Comments on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue. Makes points on the learning process, conditioning, major difference between behavior therapy and "traditional" therapy. (CJ)

Considers evaluation in the context of conducting large professional development meetings. Its purposes are (1) to share an evaluation rationale along with a set of implementing techniques and (2) to review the value of regional (multistate) conferences. (JOW)

Discusses the background and theory of the Critical Success Factors (CSF) management method, as well as its application in an information center or other special library environment. CSF is viewed as a management tool that can enhance the viability of the special library within its parent organization. (FM)

Presents excerpts from a workshop (on change agentry) participant's letter in which he disagrees with equating "covert,""overt," and "infiltrate" with the unethical manipulation of people. He defines covert and overt methods of influencing decision makers and identifies methods that could be borrowed from other areas to broaden options. (Author/JD)

Problems described include over-dependency, vacillation about dependency, and resistance to authority. The plan for intervention entails accurate reflection of cognitions, capitalizes on anti-expectation, and minimizes complications that a vigorously confrontive method often intensifies with adolescents. (Author/RH)

Offers three methods for preserving the card catalog integrity of libraries wlthout subject authority control: standard, interfiling, and split files. Tools and routines for subject maintenance are also discussed. (FM)

Librarianship and science are antithetical as knowledge systems because the substance of the former is instrumental to the latter, and vice versa. This is revealed by the diametric oppositions of their objects and methods of study, and their objects and means of mastery. (Author)

Examines Nietzsche's diverse writings on the sophists. Discusses his "genealogical" method of reading in which he situates the sophists as pivotal figures in fifth-century Greece. Examines three features of the sophists' teachings: their rhetorical model of language, their critique of epistemology, and their "immoralism."…

This article describes three advances in classical genetics: improved pedigree charting, use of a standard of reference, and calculation of probabilities in complex assortment. Provides support for the importance of teaching these methods in addition to new techniques. (LZ)

Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) is the process of establishing a program for implementation and use of information systems in ways that will optimize effectiveness of information resources and use them to support the objectives of the organization. Basic steps in SISP methodology are outlined. (JKP)