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The article provides tips on how the call number concept in the school library are best taught to students in the U.S. Included therein are putting call numbers interactively in shelf order, neighborhood mapping, and matching of a given call number to an actual library item. Students are further noted to likely enjoy their lifelong library skills each passing year.

Reports on the proposed University of Illinois Library Sharing Project for the development of a statewide circulation system. Conversion of the library's shelf list to machine-readable format to implement a computerized circulation system; Development of ties with the interlibrary loan network; Budget for the project.

The article reports on the teen bookshelf by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in the U.S. It states that the YALSA is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) which engaged teenagers including their parents into reading. In addition, the bookshelf called the Ultimate Teen Bookshelf includes 50 books, 5 magazines and 5 audio books, where librarians may also use the collection to attract teens while parents may use them to find interesting books and materials.

Reports that the Rutland Free Library trustees are reexamining how librarians decide where materials should be placed. Library patron Karol Raiche's complaints about the placement of `Daddy's Roommate' and other adult periodicals; Trustees' consideration of limiting access to R-rated videos to minors.