Librarianship has been preoccupied with its role in education and scholarship, to the neglect of its responsibilities and concerns with information utility. The two are no longer separable but should form one profession with opportunities for diversity and specialization. (Author/JS)

More significant public library measurements and standards, and better and prompter statistics on which to base them, are needed. Suggestions for developing new standards are given. (Author/JS)

Blind and partially sighted students at Windsor Spring Elementary School, Augusta, Georgia, take part in regular classes and library use through a resource program of braille and large type books. (JS)

Rises in the cost of books and periodicals in a fast-changing technology cause pressure on a library's limited financial resources. This is partially offset by expanding the subject catalog and by starting a personal information service. (Author)

The development pattern for the first building of the new Evergreen State College in Washington State is outlined. About one-fourth of the assignable space in this first multifunctional building is reserved for the multi-media library. First priority is given to the production, distribution and utilization of media (nonprint) materials. (NH)

Literacy House is an institution with an integrated program to promote functional literacy and to strengthen the movement of adult education in India, especially in rural areas. It is primarily a training center where new methods are thought out, tried, tested, developed and shared with agencies in the field. (EB)

Described is a junior college district's attempt to make its computer facilities into a resource for all dimensions of the colleges. (LS)

The first order of business must not be the indtroduction of new equipment and methodology but rather a re-evaluation of the aims and standards of the library in the modern world. (Author)

Seven editions of school library/media standards, issued by national library, media, or educational organizations, are discussed, along with the educational trends prevailing in their day. Future standards must accommodate merged library/media programs, and their developers must consider questions of joint sponsorship and terminology, use…

Discussion of program established in 1977 by the Queens Borough Public Library and Literacy Volunteers of New York to combat the problem of adult illiteracy notes recruitment, training and retention of tutors, student intake procedure, cooperation with community organizations, special programs (math, writing, adult basic education), and program…

Discusses the use of distance learning, defined as any form of individualized learning which is conducted by a tutor separated from the student by great distances, noting the use of television, radio, correspondence courses, and implications for library services in the Pacific Islands. (EJS)

Outline of basic requirements needed to outfit a small public library with microcomputers discusses necessary equipment, cost effectiveness, management information systems, statistics generated, software available, and library procedures to be automated. Fifteen references are cited. (EJS)

Discussion of the scheduling procedures of librarians' hours at the reference desk at the Rutherford Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Alberta, highlights services provided, the preference table system, and manual scheduling versus computer scheduling. (EJS)