Examines the liaisons and relationships among libraries and the elderly, and those libraries and other community agencies working for the benefit of the elderly. (FM)

Reports on the history and structure of the 1979 White House Conference on Library and Information Services with recommendations, themes, and resolutions regarding school libraries, networking, public awareness, federal resources, and library skills instruction. Excerpts from major addresses and reactions from information services professionals…

Provides an overview of the school library media specialist's role in working with the gifted student. The media specialist's extended role is also described in terms of the content, process, output, and evaluation sections of Tennant's model; and the knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation categories of Bloom's…

Traces the path of library revolution in Information and Referral (I&R) Services from 1969 to the present. (Author/MBR)

Eight of the 13 publications listed describe state library networking programs; network governance, children's services, and guidelines for special libraries are also cited. (BBM)

Considers the incorporation of school libraries and media centers into a national bibliographic system, and discusses questions pertaining to the contributions, advantages, points of access, obstacles, and international implications of such a program. A bibliography of additional readings is provided. (FM)

An outline of objectives for library educators to consider in the design of courses for those serving the older adult is presented. (Author)

Describes Learning Is for Everyone (LIFE), a library program of the Altoona Area Public Library, Pennsylvania, that serves mentally retarded persons of all ages and ability levels, parents, teachers, and advocates of retarded citizens, as well as the general public. Through the use of multimedia materials, programing, and community programs, the…

If libraries are to survive the apparently inevitable lean years ahead, they must make themselves necessary by offering informational and educational services in demand. However, alternative and nontraditional services must be provided on a cost-recovery basis, and only those directly benefiting from the service should pay the additional fee.…

Examines programs for babies, i.e., children under two years of age, that are offered by public libraries. Highlights include separate storytimes; inclusion in family or older children's storytimes; welcome packets for parents of newborns; and the benefits of bringing children and parents into the library. (LRW)

Reports on 1996 library programs, activities, and information policy: American Library Association's responses to President Clinton's "America Reads" program, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and the Communications Decency Act; Family Friendly Libraries; certification for Kansas media specialists; federal funding of libraries; the…

Presents four frames to help understand library reference encounters, including the structural frame that uses rationality to establish procedures; the human resource frame, based on the satisfaction of needs in motivating people; the political frame that addresses allocation of resources; and the symbolic frame that assigns meaning to work.…

Presents 14 tables depicting Illinois public library referenda data from fiscal year 1977/78 through November 1995. Discusses success rates in terms of even versus odd years and spring versus fall for fiscal years 1986-95. Outlines types of library referenda, including: annexation; tax increase; bond issue; establishment (district); conversion to…

This article is a study of six women and their contributions to young adult services in public libraries: Mabel Williams, Margaret Scoggin, Jean Carolyn Roos, Margaret A. Edwards, Dorothy M. Broderick, and Mary K. Chelton. The feminist perspective employed focuses on the voices of these women as advocates for young people. Contains 63 references.…