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Five papers from the sessions of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 1992 conference on classification, indexing, and cataloging are presented. Three papers deal with knowledge classification as it relates to database design, as it is practiced in India, and in a worldwide context. The remaining two papers focus on training catalogers and educating users. The following papers are included: (1) "Application of S. R. Ranganathan's Postulates and Principals of the General Theory of Knowledge Classification to Database Design and Information Retrieval" (A. Neelameghan); (2) "Classification and Indexing in India: A State-of-the-Art" (M. P. Satija); (3) "Guidelines for Subject Authority and Reference Entries (GSARE): A First Step to a Worldwide Accepted Standard" (Werner Stephan); (4) "Training Non-Cataloguers about Cataloguing" (Barbara J. Ford); and (5) "Educating Users about Catalogues and Cataloguing: The Impossible Dream" (Sharon A. Hogan). References follow most papers. (SLD)

This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. This 20th annual conference was held in Weno, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, November 15-19, 2010. The volume begins with a listing of the members of the PIALA 2010 Planning Committee and PIALA Officers and Executive Board, Acknowledgements, and the Conference program schedule. Joakim Peter, Director of the College of Micronesia-FSM Chuuk State campus, provided the keynote address "Building on Culture, Knowledge, and Information through Collaboration and Resource Sharing." Presentations include: (1) LEAP! Library Education in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific (Yvonne Chandler and Jane Barnwell); (2) Palau Community College Library & Information Services Pilot Program (Megan Beard, Journey Teruzi, Ilong Roduk, Joycelene Moses, Getta Setts, Halora Paulus, and Jeremiah Hagelilipiy); (3) "Chronicling America" Covering the Pacific: The National Digital Newspaper Program in Hawai'i (Dore Minatodani); (4) Blue Trunk Library: An information Resource for District Health Personnel (Julio Dizon); (5) Developing an Effective Student and Volunteer Program (Paul B. Drake); (6) Copy Cataloging (Ruth Horie); (7) Hawaii Library Association Report (Ruth Horie); (8) Hawaii-Pacific Law Libraries Initiative (Keiko Okuhara); and (9) Relationship Building and Leadership (Lance Linke). Includes a copy of PIALA's By-laws as revised at the Membership Meeting. The volume ends with an appended chronology of PIALA conferences (with links to fulltext availability) and selected photographs from the Conference.

This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. The volume begins with a listing of the members of the PIALA 2007 Planning Committee, the Officers and Executive Board, and Acknowledgements, followed by the Pre-Conference Workshop outline, the agenda of the PIALA Executive Board Meeting, and the Conference Program schedule. The presentations include: In the Spirit of Friendship: PIALA and HLA, by Keiko Okuhara; Web-accessible Resources: Expanding Library Collection Horizons, by Suzanne T. Bell and Maria B. Ovalles; An Introduction to Cataloging, by Pam Bidwell; Internet Resources for Cataloging, by Ruth Horie; Introduction to Map Cataloging, by Ruth Horie; Using Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, by Robert H. "Bob" Stauffer; Tribute to Arlene Cohen, Distinguished Librarian, by Lynn Sipenuk; Message from Arlene Cohen. The volume ends with a list of conference participants.

The annual report of the Division of Bibliographic Control of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is presented, accompanied by papers that were presented at conference sessions dealing with bibliography. In 1991-92, the Section on Bibliography of the IFLA Division of Bibliographic Control had 89 members, including 20 associations, from 43 countries. Activities in the year included the first newsletter, participation in several studies, and the presentation of several workshops. The following papers are included: (1) "Section on Cataloguing--Review of the Work 1991/1992" (I. C. Spangen); (2) "IFLA Core Programme for Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC (UBCIM): Report on Activities 1991-1992" (M.-F. Plassard); (3)"Division of Bibliographic Control-Review, 1991-1992" (R. Bourne); (4) "Restoring the Bibliographic Heritage of Vietnam and Cambodia" (H. Jarvis); (5) "National Bibliography as National Memory: Is Popular Culture Forgotten?" (R. P. Holley); (6) "The Restoration of the Bibliographic Heritage of Vietnam and Cambodia: The Contribution of France" (N. Simon); and (7) "Revision of the IFLA Manual 'Names of Persons': Report on the Feasibility Study" (parallel English and French versions) (F. Bourdon). References follow most papers. (SLD)

Four papers prepared under the Robert Vosper Fellowship Program of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and delivered at the 1992 annual meeting are presented. "International Cooperation in the Field of Name Authority Data: Observations and Recommendations" (Francoise Bourdon) presents an early diagnosis of problems found with manual and automated authority files concerning the names of persons, corporate bodies, and uniform titles for anonymous classics; and it proposes some solutions. "Personal Access to Library Services by Use of Existing Technologies" (Titia van der Werf) reports on a study carried out under the 1991-92 Vosper program. It explores the connections among automation, service, and personal access for the library user in the framework of Personal Information Technology. "Preservation Education in the Nineties: A Preliminary Report" (Michele V. Cloonan), a 1991 Vosper study, considers preservation and conservation programs in library schools through questionnaires and interviews. "Minimal Level Cataloguing by National Bibliographic Agencies: Summary Report" (Jay H. Lambrecht) discusses the threat to universal bibliographic control that differing minimal level standards cause. (SLD)

Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the sixteenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2016 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Making Effective, Usable Research Guides (Joshua S. Welker); (2) The Beulah Williams Library Creation Lab: Creating a Technology Sandbox in an Academic Library (Lynn Klundt); (3) Establishing an Electronic Theses Repository using Digital Commons (Yumi Ohira and Deborah L. White); (4) Becoming the Center: Creating and Implementing a Unified Service Point (Michael Berry); (5) Developing a Research Proposal: Serendipity and Planning (Susan Sykes Berry, Marilyn Degeus, and Sarah Kartsonis); (6) Mentoring on Mars: Peering at the Landscape through a Variety of Lenses (Susan M. Frey and Valentine Muyumba); (7) Taking the ILS for a Walk on the Quad: Cross-Campus Collaborations for Tech Services (Kirsten Davis and Mary Ann Mercante); (8) How to Maintain Reserves through Departmental Cooperation (Hong Li and Kayla Reed); (9) Becoming the DH Team…Digital Humanities, Public History, and the Library (Amanda Langendoerfer and Janet Romine); (10) Celebrating International Students in the Library (Ayyoub Ajmi and Fu Zhuo); (11) Keeping in Step with the College"s Mission (Joyce Meldrem); (12) Catch Online Students by Design (Elise A. Blas, Gwen Wilson, and Jean V. Marshall); (13) 2015 Summer of Changes: Reducing Print Collection, Migrating to New ILS and Redesigning Space at Dibner Library of Science and Technology (Ana Torres and Gavin Paul); (14) Using Data to Drive Public Services Decisions (Cindy Thompson and Jen Salvo-Eaton); (15) A Practical Solution for Managing and Assessing Library Electronic Collections (Xiaocan (Lucy) Wang and Robert Black); (16) Library Space and Usage Studies Can Inform, Influence & Impact Our Buildings and Services (Dr. Susan Breakenridge Fink); (17) Pop-up Usability Testing--More Data, Less Time (and Money) (Kelley Martin); (18) Renovating Foundations: ArchivesSpace and Collections Management (Mary Ellen Ducey, Peterson Brink, and Stacy Rickel); (19) The Big Reveal: LibGuides Analytics and Why They Matter (Sarah E. Fancher and Jamie L. Emery); (20) Snap, Click, Chat: Investigating the International Student Experience (Melissa Burel and Sarah Park); (21) "But We"ve Always Done it This Way!": Managing Expectations of Blended Workforces (Nicholas Wyant and Melissa Mallon); (22) "I Got My Customer Service Badge!" Using Online Modules for Library Student Worker Training (Ashley Creek); (23) Singing a Different Tune: Moving the Traditional Cataloging Skill Set into non-MARC (Amanda Harlan); (24) Employing Students in Digitization: Leveraging Digital Projects as Valuable Learning Experiences (Christopher Jones); (25) Extreme Makeover: Information Literacy Edition (Abigail Broadbent and Rebecca Hamlett); (26) Make it Beautiful, Make it Usable: DIY Design for Librarians (Dani Wellemeyer and Jess Williams); (27) Winning the Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant: Strategies for Successful Grant Writing (Danielle Dion and Ashley Creek); (28) Confident Shifting for Complex Moves (Joshua Lambert); (29) Lost in the Stacks: Helping Undergraduate Students Navigate the Library Labyrinth (Andi Back); (30) Picking Favorites: Setting Up a Study Room Reservation System (Alissa V. Fial); (31) Building Instructional Labs for Tomorrow: Do Trees and Tablets Work (Stephen Ambra); (32) Implementing a Smartphone Scavenger Hunt at Mizzou Libraries (Goodie Bhullar, Rachel Brekhus, Rebecca Graves, Navadeep Khanal, Noël Kopriva, Kimberly Moeller, and Paula Roper); (33) Keeping the Baby AND the Bathwater: Supplementing Traditional ILL with an On-Demand Document Delivery Service (Rob Withers, Jennifer Bazeley, Susan Hurst, and Kevin Messner); (34) Innovating and Building New Things with Our Student Workers (Ayyoub Ajmi); and (35) Creating Without Crunching: Library Interactive Map (Adedoyin Adenuga). An author/title index is also included. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2015 proceedings, see ED561244.]

The 15 papers in this collection include opening remarks, reports on core programs of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), and papers from a contributed papers session. Contents are: (1) "Opening Speech of the IFLA General Conference: Stockholm 1990" (Hans-Peter Geh), in German, with an English translation; (2) "The IFLA Core Programme for the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP)" (David Bradbury and Graham P. Cornish); (3) "Core Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), Report to the Open Forum for the IFLA Core Programmes Sunday, 20 August 1990" (Merrily A. Smith); (4) "IFLA UDT (Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications) Core Programme, Open Forum 1990" (Leigh Swain); (5) "How Does a National Library with a Triple Function Operate?" (Martina Sircelj); (6) "The Threat of Illiteracy in Developing Countries: Challenges and Reality" (N. G. Naidu); (7) "Libraries as Partners in the Fight To Eradicate Illiteracy in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Kosi A. Kedem); (8) "Un outil de transfer des connaissances entre le Nord et le Sud: la Banque internationale d'information sur les Etats francophones (BIEF)" (BIEF--The International Bank of Information on French-Speaking Countries--A North-South Knowledge Transfer Tool) (Suzanne Richer); (9) "Das Kalmarmodell: die Bibliothek als informatives und padagogisches Werkzeug im Schulunterricht" (The Kalmar Model: The Library as Information and Teaching Tool in School Instruction) (Brigitte Kuhnel); (10) "Telecottages--Inside or Outside Libraries?" (Tuula Haavisto); (11) "Libraries and Social Structure" (Bengt Goransson); (12) "Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Programme" (Marie-France Plassard); (13) "Opening Address to the 56th IFLA General Conference" (Wolfgang Lohner); (14) "How To Nominate Members for Standing Committees, 1991" (Hope Clement); and (15) opening remarks (in German) by Lars-Erik Sanner. (MAB)

Some of the 12 conference papers presented in this proceedings focus on the present and potential capabilities of artificial intelligence and expert systems as they relate to a wide range of library applications, including descriptive cataloging, technical services, collection development, subject indexing, reference services, database searching, and document delivery. Other papers deal with the underlying design issues of knowledge representation and natural language processing. The papers are; (1) "Artificial Intelligence: What Will They Think of Next?" (Douglas P. Metzler); (2) "Technical Services Processes as Models for Assessing Expert System Suitability and Benefits" (Charles Fenly); (3) "Automated Cataloging: Implications for Libraries and Patrons" (Stuart Weibel); (4)"Interactive Knowledge-Based Systems for Improved Subject Analysis and Retrieval" (Susanne M. Humphrey); (5) "Reference Expert Systems: Foundations in Reference Theory" (James R. Parrott); (6) "Expert Systems at the National Agricultural Library: Past, Present, and Future" (Samuel T. Waters); (7) "User Models for Information Systems: Prospects and Problems" (Christine L. Borgman and Yolanda I. Plute); (8) "Natural Language Processing: Current Status for Libraries" (Amy Warner); (9) "Knowledge Representation in Artificial Intelligence" (Irene L. Travis); (10) "Intelligent Interfaces to Online Databases" (Brian C. Vickery); (11) "Expert Systems in Document Delivery: The Feasibility of Learning Capabilities" (Jaime Pontigo, Ezequiel Tovar-Reyes, Guillermo Rodriquez, and Sergio Ortiz-Gama); and (12) "Walking Your Talk: Why Information Managers Are Not High Tech" (W. David Penniman). An index and brief author biographies conclude the volume; chapters include references. (KRN)

Twenty-one scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the tenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2010 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Quick & Dirty Library Promotions That Really Work! (Eric Jennings and Kathryn Tvaruzka); (2) Leveraging Technology, Improving Service: Streamlining Student Billing Procedures (Colleen S. Harris); (3) Powerful Partnerships & Great Opportunities: Promoting Archival Resources and Optimizing Outreach to Public and K12 Community (Lea Worcester and Evelyn Barker); (4) Mobile Patrons: Better Services on the Go (Vincci Kwong and Gary Browning); (5) ERMes: An Open Source ERM (Galadriel Chilton and William Doering); (6) All Stressed Out? Enumerating and Eliminating Stress in the Academic Library (Mary Wilkins Jordan); (7) But What Did They Learn? What Classroom Assessment Can Tell You about Student Learning (Catherine Pellegrino); (8) The Impact of Budget Cuts on Acquisitions Workflow (Clint Wrede and Susan Moore); (9) The Library through Students' Eyes: Exploring Student Research Needs in the Brick and Click Space (Julie Gilbert, Anna Hulsberg, Sarah Monson, and Amy Gratz); (10) 23 Things x 600 People = Building an Online Library Learning Experience in Kansas (Heather Braum, Rebecca Brown, Jan Brooks, and Diana Weaver); (11) Keeping the Baby, Throwing Out the Bathwater: Exporting Cataloging Data from a Commercial ILS into a Locally-Developed Catalog (Rob Withers and Rob Casson); (12) My InfoQuest: Collaborative SMS Reference Service (Rene Erlandson and Rachel Erb); (13) Inquiry, Peer Mentors and Collaboration - Redefining How and When to Teach Library Skills (Jennifer McKinnell, Janine Knight, Ben Mccutchen, Roopinder Kaloty, and Jasmine Dhaliwal); (14) From Forgotten Intranet to Successful Wiki: Best Practices for Implementing an Academic Library Staff Wiki (Kristen Costello and Darcy Del Bosque); (15) Current Trends in Library Web Site Redesign with CMS/Drupal (Elaine Chen); (16) Purchase on Demand: Using ILL Requests to Influence Acquisitions (Amy Soma); (17) Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Issues, Alternatives, & Access (Janice Boyer); (18) To Buy and Not Borrow - Does It Pay? (Brad Reel and Erica Conn); (19) A University's Information Literacy Assessment Program "Using Google Docs" (Ma Lei Hsieh and Patricia H. Dawson); (20) Making Significant Cuts to an Approval Plan without Drawing Any Blood (Lea Currie); (21) To Inventory or Not: Findings from Inventory Projects Performed in Two Different Types of Academic Libraries (Jan Sung and Nackil Sung); (22) Thursdays at the Library - or "Be Careful What You Wish for!" (Joyce A. Meldrem); (23) Say This, Not That: Library Instruction for International Students in Intensive English Programs (Andrea Malone); (24) There Are No Limits to Learning! Academic and High School Libraries Collaborate to Teach Information Literacy to High School Seniors (Jeff Simpson and Cendy Cooper); (25) ???A Living Book??? (Shuqin Jiao); (26) Boost Your Use: Promoting E-Resources to Students and Faculty (Andrea Malone); (27) Embedded Librarianship: A Briefing From the Trenches (Galadriel Chilton and Jenifer Holman); (28) Managing the Multi-generational Library (Colleen Harris); (28) Getting Started With Assessment: Using the Minute Paper to Find Trends in Student Learning; (29) No Ballast to Throw Overboard: Restructuring an Already Lean Library for Hard Times (Lisa Wiecki, Adam Haigh, and Mike Berry); (30) Ne How, Hola, Welcome: Coordinating and Providing Meaningful Library Services to International Students (Martha Allen); (31) Access to Video Material in Academic Libraries (Sandra Macke); (32) Reference E-Books: The Other Hidden Collection (Sara E. Morris, Frances Devlin, Judith Emde, and Kathy Graves); (33) Copyright 0 to 60 in One Year (Kati Donaghy); and (34) Getting Ready to Go Mobile: A Primer for the Uninitiated (Rene Erlandson and Rachel Erb). An author/title index is also included. (Individual papers contain references.) [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines. For the 2009 proceedings, see ED507380.]