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Title from caption. ; Latest issue consulted: Vol. 24, no. 4 (summer 2007). ; Vol. 22, No. 1 (fall 2003) published as Federal and armed forces libraries. ; Various mistakes in numbering; fall 2005-spring 2006 numbered v. 24, no. 1-3; summer 2006 numbered v. 23, no. 4; fall 2006-summer 2007 numbered v. 24, no. 1-4. ; First issue (fall 2002) incorrectly numbered v. 1, no. 5, but constitutes v. 21, no. 1; resumes numbering of a previous title called Federal librarian with second issue: Vol. 21, no. 2 (winter 2002). ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Everthing's up-to-date in Kansas CityThey've gone about as far as they can go!"American standards for law librarianship have been frequently cited and widely used as guidelines in law library literature. It is understandable how one not fully conversant with the problems inherent in American law librarianship might well regard the present standards with the kind of awe expressed in the above quotation. After all, academic law librarians in the United States have a doubledegree standard of education, possess full faculty rank and status as members of law school faculties, and require certification in accordance with their own professional association standards. Committees of the American Association of Law Libraries are engaged in writing canons of professional ethics for law librarians while another is producing a code of job security. A committee of concerned librarians is dealing with questions of social importance and probing the possible response of law libraries to those issues. The law library literature itself is filled with articles presenting various philosophies of law librarianship. Surveys are taken on topics of constant interest ranging from salary scales and book counts to the very latest topical problems such as sex discrimination. Members even voice concern about the possibilities of unauthorized practice of law in their daily work and raise questions concerning the need for malpractice insurance coverage for reference librarians. Thus, at first glance, it does seem entirely possible to conclude that "everything is up-to-date" in American law librarianship.

Librarians have always served a wider clientele than those we are
expected to serve. In part this is due to our reluctance to question the
status of individuals who come before us and in part it is due to the public
service orientation of most librarians. In college and university libraries
this wider clientele includes people of all ages from the community, former
students, visiting scholars who come to the library and, through
interlibrary loan, many others long distances away. Some librarians would
say that "outreach" is what every good librarian does.

The Third Military Librarians' Workshop ; The Third Military Librarians' Workshop was held at the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, on October 8, 9, and 10, 1959. The program was planned by a committee consisting of Mr. John K. Cameron, Air University Library, Chairman; Miss Frances Carey, Naval War College Library; and Mr. John Nicolas, Bureau of Ships Library. Over one hundred librarians attended and thirty-two papers were presented along with several informal talks. Those presented for publication in the proceedings were prepared in multiple copies by their authors and were assembled, bound and distributed by the Library of the United States Naval Postgraduate School. The greatest gain, however, lies not in hearing the presentation of a series of papers, for these can be read-but rather in the discussions which follow and in the opportunity to find solution to our individual problems through contact with others.