The instant library program described is designed to extend library service to previously unreached coal towns, mountain hollows, and sparsely populated areas of West Virginia. (Author/NH)

The first half of the article focuses on describing the mentally retarded child and his family, while the second half explains the role of the librarian in serving the retarded child and his family. (CB)

The establishment and maintenance over a two-year period of a multimedia room for young adults in a public library is discussed. (SJ)

To help clients use the information provided, the librarian of today and in the future must be able to provide professional communication assistance, especially through audiovisual materials. The author suggest several projects which should be undertaken to develop such service. (JS)

Paper presented to World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession on problems and programs in Scandinavian school libraries. A particular need is in selection of foreign books. (Editor/JS)

El Numero Cinco, the fifth in the Denver Public Library's bookmobile fleet, was designed to go directly to the Hispanos as a mobile example of all library services. (JB)

The 109 Libraries responding to a questionnaire aided the American Library Association's Committee on Photocopying Costs in Libraries to document the patterns or variant factors that affect photocopying rates in U.S. libraries. (MF)

Article describes attempts to develop techniques of evaluation for a management course run for employees of the Manchester Public Libraries. (Editor)

Today's constantly changing, continually emerging urban environments affect the role and service functions of main libraries. (37 references) (SJ)

The technology of choice to effect the humanization and economic well-being of libraries is computerization. (20 references) (Author)

The author sets forth the broad principles of rural library service and discusses some of the difficulties to be overcome. He then advocates the development of networks with strong headquarters organizations as being the most effective method of organizing a rural library system. (Author)

Without library quiet, mankind certainly would have been pushed over that brink the doomsday men of the nineteen sixties predicted. (6 references) (Author)

The Office of Standard Reference Data surveyed by mail 2,700 selected members of the Special Libraries Association to check their knowledge and use of NSRDS publications. The survey revealed that distribution and dissemination procedures of NSRDS publications need improvement. (Author/NH)