discusses institutional library services for the mentally retarded and addresses the use of audiovisual aids in reducing residents' anxiety, the problem of residents' passivity, and retarded users in the public library. (FM)

Presents a writer-librarian's views on the sexual evolution of books for young people. Recent fictional works with themes of sexuality for and about young adults are reviewed. Libraries are encouraged to promote activities that provide an arena for nonsexual interaction of teenagers and promote intimate communication. (RAA)

Provides a general treatment of the issue's topic, touching upon material explored by other articles in the issue and noting the efforts of particular organizations and information centers in providing effective retrieval and dissemination of gerontology literature. (JD)

Considers the objectives, campaign strategy, ideology, and reception of the American Library Association's Enlarged Program to revitalize library services after World War I. Forty references are cited. (FM)

Discusses charging users for public library services, library costs, and the financial structures that influence public library policy. (CHC)

Examines current developments by public libraries in the area of services designed to meet the information needs of female clientele. (FM)

Describes projects of Oklahoma libraries designed to combat the problem of illiteracy among adults and explains Oklahoma Image, a humanities effort aimed at attracting out-of-school adults to public libraries by focusing on the state's multicultural heritage. Column also reports adult service news from other states. (JD)

Librarians should expend less effort on debates about fees for services; instead they should seek to provide those services in the fairest possible manner. Cooperation with vendors, administrators, politicians, and others offers an opportunity to minimize through special subsidies the costs of the services to individual users. References are…

Describes a federally funded project to establish neighborhood resource centers in the branches of the Seattle Public Library system to disseminate university research materials and technical assistance of a local nature to neighborhood patrons. (LLS)

Discusses two special programs for the blind and physically handicapped of the Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County (Tennessee): The WPLN Talking Library and Library Services for the Deaf. (Author)

Suggests that the divisions and animosities of the library community could be resolved through proper emphasis on access to information and resource sharing. Urban versus rural library, school versus public library, trustee versus librarian, and issues of professionalism are examined. (RAA)

The International Year of the Child has provided a good time for librarians to begin to clear their sights, define what the real problems facing children's services are, and do all that is possible within their particular province to effectively serve children. (Author/CMV)

Reports the proceedings of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Major recommendations addressed structural changes for the Department of Education; development of a national information policy; cooperative programs for the functionally illiterate; libraries for disadvantaged groups; and an international exchange program…

Formal literacy education in predominantly oral societies, such as those in Black Africa, has flourished at the expense of oral cultural traditions resulting in language problems. Libraries should provide nonprint-oriented services for their potential users. (FM)