SELECTED RESOURCES FOR CURRENT AWARENESS.

This section features several useful resources related to library science in the U.S. Video Copyright Permissions, by Jerome K. Miller and others, summarizes legal and policy issues relating to classroom and library use of television programs videotaped off the air. Based on a survey of more than 900 public libraries with videotape collections, Home Video in Libraries provides an overview of how libraries buy and circulate videotapes. The study entitled Doctoral Programs, Theses, and Graduates in Library and Information Science in the United States: An Analysis of the Published Literature, 1960-1980, by Josefa B. Abrera is a review of the literature that has been published since the Danton study of 1959, when only six programs existed. Pascal Programming for Libraries is an introduction to the library and information science applications of Pascal. Authors Charles H. Davis, Gerald W. Lundeen, and Debora Shaw focus on actual program writing and provide examples of specific programs. The bibliography entitled Adventures Afloat: A Nautical Bibliography is a guide to some 5,600 English-language books dealing with yachting and related subjects. Author Ernest W. Toy, Jr., provides annotations (some extensive) for the entries, which are arranged in a classified system suited for browsing.