This review of the 1987 journal literature on descriptive cataloging covers (1) description codes and research; (2) authority control; (3) cataloging operations; (4) special topics, including contract cataloging, copy cataloging, retrospective conversion, and preservation; (5) catalogers; and (6) education. (67 references) (MES)

Reports on applications of bibliometrics (measurement of book or compositional entities according to methods that yield comparable results) in the field of information science. Highlights include quantification and qualification, Bradford's Law of Scattering, applications and classifications of citation analysis, and bibliometrics in library…

Describes the steps taken in setting up a National Register of Danish library and information science research. (Author)

Author selected an archaeological dig as a method of organizing a project consisting of preliminary library and map work, field investigation, and report writing. (Author/RK)

Surveyors and professional librarians should look to the methodologies of other fields, such as the social sciences, for more satisfactory techniques. (Author)

A report of a seven-month study project, November 1, 1969 to May 31, 1970, funded by a Council on Library Resources fellowship is presented. (Author)

Report of a seminar that linked library education with product development. (Author)

This paper is designed to point out major funding sources and chronical what was, and is, the Federal support pattern. (Author)

Presents a worksheet for use in costing small research projects proposed for library questions. The areas covered are: (1) planning, (2) setup, (3) data collection, (4) data reduction, (5) analysis, and (6) reporting. Sources of funding on both the local and national levels are also discussed. (BK)

Discusses some current cooperative library research projects, lists areas needing further research, mentions negative perceptions commonly held about research, and speculates on the goals of future research. Opinions are based on the author's informal survey of state librarians. (FM)

Reports the findings of a six-year West Virginia University study that tested the "direct access" debate in its main library after undergoing the transition from closed to open stacks. Circulation, book availability, and search and library-use statistics are provided, and their implications are discussed. (Author/JD)

Argues for common understandings of the language and definitions used for recording information about libraries, and presents a method by which impressions of library behavior can be organized. (FM)

Recommends a series of six exercises designed to help students become familiar with a number of different resources in a school library. (TJ)

Presents a hypothetical article intended to help library school students learn the skills necessary in evaluating the research they read in the professional literature. It contains a variety of commonly committed blunders which students should recognize. (FM)

Suggests a short library assignment researching journal articles pertaining to a student's major or vocational interest as a way to encourage exploration of the library, prepare students for writing more lengthy papers, and introduce students to a variety of material related to specific subjects. (TJ)