Search

Reports on the success of the Oklahoma Metropolitan Library System's experimental project in using paperback books to address problems related library materials. Table showing paper-hardbound effectiveness comparison; Conversion of bookmobiles into libraries offering collections of uncatalogued paperback materials.

Reports on the resources branch built by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries to handle collections and services relating to Oklahoma history and biography. Preservation of local history materials; Accessibility of the collection.

Presents a follow-up study on the experiment conducted by the Oklahoma County Libraries System in Oklahoma, which called for the conversion of its trailer bookmobiles to paperback collections in January 1975. Basic policies and procedures developed during the study; Circulation increases for both individual bookmobiles and the bookmobiles as a group; Cost-effectiveness of the book losses; Paperback durability.

Highlights the celebration of 25th anniversary of Oklahoma's Pioneer Multi-County Library and William Lowry's 25 years of service as library director on April 23, 1983 with a reception and a candlelight dinner. Overview of the dinner.

Reports on the Metropolitan Library System's purchase of safes to boost security in its library outlets in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Focuses on the joint venture of the Oklahoma County Libraries System and the South Oklahoma City Junior College to meet the continuing education needs of a community. Financing of the project by the partners; Strategies to overcome obstacles to learning; Assessment of the target audience needs.

Chronicles the Oklahoma County Libraries System's fight for intellectual freedom, which arose from the county commissioner's opposition to two books from its collections, 'Boys and Sex,' and 'Girls and Sex.' Background information on the library system; Community served by the system; Events that led up to the ordeal; Policy changes made by the system; Legal questions addressed; Turning point of the controversy.

Describes how the author, director of the Tulsa County Public Library System in Oklahoma, enlisted the local community's help to resolve the problem of homelessness in the area. Homeless people's invasion of the library; Establishment of a day shelter for the homeless; Library's provision of a depository library at the shelter.

Reports that the toy library service of Rainbow Fleet in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was featured in the August issue of the Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries.

Reports on the possibility of service reductions by the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma County due to inadequate funds. Proposal of a library system to restore service hours and increase acquisitions; Guidelines for service reductions; Agenda of library tax support in the election of library system; Aids granted to the library system.

Reports on the discovery of asbestos, a heat resistant material in ceilings of Oklahoma-based libraries.

Reports that the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has issued a memorandum urging libraries to recognize unemployment as a serious community problem and use library resources to help citizens cope. Offer of an information exchange to help the unemployed; Library-based programs to help people affected by the recession; Contact information.

Reports on the cost-saving initiative such as school/library cooperation proposed by Governor George Nigh, a member of the Oklahoma's delegation to the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services. Responsibilities of the local government in the maintenance of libraries; Deployment of library resources.

Reports that the Purcell Public School in Oklahoma is the only school to receive a grant to support an experiment in school/library cooperation from the United States' Department of Education in 1978.

Reports that the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is receiving free access to the online versions of the `Daily and Sunday Oklahoman.' How the library gained free access; The work of Sue Hale, general manager of Connect Oklahoma, Inc.; Internet access as a pilot program of the library.