PUBLIC LIBRARY NETWORKING VIEWED FROM A STATE LIBRARY AGENCY

Especially over the past 30 years, state library agencies have played a major role in the planning and development of cooperative and networking activities among public libraries and between public libraries and other types of libraries. These activities have been carried out in a great variety of ways, with each state reacting to its own demographic, governmental, and library realities. The federal Library Services and Construction Act has been a major constructive force enabling state library agencies to be effective leaders in cooperative and networking activities. State library agencies and public libraries working together can continue to extend library services by taking leadership in networking activities.     

PUBLIC LIBRARY REFERENCE SERVICE:

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PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATION AND COOPERATIVES:

This paper traces the development of interlibrary cooperation in the United States during the twentieth century. Unstructured cooperation, indicated by such activities as the National Union Catalog at the Library of Congress (1901) and the first interlibrary loan code (1917), continues today. Since World War II, structured cooperation, including regional networks, special activities, and multipurpose cwperatives, has become more prominent. A definition of library cooperation is offered, and differences between the terms system, network, and consortium are explored. Probable future develop ments in library cwperation are mentioned, including applications of computer technology and potential political benefits of multitype library cooperation.     

THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

The author briefly describes arguments used in the quality versus demand debate, discusses how a number of public librarians have compromised between the two in their selection practices, and shows how battle lines are being redrawn with the rise of public libraries which claim to be exclusively demand‐oriented.

The bulk of the paper, however, reviews research done during the last quarter‐century in public libraries to determine whether any evidence has been found to support claims that demand‐oriented public libraries are filled with materials of dubious quality. While a great deal has been written on the quality versus demand issue, the author notes that much of it is rhetoric only; the research itself is scanty, in part due to the complexities of defining and measuring quality. However, three factors are identified which have been assumed to affect collection quality: the financial resources the library devotes to book purchases, the educational background of individual selectors, and the degree of contact such selectors have with the public. The author reviews studies relating to these factors and concludes that to date, there is no evidence to corroborate the belief that the quality of books in demand‐oriented libraries is less than that of their quality‐oriented counterparts. Suggestions for future research needed are included.     

THE POTENTIAL OF PUBLIC LIBRARY BUREAUCRACY

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PUBLIC CALR TERMINALSTHE SOCIAL LAW LIBRARY EXPERIENCE

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论大学城公共图书馆建设

大学城公共图书馆是随着大学城的发展而出现的图书馆新类型。文章阐述、分析了大学城公共图书馆的概念、模式及建设中存在的问题,提出在机制、经费、技术等方面保障大学城公共图书馆的建设、实施。     

METHODS OF EVALUATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS

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MEASUREMENT OF SERVICE AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY

Simple, efficient, unobtrusive data collection and analysis techniques were applied to study volume of use, user activity, and availability of items sought by users in a public library. Stratified sampling methods employed to measure volume of use and user activity showed that this medium-sized public library provided approximately 4,000 user service hours per week. The average visit lasted 34 minutes with 32% of all visit time spent reading library materials. Overall availability of items sought by users in the adult section was approximately 38%. The application of these measurement techniques, which can be carried out by relatively untrained staff or volunteers, to pinpoint possible improvements in library service is discussed.     

现代图书馆公共服务的特点

本文根据作者对美国俄亥俄大学图书馆的考察与研究, 介绍了该馆自动化服务的各个联机系统, 阐述了现代图书馆公共服务的特点, 这对建设我国图书馆服务系统具有参考价值。     

MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1942-1980:

The Milwaukee Public Library, with its present system of 50 automatic circulation control terminals, 17 CRTs, four mini-computers. 105 billion characters of on-line disc storage, seven tape drives, as well as the use of the City Hall main frames, has had a long history of data processing starting back in 1942. The disappointments, problems, and successes, especially with major control of its data processing operations, are spelled out. Also, a brief overview is offered of other system developments.     

MANAGING REFERENCE SERVICES IN THE SMALLER PUBLIC LIBRARY

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谈北京市图书馆立法

介绍了《北京市图书馆条例》的形成过程,制定该条例遵循的原则及主要特点,提出了图书馆立法应继续探讨的几个问题。     

PUBLIC LIBRARY COOPERATION AS SEEN FROM A MULTISTATE NETWORK

Cooperation among libraries in the Pacific Northwest is of long standing and is an example of regional cooperation among public libraries and other libraries through interlibrary loan, union catalogs, union lists, cooperative cataloging, and telecommunications networks between two countries and over a large and sparsely populated region. Networking has resulted in increased services to library users and in increased efficiencies in library operations. It has also introduced a whole set of new problems that must be discussed in the forum provided as a result of the cooperative arrangements and the need to extend them into the future.     

ADMINISTRATION OF REFERENCE SERVICES IN THE SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY

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PUBLIC LIBRARY PLANNING AND THE ALA/PLA PROCESS

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凝炼共识昭示理念推进合作共享-我们理解的《图书馆合作与信息资源共享武汉宣言》

介绍了《图书馆合作与信息资源共享武汉宣言》产生的背景和过程,解读了该宣言的核心精神与提出的行动方向,表明了宣言希望达到的目标。