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Callaghan, Linda Ward – American Libraries, 1988
Discusses the library's responsibility toward children, including the development of literacy skills, the use of public libraries by latchkey children, and increased demands for youth library services. The need for children's services now to improve the outlook for adult services later is examined, and suggestions for non-children's services…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Futures (of Society), Latchkey Children, Library Role
Chepesiuk, Ron – American Libraries, 1991
Describes the impact that the war on drugs in Colombia has had on their library services and on the lives of professional librarians. Topics discussed include political, staffing, budget, resource, and physical plant problems; the serious shortage of professional librarians; and extending library service to rural areas. (LRW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Development
