In studying library cooperation as a process of exchange, it is possible to approximate its power to affect the ability of libraries to meet their professional obligations. (Author)

Describes the new Tokyo library, with its special services, especially for the visually and physically handicapped. (LS)

Describes the services offered by the national program administered by the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. (Author)

The library's services to readers, collections, and publishing activities are briefly described. (PF)

This paper examines the functions and services of public, academic, special, and school libraries; identifies similarities and differences that might exist among them; looks at basic functions and how they relate to the characteristics of the library's clientele; determines to what extent the services have been cost-effective; and explores…

Compiled in response to questions from Oregon citizens about library and information services in their state, this report contains: (1) a general description of the Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services held in June 1978; (2) a delegate's viewpoint on the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS); (3)…

This document describes projects designed to help the public library serve the culturally disadvantaged in general and the functionally illiterate adult specifically. The two major sources of information used were: (1) the panel presentation sponsored by the A.L.A. Public Library Association's Committee on Services to the Functionally Illiterate,…

This house report proposes a four year extension of the Library Services and Construction Act, with an amendment requiring that administrative costs expended by states in carrying out programs under the act must be matched by the states from funds other than Federal moneys. Budget statements are given, as are explanations of library services,…