Surveys the historical development of automated technical processing in schools and notes the impact of this automation in a number of cases. Speculations about the future involvement of school libraries in automated processing and networking are included. Thirty references are listed. (BBM)

Discusses the professional accomplishments of Anne Carroll Moore, the librarian who first introduced children's services to the New York Public Library and who pioneered modern children's book reviewing and created one of the first and most influential children's booklists of her time. She arrived at the Library in 1906 and retired in 1941 at the…

The author reminisces about her tenure in children's services in the New York Public Library during the 1930s. She focuses on her memories of Anne Carroll Moore, the head of the children's department, and some of the other women she worked with, including Moore's successor, Frances Clarke Sayers. (MES)

Discussion of music censorship provides a chronology of banned music from 1850 to the present. Highlights include reasons for music censorship, including lyrics that concern politics, sex, drugs, or death; rewriting song lyrics; radio air play versus sales; warning labels; First Amendment principles; and suggestions to defuse censorship in…

Discusses the censorship of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" since it was first published in 1885. Highlights include Twain's public image, viewpoints of censors, the banning of the book and school censorship cases, and the celebration of the centennial of "Huckleberry Finn." Nine references are cited. (EJS)

Describes the change and development of the National Children's Book Week during the past 75 years, including the original initiatives; impact of socioeconomic crises and political turbulence; outreach to young adult audiences; and the goal of the annual event. Five illustrations of Book Week posters are included. (one reference) (KRN)

Describes the formation and composition of an adolescent booklist which spans 50 years to the present. (CMV)

Describes the author's experiences as an editor of children's books. Some of the fundamentals of juvenile nonfiction are summarized, and several books from the 1960s, '70s and '80s are mentioned. Recognition of nonfiction works by children's book award committees is also discussed. (MES)