A cost analysis study of the Association of Research Libraries' member institutions who have depository status was conducted in order to evaluate the benefits received from the federal depository system. Information received from a small sample of the member libraries provides the basis for discussion of costs and benefits. Cost factors considered…

This study examines faculty development carried on through school-based inservice programs, and looks at ways that a teacher-librarian can initiate or participate in such programs. Separate sections review the relevant literature; explore the roles of teacher-librarians in inservice programs (e.g., as change aqents, curriculum consultants, school…

TRADITIONAL METHODS OF ANALYZING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AS THEY OCCUR IN REFERENCE LIBRARIES ARE DISCUSSED AND CRITICIZED. METHODS OF EXAMINING QUESTIONS, THE QUESTION-ANSWERING PROCESS, AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ARE EVALUATED. A PRAGMATIC SCHEME IS SUGGESTED WHICH CLASSIFIES ANSWERS BY THEIR FORMATS, DIVIDING THEM INTO EXACT-REPRODUCTION TYPE,…

PARENTS OFTEN ASK HOW THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT TO READ AND WHY READING IS TAUGHT AS IT IS. THIS PAPER REPORTS HOW SOME PTA STUDY SESSIONS IN DALLAS, TEXAS, GAVE PARENT-LEVEL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING INSTRUCTION WHILE DEVELOPING POSITIVE PARENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS. A SERIES OF PTA SCHOOL-STUDY EVENINGS CONSISTING OF 45-MINUTE…

AS A STEP TOWARD IMPROVING SERVICES TO ALL USERS, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LIBRARY SPONSORED A STUDY OF BOTH THE SYSTEM OF LIBRARIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THEIR RESOURCES. THE STUDY ITSELF IS LIMITED TO THE POSSIBLE COORDINATION OF THE RESOURCES OF ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES (PUBLIC, SPECIAL, SCHOOL, ACADEMIC) IN A WAY WHICH WILL MAKE THEM MORE READILY…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ASSIST LIBRARIANS IN ESTABLISHING NEW COLLEGE LIBRARIES AND IN IMPROVING LIBRARY FACILITIES, RESOURCES, PROCEDURES, AND SERVICES IN EXISTING JUNIOR COLLEGES. IT IS INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR COLLEGES WITH PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS OF AT LEAST 1,000 STUDENTS AND AT LEAST 20,000 VOLUMES. LISTINGS ARE ARRANGED UNDER 12…

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR STARTING A CENTRALIZED ELEMENTARY LIBRARY. THE FOLLOWING ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL--SOURCES OF PROFESSIONAL AND NONPROFESSIONAL HELP, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES TO CONTACT FOR CATALOGS AND SUPPLIES, HOW TO SURVEY THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND UTILIZE THEM, TYPES OF MATERIAL FOUND IN AN ELEMENTARY…

This report presents the findings of a survey conducted by the editorial library of the Los Angeles Times to measure usage and satisfaction with library service, provide background information on library user characteristics, collect information on patterns of use of the Times' clipping files, relate data on usage and satisfaction parameters to…

This booklet describes varieties of public library services and programs geared to fulfilling the information needs of older adults, the physically handicapped, the illiterate, ethnic minorities, and others requiring survival information essentials. (FM)

A comparison of the statistical data presented for 1979-80 and the data for the 75 libraries that were members in 1969-70 reveals a 91 percent increase in expenditures for library materials over the decade, while the gross number of volumes added yearly decreased by 22.5 percent. Library staff size has risen slightly over the decade, while…

This final segment of a series of studies to ascertain the degree to which visually impaired persons use the Library of Congress National Library Service for the blind and physically handicapped (NLS) examines the methodologies involved in conducting the studies, as well as the problems associated with those methodologies. Chapters explore the…

Published to elicit comments and discussion from the library and information service communities, this working paper on governance of a nationwide library and information service network proposes and discusses three scenarios for the construction of such a network. The first explores a legislative model resulting from prescriptive legislative…

This script for an illustrated presentation describes a program for improving Library Media Education Programs for American Indians. These recommendations have been implemented in training institutes in several Pueblos in New Mexico: (1) involving community leaders in recruiting and selecting students; (2) selecting students who have successful…

The objectives of a hospital are to improve patient care, while the objectives of a hospital library are to improve services to the staff which will support their efforts. This handbook dealing with hospital administration is designed to aid the librarian in either implementing a hospital library, or improving services in an existing medical…

This paper discusses the library services that complement growing university and college off-campus programs and specifically centers on the years that fall between the start of such services and the final establishment of a physical satellite library. Suggestions, drawn partly from the literature and primarily from experiences at the University…