costs  are  met  from  funds  budgeted  for  the  out- fitting  of  ships. Professional   library   services   provided   by NETPDC   include: Review,  selection,  and  procurement  of new books to be distributed to general libraries. Development  and  justification  of  re- quests   for   funds   to   centrally   support   Navy general   libraries. Preparation   and   distribution   of   profes- sional   information   such   as   newsletters, bibliographies,  and  publicity  items. Directing  the  distribution  and  redistribu- tion  of  library  materials  and  equipment  within the general library system. Designing and assuring the availability in stock of forms and publications useful in library operations. NAVAL  REGIONAL  LIBRARIANS Regional  guidance  and  coordination  of  the Navy’s  General  Library  Program  is  provided  by the  staffs  of  the  naval  regional  librarians.  The naval   regional   librarians   are   field   library representatives   and   liaison   agents   on   library matters for CNET. Naval regional librarians are assigned  to  the  staffs  of  Naval  Education  and Training   Support   Centers   and   have   library responsibility for service to geographical areas as follows: Naval  Regional  Librarian,  Groton,  CT: Maine,   New   Hampshire,   Connecticut, Rhode Island, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,  Indiana,  Delaware,  Newfoundland, Iceland, Bermuda, Azores, United Kingdom, all Europe, Crete, and Middle East. Naval  Regional  Librarian,  Norfolk,  VA: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Naval District, Washington, DC, Cuba. Naval  Regional  Librarian,  Charleston, SC: Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Missis- sippi,  Louisiana,  Texas,  Tennessee,  Puerto Rico,  Bahamas,  West  Indies,  Virgin  and other  Caribbean  Islands,  Panama. Naval  Regional  Librarian,  San  Diego, CA: California South of Big Sur, Arizona. Naval Regional Librarian, San Francisco, CA: California, Big Sur and Lemoore North, and Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Alaska. Naval  Regional  Librarian,  Pearl  Harbor, HI: - Hawaii,  Midway,  Marianas,  Philippines, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and all other Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Asian locations. Services  Provided Naval regional librarians plan and implement programs  to  organize,  maintain,  evaluate,  and improve  general  library  services  and  resources for all fleet and shore-based activities within the assigned  region.  They  provide  advice  and  pro- fessional  assistance  to  type  commanders,  com- manding   officers   and   their   staffs,   afloat   and ashore, on library materials, personnel, facilities and  space  utilization,  equipment,  budgets, public relations, readers’ and reference services, and  programs. Naval   regional   librarians   furnish   profes- sional   leadership   and   library   coordination   on a  regional  basis  through  consultation,  cor- respondence,   and   interpretation   of   library guidelines,  They  also  conduct  technical  support visits to all shipboard libraries, Visits are usually conducted  prior  to  deployment  or  at  least  once a  year.  They  also  conduct  frequent  training sessions   for   shipboard   library   personnel   and interpret   for   commanding   officers   and   com- manders   of   staffs   the   general   policies   and 8-5