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Presents news briefs relating to libraries and librarians. Formation of the United States Agricultural Information Network, a network on information about agriculture, and which held discussions at the National Agricultural Library and at the American Library Association's (ALA) Midwinter meeting; Release of the second edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" by the Oxford University Press; Award which was given to the Springfield City Library in Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to increase public safety at and improve disabled access to the library; Founding of a national distribution company specializing in black video by Barbara Houston; Earthquake which affected the Alameda County Library in California; Deacidification of books by the Cleveland Public Library and Book Preservation Associates in New Jersey; Choice of "Paradox Politics: People and Power in Idaho," by Randy Stapilus, as the Idaho Library Association's Best Book of 1988; Sponsorship of the Public Library Association's workshops "How To Get the Very Best" in Chicago; Formation of the company Music for All to Hear Inc.™, which specializes in recording music developed for those with hearing impairments; Challenge grant which has been awarded to Boston College library for collection development.

This section offers library-related news briefs in the U.S. as of December 2016 including the extension of the agreements between Harvard University Press and online publishing platform PubFactory, award won by Loudoun County Public Library of Leesburg, Virginia, and a Memorandum of Agreement signed by the Norlin Library, University of Colorado at Boulder with the Government Publishing Office.

This article focuses on the context of war, particularly the Persian Gulf, as a library issue in the U.S. On February 15, 1991, the news from Baghdad, Iraq is good, and by the time this appears in print, hostilities in the Persian Gulf may have stabilized, if not ended. The issues raised by the war for those who work to provide information will be part of debates to win the peace. It is not only the death and destruction, although that is reason enough to oppose war. It is not just because war makes demands on professionals committed to free access to information as democracy's best defense. It is not just the stupid censorship war produces, like the misleading British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) memo reported in the February 8, 1991 issue of the periodical, Entertainment Weekly. BBC told its stations to be cautious about broadcasting certain songs. It is not just the attacks against free press in the U.S. for trying to its job despite enormous government censorship. Librarian are aware that information is significant for democracy, and generally, democracy must not be neglected to this or any war. Whether in war or peace, it is not allowed that the government hide information that needed to be governed.

Presents news briefs relating to libraries and librarians. Report that the Planning and Local Government Department is open at its location in the Orlando Public Library in Florida; Fund-raiser which was held by the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library in Illinois to phase out its collection of rental art reproductions; Report that the Ambassador Book Service Inc. has been contracted by AT&T Bell Laboratories to supply books to Bell's Library Network and Bookstore services; Collection of Yiddish-language books which was received by Wayne State University in Michigan from Congregation Shaarey Zedek; Observation that almost half of the hirees at the Brooklyn Public Library are immigrants; Information for donating books to libraries in Guyana; Contest which is being held by Oxford University Press to write a detective story.

Presents a series of news briefs related to libraries and library science. Announcement of a prize given by the American Library Association; A deal signed between McGraw-Hill and the Harvard Business School Press; Others.

This article reports that John Hopkins University (JHU) Press has been awarded the Spain and America in the Quincentennial of the Discovery Prize by the Spanish government in April 1989. The prize was given to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' journey and to honor literary work dealing with Spain's early involvement with the U.S. Established in 1878, JHU Press has won many awards but this is its first from a foreign government. The prize comes with a $6,000 cash award and a commemorative statue.

Reports that a group of press and broadcast organizations has issued a statement urging that reporters be present at all U.S. military operations, after reporters were barred from Grenada for the first two days of the U.S. invasion. Group's call to reporters to be sensitive to the needs of mission security and troop safety; Appeal for agreements on press coverage which would permit independent reporting to citizens.