Throughout Japan, colleges and universities are undergoing a reformation of their classroom instruction systems. This paper considers the function of college and university libraries in assisting classroom instruction based on the University Council Reports. These reports make proposals for course planning and instructors' responsibilities in order to make the credit system more practical and to enhance the effectiveness of teaching aids such as syllabi and libraries. Syllabi provide an outline of the course and instructions on studies and materials required to successfully complete the course. Libraries provide students with materials and study rooms to assist them with their coursework. The reports suggest that classroom instruction should include information on how to use libraries, and strongly urge instructors to incorporate such suggestions into their course plans. Therefore, instructors are required to plan their course in due consideration of students' library use. College and university libraries should play an important part not only in students' learning but also in instructors' course planning.

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Various media were used in World War II as a part of the war effort, and public libraries were recognized as disseminators of wartime information. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the role of the library in American medium policy, by analyzing the wartime information service provided by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Office of War Information (OWI) using American Library Association Archives, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. As a result of examining the war-related information program promoted by the ALA and the OWI, it became clear that public libraries were a significant part of the governmental medium strategy. The public library functioned as a center of wartime information and librarians had the responsibility for supplying necessary information for citizens. The diffusion of information was done through the various media that contained not only printed matter but also audiovisual materials. The information service provided by the close relationship between the ALA and the OWI was based on the idea that adequate information diffusion was essential for the informed citizen who supported democratic society.

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