The results of a survey on the nature and functions of information desks in large academic and public libraries are examined with respect to the functions, staffing patterns, and times of service. The survey expands and updates Kleiner's 1967 study. (JB)

A plea for change in library service to prisoners by an inmate of a correctional institution. (JB)

Existing evaluative studies are reviewed. Concluding recommendations suggest a community-based evaluation, certain priorities and inclusions, and underline the need for developing criteria for measuring the quality of children's services in public libraries and evaluating program impact. (JB)

These letters, correspondence between a high school assistant principal and a library science professor, contain spontaneous, sincere and penetrating statements on the meaning of a school library. Together, they comprise a useful document for bridging the distance between school librarians, their teaching colleagues, and their administrators.…

The causes for the failure of the High John project--an attempt by liberal white librarians to make a significant contribution to the redress of American blacks' grievences, and to make the public library a more relevant institution--lie in librarianship itself. (11 references) (Author/SJ)

Two problems in the education of reference librarians and the efforts made by a project to remedy them are discussed in this article: unsatisfactory teaching methods, and variation of education and skill among students. (Author/SJ)

The work of an interlibrary loan librarian would be much easier, and user satisfaction would be greater, if requesters supplied complete information. (SJ)

The advantages of network building among small- to medium-sized libraries catering to multi- or interdisciplinary information users are investigated and the practical application of networking being developed by a group of Washington, D.C.-area urban studies libraries (tentatively named RUIN--Regional and Urban Information Network) is discussed.…

The history of bibliographic control is given for three African nations. Included is a listing of published bibliographies. Solutions to numerous problems are suggested. (DH)