Presented at the Library Resources and Technical Services/Reproduction of Library Materials Section Program Meetings, American Library Association, Kansas City, Missouri, June 27, 1968. (CC)

Describes participation by the Corpus Christi Public Library in the Poverty War. (JB)

PPBS (Planning, Programming, Budgeting System) is applied to a medium sized information service. The overall objectives of the service, and the particular objectives of each activity are defined; and the method of allocating costs shown. (2 references) (Author)

The third article in Library Journal's" current series on the use of volunteers in libraries gets down to the nuts and bolts of the question by providing a look at one library's successful experience with a volunteer program. (5 references) (Author)

The 1972 midwinter meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Chicago is analyzed and reported upon. (SJ)

Discussed are the facilities, structure, organization and future plans for libraries in rural areas of the Soviet Union. (SJ)

The use of the telephone as a training device for new reference assistants is described. (NH)

The scheduling of discussion programs in Cleveland Heights High School's library browsing room provides students with a definite stimulation toward further reading. (MM)

The purpose of the National Endowment for the Humanities is to help thinkers, teachers, scholars, and writers develop the humanities as sources of insight into human problems and priorities. (Author/MM)

Presents a capsule history of Czechoslovakian libraries from 922 to the present day. The role of libraries and librarians is discussed inthe hope of improving services to users and to exert a beneficial influence on social progress. (MF)

It took nine Pittsburgh librarians ten months, but they succeeded in setting up a library in the county jail. (Author)