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The article announces individuals and libraries recognized by the American Library Association (ALA), including faculty member Beverly P. Lynch who was presented the Beta Phi Mu Award for distinguished services to education for librarianship, the Oklahoma State University Library which was presented the ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award, and James G. Neal who was presented the Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the librarianship profession.

The article presents profiles on the recipients of the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) awards and honors. Librarian Carla J. Stoffle received the Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service in librarianship. The Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation received the Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award for fundraising. Librarian Patricia M. Y. Wong received the Equality Award for promoting equality in the library profession.

Presents news briefs pertaining to library science in the U.S. as of September 1977. Plans to renovate and extend the landmark of Los Angeles Public Library in California; Approval of multimillion budget for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; Deadline for Library Services and Construction Act Extension Act; Retirement of Clara Jones as Detroit Public Library Director in Michigan.

Offers United States news briefs relating to library science for April 1999. Voter approval of a bond issue for Broward County (Fla.) Library; Launch of a Library of California, a network of academic, public, school, and special libraries in the state; Sentence of a former research librarian for possession of child pornography; Arrest of a Virginia teenager for trying to break into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration system using a school library computer; More.

Reports on developments relevant to libraries and library science in the U.S. as of April 1978. Impact on libraries of an initiative to reduce property taxes in California; Appointment of Patricia Battin as university librarian of Columbia University in New York City; Death of former American Library Association president and university librarian William Shepherd Dix.

Presents updates on news briefs concerning library science for February 1999. San Jose, California city council approval for a joint-use library facility to serve city residents and San Jose State University students; Resignation of Ella Gaines Yates as interim director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System in Georgia; Investigation of Baker & Taylor for overcharging Ohio libraries for books; More.

This article reports on the response of Virginia Carpio, acting librarian at the library system in San Jose, California, to reportorial inaccuracies concerning the system audit in August 1990. The alleged inaccuracies, according to City Auditor Gerald Silva, found evidence of the lack of knowledge regarding the system's audit.

Presents updates to events and issues concerning information and library science. Order by the Sacramento city council members for the Sacramento Public Library to open all five floors of the city's new central public library when it opens next July. Amount of the current city deficit; Amount that the library says it needs immediately; Cost cutting moves, such as disbanding a 14-person telephone reference service; New job for former dean of the University of Wisconsin library system, D. Kaye Gapen, as the director of the university library at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU); Details of conflict-of-interest charges leveled against her at Wisconsin.