A study of the role of library technicians leads to several recommendations for improved library services. (AB)

Briefly described is a successful library orientation program using audio-tutorial learning techniques, i.e., one person teaching one person by means of a programed tape." (Author/LS)

Recent laws and regulations which affect the operation of federal libraries and which have not been previously reported are summarized. (Author/NH)

Functions and form are the basis ofpast and present legislation relating to state libraries. Legislation adds to, or revises, but seldon drops any state library agency functions. The legislative shifting of functions from one government unit to another, and back again, indicates uncertainty as to which is most effective. (Author/NH)

A brief history is given of this special library along with its development and projected plans. (NH)

Reports the work of a two-year demonstration project. (JW)

The primary hypothesis for this study was that an upper-level college student could perform competent reference work in an undergraduate library staffed by one full-time reference librarian after a relatively brief orientation. (Author/NH)

Describes the media center program for disadvantaged children in an Oakland, California elementary school. (JB)

Paper presented at the Workshop on Areas of Library Services of Concern to Hospital and Institutional Libraries (Kansas City, June 23, 1968).

Profile of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress--which houses one of the world's greatest collections of rare books--includes a brief history, acquisitions, library services and users, processing and preservation of rare books, and the library's mission. (EJS)

Outlines the objectives, structure, mode of operation, current programs and activities, and future projections of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, a financing body and promotional agency for the development of library services in India. (EJS)

Describes development of the Huntington Library, the largest and most complete repository in the United States of source material on British and American civilization from the Middle Ages to 1850, noting setting, service to researchers and the public, and collections. (EJS)

Discussion of the administration of the preservation of library materials presents observations of the field based on the author's experiences and briefly describes related programs conducted by Yale University Libraries, Association of Research Libraries Office of Management Studies, and School of Library Service at Columbia University. Four…

Discusses the provision of subscription-based information services to business and industry by the Lehigh University Library. The types of services available, the rates charged for specific services, the importance of speed and confidentiality, and the relationship between the academic library and the business world are reviewed. (JL)