This annotated bibliography of library materials on South Asia covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The materials are organized into three sections: (1) references sources; (2) regional bibliography; and (3) subject bibliography. While the guide is specific to materials housed in a particular library, it can be…

Management of information services requires managerial control of information about the service itself. A critical factor for information managers that affects their ability to provide service is their own competence at handling management information, i.e., information concerning and describing the performance, income, and expenses of their…

This publication recounts the childhood experiences of one boy at the Tennessee School for the Blind and his use of braille and talking book library services. It also describes his frustration at the rationing of braille reading materials at the school, and how his enormous appetite for reading material led him to "beat" the school's…

This paper details a step-by-step process for documenting university and college theatre history through the accession and preservation of materials. It offers advice for collecting materials; locating collections; handling materials; using R. Berner's "Manual for Accessing, Arrangement, and Description of Manuscripts and Archives";…

This pamphlet focuses on the concept of information and referral (I&R) as a system and describes seven highly effective I&R systems that bring together people in need with the human service agencies that can help them. It is noted that when thinking in terms of I&R systems, attention must be directed to the overall quality of the structures and…

This preliminary report describes the work to date of the Task Group on Computer/Communication protocols for Bibliographic Data Interchange, which was formed in 1980 to develop a set of protocol standards to facilitate communication between heterogeneous library and information systems within the framework of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI). A…

Programs within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education are reviewed, and the impact of the fiscal year 1984 budget recommendations is analyzed. Conclusions include the following: the Administration's student aid recommendations represent major policy recommendations rather than budgetary changes; the proposed elimination…

This circular lists 384 magazines produced in media suitable for use by persons who are unable to read conventional print materials. The media included are braille, cassette, disc, large type, Moon type, and open-reel tape. The entry for each title gives frequency of publication, medium or media in which it is available, method or methods by which…

Argues that black children's books have been neglected by school text book selection committees and librarians, as well as by teachers and parents, but most of all by the young readers themselves, noting that what children have to read has a direct effect on at what point they learn to manage the comprehension of the language as well as its use.…

Describes student involvement in an organization named S.T.O.P. whose prime purpose is to inform and involve the community in environmental concerns. Among projects described are paper recycling, beautification projects, radio announcements and establishment of an ecology library. (BR)

The emphasis of this bibliographical guide is on Greek and Roman culture, history, language, literature, and archaeology. It largely omits philosophy, numismatics, and theology, and does not include the Middle Ages. The organization of the guide is by type of reference source. Specific subjects, therefore, may be covered in more than one section.…

This report describes library applications of electronic bulletin board systems (BBS), i.e., telecommunications software designed to receive incoming calls from other computer systems. It begins by explaining the basics of a BBS; describing a typical configuration, i.e., a microcomputer and a modem connected to standard phone line bulletin board…

This discussion of the nature of classification schemes and their functions focuses on the differing classification systems of North American and European-type libraries. The functions are bibliothecal, bibliographical, and cognitive. The bibliothecal function concerns the physical location of items within a library (e.g., the Dewey Decimal and…

During the past 12 years, encompassing the 95th through the 100th Congresses, hundreds of bills and resolutions have been introduced and debated that were concerned with information policy, related programs, and the ways in which advanced information technologies (computers, telecommunications, microform systems, video and audio devices) are…