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The article discusses the findings of the Lilead Project survey, which researched the conditions facing U.S. school libraries. Topics discussed include the lack of resources available to district school library supervisors, the professional development, technology support, and collection development responsibilities held by school library supervisors, and the stress experienced by school library supervisors. Charts and graphs illustrating the findings of the survey are also provided.

Discusses a trend in United States librarianship toward collecting, preserving and making so-called zine publications available for researchers. A definition of zines; The `Factsheet Five' collection at the New York State Library, which was donated by former editor Mike Gunderloy; Other libraries at which zines collections are available, including DePaul University, Bowling Green State University and Michigan State University; The value of zines

Replies to reader inquiries on library automation. Audio-visual materials and computer programs for training staff in library automation; Regional libraries with collections of microcomputer software available for other libraries; Printers used to accommodate Gaylord non-jamming continuous fan-fed catalog cards.

Discusses how to create a career center in the library with available resources. Description of who the job seekers are as of August 2002; Topics of location for career materials and use of the three-year rule for thinning collections; Suggestion that libraries inform patrons about local resources, teach Internet tools, make available word processing stations, and offer job-seeking classes.

Details the issues discussed during the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Paper Preservation Symposium held on October 17-21, 1988. Usability of research library collections; Engineering answers to book preservation; Preservation technology choices available.

Replies to questions related to library science. Reading plans to expose elementary school students to various types of literature; Equipment and software for film collections; Resources available for libraries that want to sell or discard films. INSET: OVER TO YOU.

Presents news briefs related to libraries in Europe as of June 2006. Political leaders who supported France's call for the creation of a digital library; Response of French National Library President Jean-Noël Jeanneney to the announcement of Google that it would make books from the collections of major research libraries available online.

Mentions three books available from the American Library Association Order Fulfillment. 'Directory of Test Collections in Academic, Professional, and Research Libraries,' edited by Paul G. Fehrmann and Nancy Patricia O'Brien et al; 'Managing Electronic Reserves,' edited by Jeff Rosedale et al; 'Usability Testing for Library Web Sites: A Hands-On Guide,' by Elaina Norlin and CM! Winters.

Presents a checklist of recent announcements in regards to information and library science. Conversion of thousands of manuscript collection records to machine-readable form; Acceptance of a hundred thousand dollar bequest from Ethel M. Crate to the Tulsa Library in Oklahoma; Automation project to make Vermont's public and private library collections available to every citizen in the state; Other announcements.