Items listed under State Documents have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through interlibrary loan. Issuing agencies have copies available. For items listed under Other Reports, write to the publisher as listed.

■ Learning Disabilities: The Hidden Handicap, Department of Human Rights and Barat College; available from Department of Human Rights, Stratton Office Bldg., Rm. 623, Springfield 62706.

Persons with learning disabilities may be considered handicapped under state and federal antidiscrimination law, and as such they are entitled to reasonable accommodation from their employers. This pamphlet contains suggestions for employing adults with learning disabilities. It briefly describes several types of learning disabilities and explains how accommodations in the workplace can be made.

■ Governor's Task Force on the Future of Rural Illinois (March 1987), 38 pp.; available from the Office of the Lt. Governor, Rm. 214, State Capitol, Springfield 62706.

In his 1986 State of the State address, Gov. James R. Thompson announced the creation of a Task Force on the Future of Rural Illinois and named Lt. Gov. George H. Ryan as its chairman. In its final summary report, the task force calls for four policy goals: maintain the rural emphasis of the state; bolster its rural economy; strengthen local government; and improve education and human resources. Several specific steps have been taken to implement these goals, for instance, the creation of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University-Macomb and the Agriculture Research and Development Consortium in Peoria.

■ Illinois Small Business Purchasing Directory, Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, Small Business Assistance Bureau, 620 E. Adams, Springfield 62701 (1-800-252-2923).

This directory explains how the state makes purchases, what it buys and how a small business can get on bidder mailing lists. Most of the directory is devoted to a list of the purchasing offices of state agencies, universities and colleges; a contact person and phone number is included for each. 

Anna J. Merritt