The efforts of the Secretarial Work Groups during fiscal year 1971 are described. Three research projects were funded and one is pending. Fourteen publications were issued by, for, or in cooperation with the Federal Library Committee. (AB)

The evaluation of the free public library service of Vermont resulted in the following conclusions: (1) further basic professional assistance by the regional library staff is needed at the local library level; (2) financial aid is needed by many small local libraries to improve salaries, add books and library material, purchase supplies and…

Hawaii's State Plan for Library Programs under the Library Services and Construction Act includes the following sections: (1.0) General Provisions; (1.1) State Agency (exhibits are: Executive Order No. 19, and the Constitution of the State of Hawaii); (1.2) Free Library Services; (1.3) Tables of Organization; (1.4) Personnel; (1.5) Custody of…

Background information about libraries in Washington State, and a series of recommendations for consideration by the legislature and the libraries of the State are outlined in this report. The Appendices include: (1) Brief Historical Review and Statement of Objectives, (2) Public Libraries of Washington by Size of Population Served in 1969, (3)…

Library networks are much more than telephones, teletypewriters or closed circuit television. Networks are a new concept in library service that requires a new mentality on the part of every participating librarian in every type of library. Librarians wishing to join the growing information and materials community with its improving delivery…

The objectives of this study undertaken for the National Library of Medicine were to develop a list of issues and criteria that relate to the problem of measurement of medical library effectiveness. The procedure employed was to review the literature on the subject of library evaluation. Each criterion or measure of evaluation encountered was…

The results of research work undertaken by the University of Pittsburg, and the Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), in behalf of the National Library of Medicine on the general subject of biomedical communications and information networks is summarized. The prinicpal purpose of the project is to explore the potential of the new…

The Sir Evelyn Wrench Travelling Fellowship for Librarians 1969 was awarded to Antonia J. Bunch. In this personal account of her one month tour of the United States, the author reviews her impressions of the twenty-one hospital and health science libraries she visited. (MM)

The committee's primary objectives were to evaluate the adequacy of the relationship of Federal libraries to other information activities in the government and to determine the role of the library in a total, integrated information system. A statement in considerable detail of the origin and development of extra-library information programs was…

The history, services, reading habits, and statistics are given for the Tanganyika public libraries. The conclusions of the study were that most Africans tend to read for utilitarian purposes and not for recreation or self-development, that there is little spare time for reading, the subject matter in books reflects European civilization, and more…

The quality of library service in biomedical institutions ultimately depends upon basic unit librarians. Although the hierarchy is necessary, it can only have as much real authority and cooperation as institutions vest in it by their degree of understanding and sense of personal worth. Vital to this is the local peer groups, which serves two basic…

The assessment of needs identified by this long range program for library services in Idaho include the needs for services at the state, regional and local levels. It also discusses: Idaho's public school, and academic libraries and the specialized library services needed for: the blind and physically handicapped, the aging, migrants, and Indians.…

The two purposes for this workshop are: (1) to provide basic foundations for the future planning and growth of library services for patients and residents in institutions of the Department of Mental Health and for all citizens of Illinois having mental health problems; and (2) to encourage cooperation and understanding between public librarians…

This program reflects the history of development of Nevada's libraries from early days to present status. Recommendations noted in biennial reports of the State Librarians, the Legislative Council Bureau, and outside consultants as well as Nevada's own library leadership have been considered in formulating this document. Needs for library service…

The introduction (Section I) to the Arizona Long-Range Program contains: the Planning process: past, present, future; General statements of library and archives, functions organization, etc.; and General statements of the conditions of Arizona: demography and library services. Section II contains needs, goals and objectives. Action to implement…