Describes the Information Center, Reference, and Recreational Reading Libraries of the United Farm Workers of America at Keene, California. (Author)

The article describes resources offered by public libraries for parents of handicapped children. Basic information is given about library staff, reference services, periodicals, equipment and materials, and other special libraries or information centers. (CL)

Sample suggestions/questions and replies from the University of Colorado Library suggestion box are presented. (SJ)

In this article, the author provides 10 tips on how to reduce overdues in the future: (1) Whatever you do, do not encourage students to check out books--especially high-priced reference books; (2) Do not have hours before school, after school, or at lunch--or any other time that might possibly be convenient for students to check out books; (3) If…

The introduction of Google Scholar in November 2004 was accompanied by fanfare, skepticism, and numerous questions about the scope and coverage of this database. Nearly one year after its inception, many of these questions remain unanswered. This study compares the contents of 47 different databases with that of Google Scholar. Included in this…

In this article, the author shares her ideas after attending the Computers in Libraries (CIL) Conference in March of 2003. The author is a technical services librarian and system administrator for the Ryan Memorial Library of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, a library for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. She states that many of that…

In 2008, the Digital Initiatives Coordinating Committee (DICC) requested a comprehensive assessment of the UW Digital Collections (UWDC). The goal of this assessment was to better understand faculty awareness of and expectations for digital library resources, services and tools; obtain faculty feedback on digital resource and service needs that…

Based on the concept of user education, this paper discusses the necessity of user education in library under the circumstance of network, describes the contents and forms of user education and puts forward the problems that should be paid attention to during education. [This paper was supported by scientific research project of Qufu Normal…

Public libraries deliver many benefits to their patrons, but understanding these benefits in terms of dollars-and-cents is difficult. In an effort to quantify the return on investment to taxpayers for monies invested in public libraries, the Library Research Service (LRS) initiated the study, "Public Libraries -- A Wise Investment: A Return…

Libraries are making diverse contributions to the development of many types of digital repositories, particularly those housing locally created digital content, including new digital objects or digitized versions of locally held works. In some instances, libraries are managing a repository and its related services entirely on their own, but often…