James W. Brown's report, entitled Instructional Materials Services for Montgomery County Schools," and subsequent developments in the Montgomery County school system are discussed. (MM)

Sweden is in the throes of an adult education explosion; the public libraries of that country are playing a prominent part in this development. (Author/NH)

A new statement of philosophy for the American public library which recognizes and commits the institution to helping to end social inequality and injustice through improved information access and by reconstituting the institution's structure and staffing so that it can become and remain genuinely socially responsive is called for. (Author/NH)

A selection of recent scholarly and foreign works of interest to reference workers in university libraries. (NH)

Library collections must be organized in a sequence that will best aid the user. (MF)

The National Advisory Commission on Libraries (NACOL) report emphasized that the librarian of today and tomorrow must have many technical and professional skills, but above all he must have skill with people," a trait which has heightened the significance of library services to the disadvantaged. (9 references) (Author/NH)

Two services provided by the Boeing Co. Aerospace Group Library-Literature searches and reference/publication identification activities-were evaluated by written and oral surveys of the library's users. The survey technique and cost savings reported by the two studies are discussed. (2 references) (Author/NH)

The specific emphasis of this paper on the urban library system includes: programs and services for a changing society and new clientele, community relationships, and the financing of programs. (12 references) (Author/NH)

Service to the disadvantaged can be fostered within existing institutions provided total commitment and strong administrative direction are given to: (1) organization and planning, (2) financing, (3) interagency cooperation and community relations, and (4) staffing. (15 references) (Author/NH)

The academic library can provide disadvantaged students with many new kinds of learning experiences by providing high quality staff, a wide range of resources and facilities, and meaningful programs that will involve students in the critical analysis of the social values and interactions that underlie the foundations of education. (12 references)…

Information events and environments (including the flyers, posters and electronic announcements to make these happen) are more important than bibliographies and print-dominated programming. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who hasn't learned how to learn. (20 references) (Author/NH)

Libraries should not be viewed as inert monoliths or dinosaurs, unchanging or unresponsive. Rather they should participate rightfully in the center of our community dialogue, even as the keystone between what has gone before and what is to come. (18 references) (Author/NH)

The Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middletown, New York, developed a subject catalog of materials in the central library and the system headquarters. The subject catalog was filmed and placed on standard microfiche, and a set of the microfiche catalog was placed in each of the member libraries. (6 references) (Author/NH)

Academic libraries, enjoying their status as "the heart of the college," have been receiving fatter and fatter portions of institutional budgets. With the "new depression," they will now be hard hit. (Author)

Reference librarians must, if they hope to survive, retool in preparation for becoming the interface between the patron and computer-based information systems. This involves sharpening the interview technique and understanding where to plug into the information flow process. (4 references) (Author)