The library at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has created a collection of curriculum materials and children's literature for use by education students. These materials are shelved with the education-related books in the L category of the Library of Congress classification scheme. Materials are arranged by subject area and subdivided by…

The kit on university archives in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains the results of a 1983 survey that dealt primarily with the place of the archives within the library/institutional structure, reporting relationships, collection responsibilities and scopes, staffing levels, and relationship of the library to the institution's…

This kit, containing organization charts for 15 member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), is a revised and updated version of a 1973 kit. In addition to charts of the total organization, many institutions have supplied charts for specific departments such as circulation, acquisitions, catalog, business, and technical…

An Association of Research Libraries (ARL) telephone survey indicated that staff associations in many large academic and research libraries have developed into distinct action-oriented groups. This appears to be due to a combination of factors including increased staff interest in the library decision-making process, the emergence on changed forms…

This kit prepared by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains 15 primary source documents on determining indirect cost rates in research libraries. The kit comprises: (1) six library cost studies and surveys, "Allocation of Library Expenditures to Research and Instruction" (University of Pennsylvania), "Sampling of Current Monograph…

Developments in technology, in organizational structure, and in higher education are placing increasing demands on library managers. The library director, once primarily concerned with finances, and the management of collection, staff, and facilities, must increasingly be concerned with the articulation of values. The formulation and promulgation…

The four papers in this collection consider the attitudes, concepts, and techniques involved in marketing for non-profit organizations, and explore how librarians in higher education can use these ideas to optimize the effectiveness of their service provision in a time of economic constraint. In "Marketing the Academic Library,"…

The purpose of this essay is to review documents from library literature which base their arguments in favor of academic status for librarians in whole or in part on the concept of academic freedom. Thirteen such items dating from 1956 to 1975 are identified and discussed. The essay is followed by a discussion of the actual meaning of the concept…

Based on observations made during a 1979-80 study trip, this paper presents a critical view of academic librarianship and libraries in India, emphasizing issues confronting the library profession and its ability to fulfill library objectives in a developing nation. It is noted that modern India is a society closely tied to tradition while at the…

This transcript contains the text of a speech and five panel presentations on the problems of people with hearing impairments and the provision of academic library instruction to deaf students. Herbert W. Larson describes: methods for effectively communicating with the deaf; the use of signing, lip reading, and interpreters; colleges for the deaf;…

This comprehensive bibliography lists 135 journal articles, books, conference papers, and documents on library use and library instruction for non-English speaking users. (MES)

This report on a Business of Acquisitions Regional Institute, sponsored by the Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD) of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Northern California Technical Processes Group (NCTPG), summarizes the keynote address on the relationships between booksellers, publishers, and librarians. Three panel…

This paper briefly describes the effects of changes instituted by new library administrators and discusses the roles of both upper and middle level library managers in the process of adapting to change. Suggestions based on the experience of the authors as new middle level managers at a time when extensive changes were occurring in a university…

This annotated bibliography provides citations for selected English language journal articles and books that stress and address general, broad concerns of the academic library. Following citations of two bibliographies, the citations are presented in six general categories: (l) budgeting (12 titles); (2) decision making (9 titles); (3) directing…

This paper takes a historical and methodological approach to explain the gap of reciprocal awareness that exists between many archivists and librarians. It is argued that a much closer relationship between the two professions would enable them to confront common issues in the coordinated manner necessary for optimum benefits to society. The…