This study investigated age preferences for 11 different service providers and the age at which workers in these occupational roles were considered to be "too old" by three age groups: young (18-24), middle-aged (35-55), and older adults (65+). Results indicate that in comparison to middle-aged and older adults, young adults continue to have…

Discusses the role, status, and compensation of nonprofessional library staff (e.g., clerks and technicians); role, authority, status, and compensation of non-librarian professionals appointed as directors or supervisors; and the relationship of professional librarians to other professionals on the library or information-center staff. Delineates…

Family day care is generally defined as the care of six or fewer unrelated children in a caregiver's home. However, there are no national standards or regulations for family or group child care homes, and the definitions of family child care vary from state to state. Regulated providers have been rated as more sensitive and observed to offer more…

In simulated cases, the placement decisions of professionals serving hearing-impaired students were compared to the decisions of members of New York's Committees on the Handicapped, both as committees and as subgroups of administrators, psychologists, special education teachers, or parents. Results showed that the groups placed relatively…

Describes a Memphis State University program in which faculty and staff are given inservice training in personal computing. Course subject matter content is outlined and results of a survey of the course's first participants are discussed, including most and least valuable seminar factors, and uses made of what was learned. (Author/MBR)