A discussion of the audiovisual service responsibilities of American libraries and proposals for the library education programs and instructional technology needed to fulfill these responsibilities. (RM)

A description of the audiovisual department in the Louisville Free Public Library which, in its twenty years of development, acts as a communications center for the entire community. (RM)

Describes the use of puppetry in library programing for children at Veterans Memorial Library, Bismarck, North Dakota, noting the inception of the program, story themes, introduction of the fine arts, community response, puppet production, and benefits of the program. (EJS)

Describes the Schomburg Collection of materials on Black culture; discusses how the collection developed to become the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a branch of the New York Public Library; and examines citizens' efforts to raise funds for the Center. (MJL)

This discussion of the development of library reference service standards and guidelines for service measurement highlights the work of the American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Standards, guidelines adopted by ALA's Reference and Adult Services Division, and efforts of state, public, and university libraries. Fourteen references are…

Presents a discussion of library facility design with regard to storage needs, readers' needs, and staff needs, with emphasis on lighting, space, and movement paths (galleries, corridors, foyers, halls, arcades). Illustrative material is provided. (EJS)

Examines the three components of bibliotherapy (group discussion, literature, and the trained leader) and the role of reading therapy in the provision of library services to handicapped persons. Fourteen sources are cited. (FM)

In ComputerTown, USA!, a corner of the children's section at the Menlo Park Public Library, children and adults are trained to use microcomputers. This is one of the top five winners in American Libraries' competition to identify innovative library programs. (LLS)

Argues that public libraries should abandon their outreach programs which seek to attract nonusers to the library, and instead concentrate their resources on that 10 percent of the population who do use the library. (LLS)

Describes aspects of child-centered libraries, including individualization, books for beginners, interest centers and library community linkages. (Author/RH)

Defines bibliotherapy as "a program of activity based on the interactive process and the people who experience it," and explains its origins, methodology, professional qualifications, and relation to the library setting. (RAA)

Examines national and state public library standards to discover the extent to which rural library services have been considered and to identify aspects of the standards that might be applicable to rural libraries. (Author/FM)