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The 1997 volume of Rural Libraries includes two issues containing seven articles. Articles are: (1) "Information Access through Electronic Databases for Rural Public Libraries" (Kitti Canepi); (2) "Bookmobiles in the Burbs" (Joyce Voss); (3) "Bookmobile Survey" (Liam Kennedy); (4) "Connections: Internet in Rural Pennsylvania Libraries" (Kathryn Saupp); (5) "KCNET: A Rural Area Network Model" (Judith Yoho); (6) "Public Library Service in Nigeria: Clientele Evaluation of Offa Township Library" (J. F. Opaleke); and (7) "Outreach and the Public Need" (Judith A. Drescher). The final section, "Bookmobiles: A Bibliography of Resources" (Laura Blasingham). Contains 18 pages of references. (SV)

The 2 issues in this volume contain 10 articles on rural libraries and information access in rural America. Topics include telecommunications and distance education in Nebraska, the future of small rural public libraries, federal programs to improve rural access to information, outreach issues for public libraries, and the role of information in rural economic development. Articles are: (1) "How Nebraska Has Responded with Telecommunications and Long-Distance Education" (Timothy Lynch); (2) "Infoglut, Democracy, and Sustainability: Futures for the Small Public Library" (Michael Marien); (3) "The Role of the United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in Assisting Rural America" (Jane Williams); (4) "How Far Does Outreach Reach?" (John Philip); (5) "And What Do We Do Now?" (Robert N. Case); (6) "Role of Information in Rural Economic Development: A Legislative Perspective" (Jonathan Johnson); (7) "The Use of State Information Resources" (Howard F. McGinn); (8) "Key Issues in Rural Development" (Daryl Heasley); (9) "The Rural Information Center: Federal and State Cooperation Expands Information Access" (Patricia La Caille John); and (10) "Technology: Crisis for Rural America" (Kenneth P. Wilkinson). Some papers contain references. (SV)

This document consists of the two issues of the biannual serial "Rural Libraries" published during 1992. The issues contain three articles and seven speeches and conference papers. The articles describe: (1) how strong community support led to the development of a library on the Glasgow campus of Western Kentucky University; (2) a report of the results of a national survey of state library agencies on the availability of continuing educational opportunities for rural librarians; and (3) a library consultant's perspective on the relationships between small-town libraries and their communities. Conference papers cover: (1) testimony presented at the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (July 1991) on the condition of rural public libraries and the need for funding and educational opportunities for rural librarians; (2) the role of libraries and librarians in supporting rural development efforts and decision making; (3) the role of information in rural economic development; (4) the USDA's Rural Information Center and its implementation of a rural health information service; (5) training in transformational leadership skills as part of rural community development; (6) uses of state information resources and the North Carolina information network; and (7) the role of schools in supporting rural infrastructure and promoting rural development. (SV)