Few standards for reference services have appeared in the past, therefore guidelines for reference librarians at the University of Michigan--Dearborn library are offered. The guidelines presented are based upon reference standards prepared by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) Standards Committee for the ALA Centennial Conference in…

This study is a survey of the town of Springfield, Vermont and an evaluation of its library resources and services developed as Phase II of the Institute on Developing Dynamic Public Library Services Responsive to Community Needs. Long range plans were developed to meet discovered community needs and techniques learned from participation in the…

Asserts the value of booktalks in the work of young adult librarians and gives guidelines for preparing and conducting a booktalk. (PF)

Services currently offered at the University of California, Berkeley, Library are evaluated in terms of their special or potential relevance to graduate students, especially as they meet students' needs in the various stages of their graduate careers--course work, dissertation proposal, dissertation research, and dissertation writing. (Author)

Describes three aspects of the South Carolina State Library efforts to serve the poor. (PF)

Deals with the historical role of public libraries in the United States especially relating to the poor; the commitment on the part of libraries to serve the underserved growing out of the turmoil of the Sixties and the War on Poverty, and the effect of changing inner-city populations on the future role of libraries. (Author)

Library networks place a demand on the reference librarian to know the potential of all information resources within the network. (PF)

Reports on efforts in the 1970's by the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association, to develop new standards for public libraries. (Author/PF)

Suggests that, upon close inspection, an increase in the use of paraprofessionals at the reference desk is undesirable due to false assumptions about the ability of patrons to ask for what they want and of professional librarians to provide better service at higher levels of efficiency. (JD)

Discusses the positive and negative aspects, as well as future possibilities, for transmitting interlibrary loan materials via telefacsimile. (CWM)

A modified Delphi study was conducted to determine the motivating goals of coordinators of children's services and children's librarians. Goals are discussed in terms of their rating on a five-point scale, and ranked according to the mean for the priority ratings assigned them by all the respondents. (JPF)

Describes the setting up of a collection of puppets for circulation at the Tredyffrin Public Library in Pennsylvania and explains how to fund, publicize, and manage such a collection. Investing in a puppet program does not require a lot of money; enthusiasm can stretch a little money a long way. (JPF)

Community analysis is a systematic gathering of facts and observations about the area served by a library branch; it provides a method that allows us to convert impressions into facts that young adult (YA) librarians need to prove that the library is helpful and that its services are visible. (Author)

Expresses concerns that American library interests suffer from a diffusion of energy and lack of focus so severe as to weaken the library position both nationally and globally. Establishing a national focal point to coordinate the activities of the various library and information service organizations is addressed. (JPF)

Outlines the development of public, commercial, and technical libraries and the establishment of local schemes of library cooperation. Current developments, activities, and changes where applicable are discussed in some detail. The inauguration of the Standing Conference of Co-operative Library and Information Services (SCOCLIS) and its recent…