Schools were never so dependent upon adequate library facilities as they are at the present time. This condition has come about largely through modern school curricula which demand for their execution large collections of books, magazines, and other reading matter relating to many subjects. At the present time much stress is being placed upon the…

The U.S. Office of Education undertook this study at the request of State supervisors of school libraries for data to aid school administrators and librarians in determining the cost of operating libraries. The findings of this exploratory study have been gathered from a limited sampling of a group of selected high-school libraries. It is hoped…

The Detroit Municipal Reference Library's organizational structure and services are described as an example for those interested in organizing a governmental reference library. Procedure is outlined for the initial selection of a basic collection and the subject fields that should be included. (Author)

Non-reference guidance is not available at many public libraries. One fifth of the respondents to a questionnaire indicated that they had some type of formal program but several had funding problems. The history of and need for reader advisors is presented. (22 references) (DH)

Cost benefit accounting is not being used in academic reference libraries today but administrators are beginning to require quantitative evaluation of services provided. Several systems are described and evaluated. (35 references) (DH)

An interview was conducted with Mary Ann Swanson, Librarian for the Evanston Township High School (Ill.), on how a librarian should try to increase teacher and student use of, and need for, the library. Included are her recommendations on teacher use of audiovisual materials. (SM)

Medical researchers, clinical specialists, and their supervisors covered by this survey, did not make frequent use of the services of research librarians, even after these services were specifically introduced to them. The potential value of a research librarian seems to depend upon the early education of the researcher and his awareness of the…

A series of criteria are presented that might be applied to librarians and library programs in this time of close cost/return scrutiny. (Author/JN)

The utility of the argument put forth in this paper relates to the planning for future information systems. Librarians must determine what sorts of epistomological or classification systems they can expect in the future and how they can be organized and serviced so they will interface with the past. (Author/NH)

Survey results of adult library use indicate that educational, family life cycle, and environmental factors, in that order of importance, affect the rate of adult library use. (DS)

The Huntington Public Library has operated a video tape project since May, 1972. They supply equipment and training to community groups and act as distributor for the completed films. (DH)

Perhaps the most important finding of this review of research in user behaviour is that it has yet to be demonstrated that the use of lbiraries has any definite influence on anything else. (111 references) (Author/NH)

The Public Information Center Project started with four tasks in mind: (1) identify information needs, (2) inventory information sources and services, (3) define the library's role in connection with these needs, and (4) help the library serve the needs identified. (4 references) (Author/NH)