To measure the effectiveness of the services provided to users of junior and senior high school media centers, a survey instrument was developed to poll teachers, students, or administrators. Ratings cover nine broad service categories: accessibility, awareness, professional reading, evaluation, utilization, planning, acquisition, production, and…

Ideas for using nonprint materials that have been successful in the public libraries of Illinois are briefly summarized. Identified by originating library, ideas are categorized by type of material used. These include records and cassettes, films, filmstrips and loops, slides, pictures, transparencies, videotapes, toys, displays, and animals.…

An investigation to determine the administrative and organizational role of the library in nonprint media programs in institutions of higher education in Tennessee was carried out using the survey and interview method. The findings showed that one-third of the responding libraries did not have and were not planning a comprehensive collection of…

A proportionate stratified random sample of undergraduates, graduate students, and professional school students at the University of Chicago was interviewed to determine the extent to which they were aware of the Regenstein Library's reference services. A rather low level of awareness of reference services was found throughout the student body.…

In July 1973 the University of New Mexico's General Library, in cooperation with the Technology Application Center, introduced a computerized search service for faculty members on a one-year experimental basis. During the study two user evaluation meetings caused some improvements to be made, particularly in the area of working more closely with…

Using a series of FORTRAN programs written for use on an IBM 1130 computer, the periodical holdings of Bluefield State College and Concord College in West Virginia have been jointly cataloged. The programs will produce periodical listings for each of the school's individual libraries, for the combined holdings of the two schools, and by subject…

The new library/media center at Port Jefferson High School, Long Island, was designed to use and integrate all formats and media. In addition to meeting the traditional responsibilities of a library, the center participates in the educational process by broadcasting over 100 television programs per week. (Author/PF)

A guide to planning information and referral (I&R) services as an integral part of public library services is given. The guidelines cover: (1) the importance of support by the library board and staff; (2) the assessment of objectives, clientele, information needs, and sources of information; (3) making decisions as to the type and amount of…

This study aims to contribute to the understanding of the library occupation and its capacity to accommodate to several pervasive changes now confronting the field, including moves toward professionalization and unionization, and reorientation of its service role toward working-class clients, and preparing itself for computer-inspired automation…

An analysis of the information service of the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transportation Engineer's libraries led to the following conclusions: Optimal information service for all basic needs of the users in an institute can be ensured by the combined efforts of the libraries and their information services. University libraries should supply…

This report was prepared in response to a need identified in the "Provisional Long-Range Plan" of the Wisconsin Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE). The findings of an advisory committee were used as the basis for recommendations in three areas: (1) technology and interinstitutional cooperation, (2) library resources and (3)…

A conference was held to permit a discussion between the libraries that will participate in the Library of Congress machine-readable cataloging (MARC) pilot project. The MARC pilot will provide an opportunity for the Library of Congress to assess the effect which data conversion places on the Library's normal processing procedures; the suitability…

A study was made to establish the patterns in past library automation development activities within the Federal Government of the United States so that these could be available for setting the boundaries for a generalized system design for computerized library operations. More than 50 administrative and technical personnel within the Federal…

This report consists of six individual reports that were done by staff members at the Library Research Center as part of the overall project. In Part I, "Financing Public Library Expansion: Case Studies of Three Defeated Bond Issue Referendums," Ruth G. Lindahl and William S. Berner analyze defeated library bond issue referendums in…

This final report summarizes a study of the availability of library services for health professionals in Southeastern Michigan, begun in 1964 by the Wayne State University Medical Library, the Detroit Medical Library Group, the Wayne County Medical Society, and the Greater Detroit Hospital Community Council. Objectives of this investigation were…