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Intended to aid college instructors in need of library and bibliographic instruction presentations, this report describes a program which was designed by reference librarians at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to introduce beginning undergraduate students to the use of the university library and its resources. The report presents background information, as well as information on audiovisual presentations, library tours, and the Library Orientation Workbook, which is included in its entirety. The workbook contains sections on the card catalog, Library of Congress subject headings, encyclopedias, periodical indexes, location of magazine call numbers, newspaper indexes, abstracting services, and the monthly catalog of United States government publications, followed by exercises for the student. Chapters on grading the exercises and evaluating the success of the program are included in the report. (FM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert