The purpose of this grant, funded by the Council on Library Resources, was to allow a librarian to put aside normal duties for an academic year to explore with faculty, students, and administrators ways of improving library services, and to design methods of increasing library use by college students. A program was developed for orienting and…

Thirty-five hundred public school library/media centers in 50 states were surveyed to obtain estimates of library resources and services available to pupils, and to determine the extent to which resources are an integral part of education. A description of libraries in public schools is provided, with additional analyses and data tables of basic…

A result of Australia's Community Information Sharing Service (CISS) study of community information services currently being provided by public libraries in New South Wales, this report (one of three) presents five general principles which can assist public libraries with decisions about their response to the issue of the provision of community…

A brief overview of this survey and plan for library cooperation is provided by a summary of key recommendations based on the identification of major needs, plus interviews, statistical analysis, materials checklists, and questionnaires. Priorities are indicated by grouping these recommendations in 10 phases. The main body of the report provides…

This document examines the importance and difficulties in resource sharing and acquisition by libraries and introduces the procedures of the Site Appraisal for Area Resources Inventory (SAFARI) system as a method of comparative evaluation of subject collections among a group of libraries. Resource, or collection, sharing offers specific…

Designed to be used for self evaluation at the local level, as a guide for supervisors, and to provide direction for short and long range planning of library media programs, this document proposes some guiding principles, defines selected terms, and outlines quantitative standards. The checklist of standards which makes up the greater part of the…

SIXTEEN ARTICLES PRESENT DISCUSSIONS OF THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE TOTAL SCHOOL READING PROGRAM. THE ARTICLES OFFER SUGGESTIONS FOR BUILDING POSITIVE ATTITUDES IN READING, PLANNING THE LITERATURE PROGRAM, USING BASAL READERS TO FOSTER READING, STIMULATING READING HABITS, AND DEVELOPING THE LIBRARY SKILLS AND READING…

PART OF A LONG-TERM STUDY OF CITY-COUNTY FISCAL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN MONROE COUNTY, THIS REPORT IS CONCERNED SOLELY WITH PUBLIC POLICY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DEFINE THE AREAS OF FINANCIAL NEED AND TO RELATE THESE TO THE OVER-ALL OBJECTIVES OF THE LIBRARY…

This paper is an explication of the concept of a network of consultants to help people obtain answers to day-to-day questions for which answers are known. Each member of such a network is viewed to have three capabilities: 1)answering questions directly from his own memory, 2)answering questions with the aid of library resources, and 3)referring…

A survey was conducted to analyze library facilities and services in 60 Florida state institutions and to make recommendations for improvement. Included in the study are descriptions of the institutions and a report and recommendations for each library. Results of question aires and visits show that institutional library service is inadequate,…

Objectives of this study were: (1) to collect information on multijurisdictional public library systems in the U. S. existing prior to January 1, 1964, emphasizing governmental-legal-administrative structure, financial support, materials and resources, personnel, and services; (2) to compare, for a sample of such systems, the financing and…

This is a summary report on the symposium on "Joint Design and Development of Library Systems". The major result of the symposium was a plan whereby in return for the funding necessary to support meetings of an informal communications among a small project team of individuals working in different library systems currently in the process of…

The decade 1966-1976 and its implications for the Harvard University Library are the subject of this report. The problems examined include library collection policies, the impact of computers and other technical innovations on the Library's operations and services, availability of additional resources and possible savings through interlibrary…

This plan for the development of Montana library service is based on the experiences of other states, opinions of library experts, written information on Montana libraries, visits to several libraries, and attendance at meetings of the Montana Library Association and its committees. Specific recommendations include: moving the State Library…

In this study undertaken to evaluate the role of the county library in the emerging New Jersey library pattern, information was gathered through personal interviews, consultation with authorities on library government, group meetings with state library personnel, and questionnaires on opinions of county library service sent to trustees, librarians…