Describes the objectives, development, and activities of the British Library Association's International and Comparative Librarianship Group. The desirability of establishing similar groups within other national library associations is discussed. (RAA)

Ever since North Carolina State University Libraries launched their Endeca-based OPAC replacement in the beginning of 2006, the library world has been completely obsessed with ditching their old, tired catalog interfaces (and with good reason) for the greener pastures of more sophisticated indexing, more accurate relevance ranking, dust jackets,…

Although salary compression has previously been identified in such professional schools as engineering, business, and computer science, there is now evidence of salary compression among Association of Research Libraries members. Using salary data from the "ARL Annual Salary Survey", this study analyzes average annual salaries from 1994-1995…

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) have both recently launched new standards. These are known as the "AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner" and "The National Educational Technology Standards for Students: The Next Generation" (NETS). The standards from each…

Discusses possible roles for the American Library Association with respect to collective bargaining in libraries. (PF)

The U.S. Copyright Office has been asked to act as unofficial arbiter in the photocopy dispute. (PF)

Describes the 65th Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association held June 9-13, 1974, in Toronto. (LS)

In March 1974 representatives from Britain, Canada, and the U.S. met and established the Joint Steering Committee for revision of AACR. The second edition will be published in the fall of 1978. (Author/AWP)

A statement in honor of the 25th anniversary of the American Association of School Librarians. (PF)

Gives biographical sketches and personal reminiscences of six important librarians. (PF)

Guide to organization of Catholic Library Association. (KP)

The move toward a library association federation, starting with the concept embodied in the new dues proposal, represents a significant and positive step. (CH)