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Presents information on the acquisition of items related to the career of publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti by the University of Southern California library.

Presents information on the library-user survey created by the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Considerations in designing the survey; Method of minimizing the cost of implementing the survey; Instructions given by the library's resident Statistical Package for the Social Sciences expert, on completing the survey.

Focuses on the inability of youths in the United States to develop their literacy skills with lack of educational support at school and at home. Variables contributing to this inability; Efforts of libraries to adopt educational roles; Programs offered; Difficulties for the programs, including lack of funding; Details of a study by the University of Southern California to examine the impact and effectiveness of the Count of Los Angeles Public Library in California's help centers. INSET: Research 101, by Judith Metcalf.

Looks at the impact that the Los Angeles eartquake of January 17, 1994 had on several libraries. California State University/Northridge; Los Angeles County Public Library; California Institute of the Arts; More.

Looks at some of the myths about Los Angeles and offers an alphabetical list of some of the attractions which are available to people attending the American Library Association's (ALA) Winter Meeting. The Museum of Contemporary Art; The Music Center of Los Angeles County; Griffith Park; More.

Looks at the lending of four pages from the 1935 Nuremberg Laws by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. History of the Nazi typescripts and their content; Display of a ceremonial edition of `Mein Kampf,' by Adolf Hitler; How the Huntington Library attained the documents; Comments form Skirball President Uri Herscher.

Comments on the possibility that the Los Angeles Public Library may host a specialized high school for 120 students. Plans to create a high-tech magnet school at the library; Role of Robert Weintraub, a new member of the library commission.