DEFINING CENTRALIZED PROCESSING AS ORDERING, CATALOGING, CLASSIFICATION, AND MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED (1) TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF CENTRALIZED PROCESSING FOR ILLINOIS PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND (2) TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLANNING STATE CENTRALIZED ACTIVITY. GENERAL SURVEY…

The needs for supplementary training of library personnel from increased demands on libraries for services, increased rates of personnel turnover, and a growing lag between personnel retraining practices and the rapidly changing requirements for personnel performance. The initial project covers (1) reference tools and procedures, (2) foreign and…

A study, conducted under a grant from Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act, was undertaken to determine: (1) the present level of library service in county and county-wide departments, agencies, and organizations in Nassau County, (2) what additional services are needed, and (3) how these services can best be achieved. Data were…

As the concept of community is changing, emphasis in community analysis is changing from a geographic focus to examination of interest clusters within a geographic location. Village communities are declining while town-country communities are becoming more numerous. The suburban community is a recent development, and although it develops its own…

Both an analysis of the sources of cost trends in libraries and the relationship of the prospective role of automation in library operations to the causes of cost trends and the predicted shortage of trained librarians are examined in the study of the economic structure of the library. Issues investigated are those particularly relating to current…

Compiled for the professional and paraprofessional personnel in grades K-8 of the Toledo Public School library/media centers, this guide suggests methods for teaching skills needed in locating, using, appreciating, and understanding all kinds of print and nonprint materials. For each of the three grade level groupings (K-3, 4-6, 7-8) appropriate…

Until 1972, library services in Salt Lake County consisted of a group of branch libraries with nearly identical collections for recreational reading. Because the needs of the community had become more complex, a new regional library was built to coordinate library operations and establish new services. Among the innovations in public library…

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources at Stanford University presents a compilation of bibliographies, articles, and information about the Educational Resources Information Center in a bicentennial salute to United States libraries. Bibliographies include a list of subject guides to information in a variety of formats, a bicentennial…

The 1975 information manual is designed to provide current data on policies, procedures, services, facilities, organization and governance of Miami University and, through the extensive index, quick access to this information. The manual is complementary to the university catalog and directory. Information relating to students is in the Student…

This national library training institute examines the concept of ethnicity in its relation to librarianship, and deals with the major ethnic groups in addition to the traditional minorities. Sharp differences are noted among the various groups that attended the three-week intensive institute. There is a reluctance to accept the complaints of the…

Evaluation objectives were to assess the quality of the Bethel Alaska Regional Library/Media Center as an exemplary operation (the Center was established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Bethel Agency in 1971 to serve federally operated schools in Southwest Alaska) and to measure the impact of the Center's services on its Eskimo elementary student…

This report for fiscal year 1974-75 covers the second year activities of three demonstrations in Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee, of the interrelating of public library and basic education services for disadvantaged adults. It also covers the dissemination of these demonstrations through the training-institutes series in those three states and in…

The general organization and functioning of the institution is reviewed in this 1972 handbook, along with various rules, procedures, and conventions. Some parts quote those formulations that have the effect of law throughout the university, such as bylaws and various policy statements formally adopted by the Board of Trustees, and rules…

A theoretical overview was developed as background for the Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) research into cooperative service to disadvantaged adults by the public library and the public schools. Enormous needs to expand educational services to adults in the United States were identified. An historical review of educational and library…

This is the seventh annual report on Financial Requirements of Public Baccalaureate Institutions and Public Community Colleges in Michigan. The purpose of the report is to outline the structure for advising on the financial needs for operations for the institutions for 1974-75. The chapters of the report are: 1. Introduction; 2. State Aid to…