A plan is outlined to provide Caracas with 23 public libraries by the year 2000. (Author/PF)

Traces the traditional method of making books accessible through their topical arrangement on library shelves, outlines the reasons for the abandonment of this method in European research libraries, explores its modified reappearance in postwar academic libraries, and cites modern arguments against the practice of making an entire research…

This paper provides an overview of library statistics as they relate to the value of library services. The first section reviews the Australian national think tank on library statistics, held in 1990. The second section examines the overall state of library statistics in Australia, focusing on deficiencies related to the lack of a central…

This theme issue contains the following articles on libraries as agencies of culture: (1) "American Libraries and Agencies of Culture" (Thomas Augst); (2) "The Sound of the Civic: Reading Noise at the New York Public Library" (Ari Kelman); (3) "High Culture, Low Culture: The Singular Duality of the Library of Congress" (Elizabeth Jane Aikin); (4)…

This report is a compilation of input and output measures and other statistics in reference to Idaho's public libraries, covering the period from October 1997 through September 1998. The introductory sections include notes on the statistics, definitions of performance measures, Idaho public library rankings for fiscal year 1996, and a state map…

This article discusses the functions and activities of libraries attached to adult education institutions, universities, colleges of education, etc. and of public libraries in the context of adult education. (10 references) (Author)

This article surveys achievements in building up the library service in the U.S.S.R. during the eighth five-year plan (1966-70) and describes the main library targets under the ninth five-year plan (1971-75). (Author)

Describes recent trends in evaluation of adult reference service. (JB)

Reviews progress toward evaluation of particular forms of adult services within libraries, of total adult service programs, and of the status of adult services within public librarianship at the state and national levels. (JB)

The closed circuit television distribution system operated by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Center Library is described. This presentation shows how video is used and transmitted by the library to groups in size from a single viewer to hundreds at various locations throughout the nuclear center. (4 references) (Author)

A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)

This article contains a brief historical survey of Libyan libraries and describes their present state, with particular reference to university libraries and the national library project. (Author)

The texts of statements delivered on August 21, 1972 and September 27, 1972, are presented. (SJ)

The functions of The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped are described. Suggestions of ways in which special libraries can help to further the Committee's efforts are explained. (Author)

A look at the services provided by Learning Resources Centers in community colleges. (AK)