| Welcome to this, the 40th, edition of The Bowker Annual. This almanac hasevolved and grown over the years, but its intent remains to provide you with amix of analysis and practical information on the library and publishing world.Although there is a natural temptation in these exciting years of technologicalinnovation to focus on electronic issues and the "Information Superhighway," wecontinue to bring you details on everything from legislation, funding, and educa-tion to average book prices, sales statistics, and best book lists of interest toevery librarian, publisher, and bookseller. Four of our Special Reports this year focus on library networking and theimpact of new technologies, with contributions on the growth of civic or commu-nity networks in the United States by R. Kathleen Molz; on the delivery oflibrary services through campus networks by Judy Montgomery and KatherineKott; on library cooperation and networking developments by JoAn S. Segal; andon the federal national inlormation infrastructure (NII) initiative by Toni CarboBearman and David A. Wallace. You will also find an account of the Library ofCongress s digitization program under the Federal Agency and Federal LibraryReports. A fifth Special Report, by Prudence Dalrymple, covers library and informa-tion education from the standpoint of quality assurance. Along with the customary reports from federal agencies and federal librariesare two new contributions--from the Government Printing Office and theNational Library of Education. In addition to the above features, Part 2 brings you news roundups fromLibrary Journal, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly and accounts ofthe Frankfurt Book Fair and of 1994 activities of national library associations andthe International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Finally,Ken Haycock updates us on "Trends and Issues in Library and InformationServices in Canada." Part 2, Legislation, Funding, and Grants, covers legislation proposed andenacted during 1994 that is of particular interest to librarians and publishers andreports on funding and grants programs conducted by the National Endowmentfor the Humanities, the Council on Library Resources, and the U.S. Departmentof Education. Part 3 offers professional information for librarians: a guide to employmentsources, statistics on salaries, a list of accredited master s degree programs, andscholarship sources and award recipients. Part 4 reports on research taking place in the library field and gathers togeth-er all the statistics needed to predict library expenditures and justify budgets:average acquisition expenditures, price indexes, construction costs, prices of |
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