Reference Services and Public Policy

1. Introduction Richard D. Irving 2. Consequences of Federal Government Information Policies, 1981-1986 Joe Morehead 3. OMB A-130: A Policy Which Could Affect Your Reference Service Sara D. Knapp 4. Research Guides in a Public Policy Environment Nancy A. Davenport and Kristin M. Vajs 5. The Quotation File in the Congressional Research Service Suzy Platt 6. Linking Research, Policy, and Activism: Library Services in Women's Studies Sarah M. Pritchard 7. Common Public Policy Issues Faced by the Nation's Communities: Forging a Viable Public Library Response Joan C. Durrance and Doris Preston 8. Two Levels of Reference Service in a Municipal Reference Library Linda J. Benigno 9. Reference Service to State Government: The New York State Library Program Mary Redmond and Lee Stanton 10. Public Policy Issues in the Medical Literature Beverly L. Renford 11. Black Politics and Public Policy: A Guide to Selected Reference Sources Auriel Pilgrim 12. A Comparison of Public Policy Reference Inquiries in Two Academic Libraries Maolne B. Stinson and Alva W. Stewart 13. Interactions: A Library Faculty Matrix Organization and a Public Policy and Administration Program Helen H. Britton 14. The User and the Library: A Discussion of Communication John Budd