Deals with the interaction of traditional library reference and the new services generated by online information retrieval capabilities. Described are the impact of online reference within the library context, problems resulting from implementation, and the librarian's influence on future prospects. (Author/SW)

Surveys Australian public library services to ethnic groups, including library-based activities, community information services, libraries of ethnic communities, and service to aborigines. More than 50 references are cited. (FM)

Reflects upon the AASL Preconference on action research held in 1979, and poses important challenges for school library media specialists who are striving to maximize their unique contributions to the instructional program in schools. (Author/CMV)

The Tri-County Regional Library in Rome, Georgia, operates a full-time cable television program schedule. The library is thus able to bring information, entertainment, and community services to hard-to-reach areas, expanding the concept of the role of libraries and of public access television. (SK)

Lists the complete texts of resolutions discussed and voted on in the final general session and those voted on by paper ballot. Whether each resolution passed or failed is also noted. (JD)

Explains that library reference personnel usually need to be increased as library instruction flourishes, that staff should be carefully evaluated in order to detect incompetencies, and that all library staff should be recognized for their contributions in order to maximize the effectiveness of the program. (CWM)

Presents traditional and nontraditional ideas for cooperation between school and public libraries to provide for the total educational, cultural, and other needs of the community. (Author/CMV)

Describes a three-phase national study examining the concepts of cooperative library ventures and combined libraries to determine which institutional structure had the most potential for improving school and public library services in the state. (CMV)

Recommends that more study be given to the supervision of school library media programs to begin to establish better communication and support within the programs. (CMV)

Summarizes the development of the Computer-Aided Reference Services (CARS) division of the University of Utah Libraries' reference department. Development, organizational structure, site selection, equipment, management, staffing and training considerations, promotion and marketing, budget and pricing, record keeping, statistics, and evaluation…

Discusses the relationship between innovative public library services and library administration's need to seek cooperative relationships with outside organizations to implement such services. The formation of the Consortium for Public Library Innovation (1976) is described, and a list of references is provided. (FM)

Focuses on the role that citizen groups--both grass roots and nationally affiliated--play in local communities, examines the history of these groups, describes their activities, presents research findings, and sketches library service trends in several communities. References are included. (FM)

Presents a chronological overview of the initiation and operation of the State University of New York at Albany library's computer-based reference services, with a discussion of costs, planning, organizational, and managerial considerations. (Author/CWM)

Discusses the rationale, structure, and experiences of a graduate sociology seminar in bibliographical methods for document research. (CWM)