UNESCO sends an annual questionnaire to each country in order to keep the information in Bibliographical Services Throughout the World" up to date. This compilation is the expansion of a report for 1970 prepared in reply to the UNESCO questionnaire. (326 references) (Author/NH)

Problems related to acquiring library materials are presented, including that of shoplifting. (NH)

Unlike popular music of an earlier day, rock music stems from, and expresses, the pain and aspirations of a new youth culture. (Author)

Survey responses from 448 public libraries to questionnaire examining bibliographic access to media and adoption of revised Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2) reveal that majority of respondents (57 percent) use AACR2 for original cataloging of printed materials, 46 percent use it for nonprint materials; 85 percent of public catalogs are in…

Describes and evaluates various selection tools on the basis of their coverage of rehabilitation literature and their usefulness to librarians. Appendices provide annotated selected bibliographies of rehabilitation materials, a list of specialized sources for rehabilitation literature, and an annotated list of selection tools for audiovisuals.…

This overview of the development of a system of library services for the blind in one union republic of the USSR describes the centralized network of special libraries which serve as the focal point of systems providing services at the regional and local levels, and suggests some possible future developments. (RAA)

Concludes that children should be encouraged to read since they may prefer an author's word picture to that presented by the visual media and that today's young adults continue to prefer the same types of reading materials as those listed in past surveys. (RL)

Notes the improvement in network television programing for adolescents. (RL)

Explains how to transfer graphics from paper into multimedia productions through scanning. Discusses uses of scanning in business, government and education; how the scanner works; types of scanners; and general facts about them. Presents tips for effective scanning from professionals, including general maintenance advice. (AEF)

Reviews multimedia world atlas programs geared to a wide range of audiences and age groups, some of which are tailored for specific interests. Reviews of nine programs highlight their strong points and weaknesses. Ancillary material, such as manuals or teacher guides, is also evaluated. (SLD)

Interactive multimedia is finding favor as a time-saving training tool. This article discusses how organizations could justify investing in instructional multimedia by quantifying: (1) productivity lost through lack of training; (2) costs of time spent in other types of training, particularly those conducted offsite; and (3) savings represented by…

Discusses the critical need for tools to manage, access, and disseminate text and image information ranging from free-form ASCII data to scanned documents stored on optical media. Current types of integrated text/image databases are described and the advancement of technology toward systems that manage large collections of documents made up of…

Discusses reasons for computer manipulation of photographs and the need to educate students about the ethics involving digital scanning. Focuses on ownership, copyrights, reasons for changing a photograph, reader-interpretation, and the context in which the photograph is used. Suggests a photo illustration project to teach students about these…

Describes a project which developed a shared electronic environment of virtual reality using satellite telecommunications technologies to create desktop multimedia networking. The origins of the concept of shared electronic space are explained, and the importance for human communication of sharing both audio and visual space simultaneously is…

Discusses access to nontextual documents in large multimedia document bases. A hybrid information retrieval model, using queries in a hypertext environment for location of browsing areas, is presented; and two experiments using cluster-based descriptions of content are reported. (23 references) (EA)