Describes the services ofseveral libraries in reaching the handicapped; services for which there is a real demand. (AB)

Without the benefit of library school training, Charles F. Lummis transformed the Los Angeles Public Library from a ladies reading club" into one of the foremost libraries in the country. (Author/NH)

Some of the stated needs of reading teachers include: more books where students can find them at arm's length, more open Door" hours, more help and time for individual students, more flexibility in borrowing rules, more books and other media relevant to the reading specialists, and more storytelling by librarians. (MF)

Scepticism is a form of philosophy to be adopted by libraries which will accommodate all dogmas regarding library missions but will assent to none. (AB)

This brief introduction sets the stage for this issue's topic of library needs and services for the aged, the super-rich, the Chinese Americans and the confined. (MF)

The Ohio State University Main Library acquires and processes books, on a cost-supported contract basis, for each of four regional campus undergraduate libraries. The article describes requirements, rationale, and procedures, and diagrams procedural flow. (Author/NH)

There is a public need for improved and relevant library services to make libraries institutions of the future with the capacity to provide a secure and healthy preservation of our heritage. (Author/AB)

Suggestions on how librarians can aid the user, and alleviate some of the problems of unavailable library materials. (MF)

Ridgewood High School (Illinois) was designed with decentralized resource centers. However, growing educational demands have led to a centralized media center setup. (CC)

Describes the Brooklyn Public Library's Bookmobile Service Trust, an educational traveling library which is intended to introduce people in slum communities to books and reading. The project launched in 1967 as a combination of business financing, private initiative, and library expertise. (JB)

Through two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Tulsa City-County Library is in the unique position of exploring the role of the public library as catalytic agent in helping the community to understand change. (Author/NH)

Evaluates existing programs designed to provide library seriJvices for the poor to identify areas of weakness or omissions in these progaJrams. (NH)