MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY

The process of establishing the vertical file for a new branch library is traced; suggestions for making the vertical file a better resource are offered; and guidelines covering the general objective, responsibility for selection and maintenance, principles of selection, and scope of the collection for vertical files are presented. A four-item bibliography provides a listing of relevant material. (KM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document