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An effort to determine the feasibility of formulating a series of criteria for assessing research collections in Federal libraries is delineated in this report. The direction of the investigation was based on a four-stage approach: (1) review the literature for relevant information; (2) enumerate and describe available guides and criteria, and evaluate their possible usefulness as components of, or contributions to standards for measurement; (3) formulate test standards; and (4) test their application in a selected number of libraries. Part I of the report is devoted to a discussion of the topics mentioned above. Part II is a bibliography including references selected from the hundreds reviewed as being most applicable and pertinent to evaluating library collections. (This report is a supplement to LI 002 141.) (Author)

Early in 1969, the Sacramento State College Library began a series of bibliographies designed to aid its patrons in making more effective use of existing library resources. This publication, Number 7 of that series directed specifically to areas involved in the college's developing ethnic studies programs, cites materials published between 1905 and 1969 concerning the Native American. The publications cited are available in the Curriculum Library and the young people's collection of the Sacramento State College Library. Call numbers are indicated, as are broad grade level usages for the fiction and nonfiction books. A total of 58 fiction, 152 nonfiction, 20 textbooks, and 45 curriculum guides is included. "The curriculum guides and textbooks, while usable for kindergarten through grade 8, will be most helpful with the intermediate grades." (LS)

The biographical sketch of Henry E. Huntington includes a description of the establishment of the Huntington Library and the purpose and scope of its collection. Although this is a free and public library, its use is restricted to qualified scholars having legitimate research needs. Photographic techniques were developed at the Huntington Library in order to make the collection available to scholars who were unable to travel to San Marino. Photography serves to preserve original copies of manuscripts which are in the process of disintegration or from which the writing is slowly disappearing and it saves wear and tear on the documents by reader use. The use of microfilm and microprints is compared and photographic analysis of a document is discussed. (Other papers from this Institute are available as LI 002962-LI 002966 and LI 002968 through LI 002976). (NH)

This collection of general sources of information on reading published during the years 1967, 1968, and 1969 updates a previous bibliography of the same name. The most recent three years of research summaries in the ERIC/CRIER Basic Reference Collection were reviewed and the most useful documents identified. The entries are arranged alphabetically in two parts: 1967-68 documents are in Part 1 and 1969 documents are in Part 2. A descriptive abstract is included for each entry. Also, every item included in the bibliography has appeared in the published literature and should be available in libraries with good collections in psychology and education. (Author/NH)

The 1967 investigation to examine and assess the Hamline University Library's role in Hamline's educational program and to identify directions for its contributions to this program in the future are summarized in this study. The results of this study showed that the Hamline University was not meeting the information needs of the faculty and students. Based on the prediction that informational material will continue to increase in amount and diversity and that user needs will follow the same trend, it was apparent that, if the library continued to operate in the traditional mode, its contribution to the educational program would become progressively less significant. Thus, it was recommended that the library increase both services and resources by adding a switching center service. This service would establish a detailed specification of user information requirements and attempt to satisfy these requirements either through the collection at the Hamline University library or by tapping the collections and services available at other information centers. With these arrangements the library could provide information support for all aspects of the educational program. The workability of the switching center system was demonstrated. (Author/NH)

This study is an examination of the various uses of and attitudes toward public, school and academic libraries by children and young adults. The information on which the analysis is based was derived from 300 questionnaires completed by patrons of libraries in five cities. The questionnaire used and the raw data received are included in the appendices. Major categories measured by the questionnaire are: (1) user age group in relation to library size, (2) frequency of library visits by age groups and city size, (3) purposes of visits by age groups and library size, (4) various reasons for library use by library size, (5) user satisfaction, (6) student-users' age level and frequency of visit and (7) student-users' satisfaction with library staffs (school and public) and collections. (Other studies in this series are available as ED 044 131 through 044 145). (SG)

The Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in California is a group of 17 autonomous community libraries which have joined together to provide better services to their patrons. This survey of the reference resources and services of the system was conducted by personal interviews at each of the member libraries. The focus is upon reader oriented services, i.e., good reference and reading collections; staffs available to help library users; and, reciprocal borrowing privileges. Based on the information gathered through the interviews, recommendations are made for long and short range goals for future planning, with the purpose of increasing service to the public. (SG)

Many library operations involving large data banks lend themselves readily to computer operation. In setting up library computer programs, in changing or expanding programs, cost in programming and time delays could be substantially reduced if the programmers had access to library computer programs being used by other libraries, providing similar library services. Programs should be available by purchase, exchange or some other basis so that librarians and computer programmers are not continually reinventing the wheel. This survey was undertaken in order to learn which libraries have computer programs in operation, type of function computerized, programming language, size of library collection, and whether programs would be made available to other libraries. Approximately 1,000 questionnaires were mailed in 1971-72 to a selected list of libraries in the United States. Approximately 250 questionnaires were returned. Sixty-six libraries had computer programs which were operational. These programs are reported upon in this document. (Author/SJ)

This bibliography of 428 items, a product of the NASA-sponsored Project for the Analysis of Technology Transfer (PATT) at the University of Denver's Research Institute (DRI), is the initial attempt at compiling a comprehensive listing on the subject of technology transfer. The bibliography is further concerned with information which leads to a greater understanding of the factors affecting the transfer process--the barriers and incentives to the process. A partial information base on technology transfer was gathered in performing DRI studies; and with the establishment of the PATT library, an intensive data collection effort was begun. The items, most of which are in the PATT library collection, represent a screening of the available literature and include mostly primary sources. Material was acquired through: interviews with technical information experts in the U.S. government, surveys of several library collections strong in technical information, reviews of bibliographies on the subject, letters to major authors in the field, personal contacts, and monitoring of several abstracting services. An intensive review of the bibliography was performed by knowledgeable people in the field. The bibliography is arranged alphabetically, with author and keyword in context (KWIC) indexes. A statement of PATT library policy is appended. (Author/JB)

Revolutionary innovation in the traditional school library has produced "the media center", where--in addition to books--films, television, tapes, and multimedia displays are available to increase student learning. This book represents a collection of eighty-three articles from library journals dealing with library science in its modern form. The philosophy of the instructional materials center, or IMC, discussed in the first section, is that combining the available specialized services will enable the teacher or librarian to maximize the student's educational environment, and thereby maximize his learning. The librarian must become an information retrieval and dissemination expert. Subsequent sections of the book deal with the particular problems of the IMC in the elementary school, the secondary school, and the college and university. Final sections deal with the specifics of operation of an IMC--equipment, personnel, and evaluation of performance. (BB)

The University of New Mexico libraries contain one of the finest collections of Luso-Brazilian materials available in the United States. The more than 10,000 items in that collection, which is especially strong in history and literature and divided almost equally between Portuguese and Brazilian subjects, are listed for the benefit of students, researchers, and librarians. Included are publications issued in Portugal, Brazil, or the Portuguese dependencies; publications in the Portuguese language or translated from the Portuguese language regardless of place of publication; and publications about Portugal, Brazil or the Portuguese dependencies regardless of language or place of publication. Arrangement is by broad subject, with complete bibliographical information. An alphabetical author index is provided. (Author)

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS WAS PREPARED ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES CONFRONTING WOMEN IN DEVELOPING THEIR CAPABILITIES THROUGH CONTINUING EDUCATION. SELECTIONS ARE NOT EVALUATED, BUT ANNOTATIONS SUMMARIZE CONTENT AND FINDINGS. INCLUDED ARE 30 BOOKS, REPORTS, AND PAMPHLETS, 24 PERIODICAL ARTICLES, FOUR UNPUBLISHED THESES, AND THREE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ALL HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE 1960 AND ARE IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE FOUNDATION LIBRARY. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, 2010 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036. (RT)