Describes public, college, university, school, and theological libraries in Boston, Cambridge, and suburban areas which librarians would be interested in visiting. (JS)

Map librarians, faced with the task of planning new quarters for the map collection, are advised to avoid temporary answers by creating a Master Plan. Seven major elements are listed as essential to the Master Plan. Although all elements interlink, the Statement of Objectives" can reveal the direction of the entire plan. (Author/NH)

Discusses the need for browsing rooms in academic libraries and describes one at the University of Iowa. (PF)

The optimal storage of books by size in libraries is considered in this paper. It is shown that for a given collection of books of various sizes, the optimum number of shelf heights to use can be determined by finding the shortest path in an equivalent network. Applications of this model to inventory control, assortment and packaging problems are…

A place to absorb, reflect and grow. (NH)

This history covers 1953 through 1978 and outlines the growth of the library's facilities, staff, collection, and participation in national bibliographic efforts and resource sharing. (JAB)

The concept of a self-renewing library (a library of limited size in which, beyond a certain point, material would be reduced at a rate related to the rate of acquisitions) is described as a possible solution to meet Britain's future needs for university library development. Reactions to and problems with implementing such libraries are discussed.…

Fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, vandalism (including bombing) and war are discussed as major ways libraries and library collections have been badly damaged or destroyed. (53 references) (KE)

Ethiopia is not only more generous than almost any other nation in supporting its libraries, but few countries give so many columns of space to library news as do the daily newspapers of this land. (Author/NH)

In this report moving plans are developed, explained and evaluated; problems arising from the incomplete state of the building discussed; and some suggestions regarding the planning of similar moves made. (Author/NH)

Only the imaginative combination of space utilization and collection organization will help solve the problems of the most efficient and effective ways to handle the storage of large masses of little-used books. (NH)

By eliminating little-used books and buying multiple copies of popular titles, the usefulness of an academic library could be almost doubled without any need for increased space. (PF)

Examines the first libraries established for children in the United States between 1876 and 1900 and discusses various definitions of "children" and "library" as used by early writers. Specific examples of different configurations for children's libraries are described, from book collections without buildings, to separate rooms with professional…

Israel is sprinkled with a noteworthy representation of special libraries which run the gamut from modest kibbutz efforts to highly technical scientific and humanities libraries. A few examples are discussed here. (Author/CH)