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A University of Arizona (UA) alumni couple, including a 2002 graduate of the School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS), have announced a gift commitment of $1.5 million to SIRLS, which will bolster a school that recently survived threat of elimination or merger. The funds provided by Duane and Linda Whitaker will create three endowed professorships for people" at the top" of the LIS field, said SIRLS Director Brooke Sheldon. Sheldon also said that the Knowledge River program, which focuses on training Hispanics and Native Americans for the library profession, has received several gifts. The Trejo Foundation has donated money to Knowledge River for endowed scholarships in memory of Arnulfo Trejo, an eminent professor at the school. The University of Arizona Library and the Tucson-Pima Public Library have created partnerships with SIRLS to fund internships for Knowledge River students.

Reports on developments related to library science in the United States as of May 1977. Tucson Public Library in Arizona's completion of its annual audio-video report; Statewide film competition hosted by the Grand Rapids Public Library in Michigan; Media workshop from the New Jersey School Media Association and the New Jersey Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

Provides information about Knowledge River (KR), an initiative in library and information studies at the School of Information Resources and Library Science of the University of Arizona in Tucson. Features of the KR program created and directed by Patricia A. Tarin which offer students of color a way to look at any aspect of information or librarianship from the perspectives of Native Americans and Latinos; Interdisciplinary courses developed for KR and taught by Native Americans or Latino instructors; Benefits of the program for its students.

Focuses on announcements made by the Online Computer Library Center Inc. (OCLC) regarding its services available to automated libraries. Availability of the Book Database via OCLC's online reference system EPIC; Search CD450, a compact disc series for use on a local area network configuration; Guidelines which OCLC has developed for recording preservation data in the cataloging or union list sub-systems of its online union catalog (OLUC); Subscription of the Tucson Public Library in Arizona to OCLC's EPIC service.