Advances in Librarianship, Volume 1.

Designed to fill the need for a continuing series to provide scholarly reviews of the reapidly changing field of librarianship, this book presents critical articles and surveys based on the published literature, research in progress, and developments in libraries of all types. The eleven subject areas covered are: (1) "The Machine and Cataloging" by George Piternick; (2) "Mechanization of Acquisitions Processes" by Connie R. Dunlap; (3) "Mechanization and Library Filing Rules" by Kelley L. Cartwright; (4) "Standards for Technical Service Cost Studies" by Helen Welch Tuttle; (5) "The Undergraduate Library Trend at Large Universities" by Robert H. Muller; (6) "The Changing School Library: An Instructional Media Center" by Chase Dane; (7) "Reference Service to Children--Past, Present, and Future" by Lillian K. Orsini; (8) "Progress in Bibliotherapy" by Ruth M. Tews; (9) "Effectiveness in Cooperation and Consolidation in Public Libraries" by Ralph Blasingame and Ernest R. DeProspo, Jr.; (10) "Library Planning: The Challenge of Change" by Robert E. Kemper and (11) "Acceleration of Library Development in Developing Countries" by Carl M. White. A subject index is provided. (NH)