1984 Publications
- Public Libraries, America's Cities and Counties: a Citizens' Agenda, 1983-1984, pp. 53-57.
- The Changing Role of the Information Professional and Its Implications for Library and Information Science Education, Education for Information Management: Directions for the Future, edited by Eric H. Boehm and Michael K. Buckland. Santa Barbara: International Academy at Santa Barbara, 1984, pp. 19-22.
- The Changing Role of the Information Professional, Library Trends 32 (Winter 1984), pp. 255-260.
- National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, The ALA Yearbook 1984. Chicago: American Library Association, 1984, pp. 207-208.
- Information Technology and Productivity: the Role of NCLIS in Connecting Libraries and Technology, presented at the Technology Fair Workshop sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD, December 5, 1984.
- Libraries and Information in the Learning Society, the 1984 Yuri Nakata Lecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, presented November 29, 1984.
- Learning to Learn: The Role of Libraries and Information in Improving the Quality of Life, the Second Annual Lazerow Memorial Lecture, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 27, 1984. Published in Libraries and Information Science in the Electronic Age, Hendrik Edelman, Ed. Philadelphia: iSi Press, 1986, pp. 66 – 75.
- Leadership and Management in the Library and Information Field: The Quest for Excellence, presented at the College of Information Studies Alumni Association, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, November 2, 1984.
- Situation Report: NCLIS, Wilson Library Bulletin 59 (October 1984) pp. 122-123.
- Into the Fourth Era of Information: NCLIS and Policy Issues for the Next Horizon, keynote speech at the Online '84 Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 30, 1984.
- The Role of Library and Information Services in Building a Learning Society, presented at the Conference on Building a Learning Society of the Society of Independent Scholars, Norfolk, VA, October 8, 1984.
- The Role of Information in Productivity,” Presentation at the Office of Scientific and Technical Information of the U.S. Department of Energy Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, June 5, 1984.
- The University in the Information Age, The University Into the 21st Century: An International Conference on Social and Technological Change, Victoria, British Columbia: University of Victoria, 1984. Proceedings of conference, May 2-5, 1984, pp. 133-144.
- with Anne S. K. Turkos, Local History Research and the Records of Baltimore's Housing and Community Development Agency, Prologue 16 (Spring 1984): 49-61.
- Genealogy and Public History: New Genealogical Guides and their Implications for Public Historians, Public Historian 6 (Spring 1984): 89-96.
- Archivists and Historians: A View from the United States, Archivaria 19 (Winter 1984-85): 185-90.
- Local Government Records Programs, Documenting America: Assessing the Condition of Historical Records in the States, ed. Lisa B. Weber (Albany, New York): National Association of State Archives and Records Administrators and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, (1984), pp. 19-36.
- Detlefsen EG. User Costs: Information As A Social Good vs. Information As A Commodity. Government Publications Review 11(5):385-394 (1984).
- Epstein BA, Detlefsen EG, eds. National Directory of Mental Health Libraries and Information Centers. Sponsored by the Association of Mental Health Librarians & MLA Mental Health Libraries Section. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1984. 297 pp.
- Hirtle, S. C. (1984). GRAFT: A LISP program for comparing long-term memory structures revealed through ordered trees. Behavioral Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers, 16, 405.
- Alternative Telecommunication Options for Libraries in Pennsylvania, State Library Report LSCA I 83-49-I, 1984.
- Spring, M.B., Introducing the New Technologies: Seduction in the Lunchroom. Continuing Higher Education, Summer, 1984, 32(3), pp 21-24.
- Spring, M. B., Review: Communications Technology in Education and Training. Continuing Higher Education, Winter, 1984, 32(1).
- Terminals and the Emerging ISDN, Int Communications Conference, Amsterdam, May 1984.
- Your Future in the Evolving Telecommunications Industry, talk representing Bell Labs at the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation, Marymount College in Los Angeles, 1984.