Indicates that Kemler raises a number of important issues needing resolution before the understanding of infant categorization is complete, but claims Kemler misunderstands both the goals of the Husaim and Cohen experiment and the extent to which the goals were met. (Author/RH)

Follows up an August 1978 article on the cataloging of slides using color photocopying, and presents unsolicited reactions to that article from librarians who were interested in the slide system developed for use in the C-E Refractories Research and Development Library. Twelve references are listed. (FM)

Presents typology of main areas of language contact in Nigeria and diagrams those requiring translation in public domains. (BK)

Outlines a methodology for standardizing word lists of subject- related fields using a macrothesaurus which provides basic classification structure and terminology for the subject at large and which adapts to the specific needs of its subfields. The example of the Cancer Information Thesaurus (CIT) is detailed. Six references are listed. (FM)

Traces history of Jewish languages and interlinguistics through non-Jewish languages with which Jews came into contact. Proposes a typology of Jewish language phenomena, formulates research tasks in comparative Jewish interlinguistics and assesses contribution of Jewish language study to general linguistics. (Author/BK)

Briefly profiles six librarians who have played major roles in the history of cataloging: Antonio Panizzi, Charles Ammi Cutter, Seymour Lubetzky, Henry Evelyn Bliss, Grace Osgood Kelley, and Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan. (FM)

Describes the development of an evaluation bibliography and the classification system used to access it. (RAO)

Coombs' formulation of Data Quadrants, and Runkle and McGrath's adaptation, were found to be incomplete. The third dichotomy was nonfunctional in half the Quadrants, resulting in inconsistent interpretation of the proximity element. The category "comparison between points and dyads" should be added to complete the logical classification…

Complete link hierarchical clustering is shown to be subject to a tendency to "migrate" away from what could be considered more adequate decompositions of the object set being considered. Several procedures are suggested for identifying the presence of migration and for helping evaluate its severity. (Author/CTM)

Analyzes visual argument as propositional argument in which the propositions and their argumentative functions are expressed visually, not verbally. Classifies visual argument as but one type of visual persuasion, which is but one type of visual communication, and a form of persuasion and rhetoric. Discusses advantages/disadvantages of visual…

Focuses on an important aspect of conceptual thinking--the role of causal notions in the content of our concepts. Presents a set of experiments introducing the Illusion of Explanatory Depth (IOED), in which he shows that people confidently believe they know how things work, but when challenged are forced to acknowledge that their understanding is…

The authors, using the recently developed Position Classification Inventory, examined male and female perceptions of a nonprofessional occupation. Results suggest that the PCI shows promise as a method of classifying occupations according to J. L. Holland's (1997) theory. (Contains 20 references and 2 tables.) (Author)

Introduces Michel Foucault's "Archaeology of Knowledge" as a way of addressing Wayne Wiegand's charges of problems in the discipline of library and information science. Highlights include a discussion of discursive formations, or the ways in which a collection of texts are organized with respect to each other; and history as a discursive…

This article argues that attempts to identify criteria that mark out higher-order thinking and distinguish it from lower-order thinking are still far from satisfactory. Bloom's cognitive hierarchy is discussed, as are the characteristics of higher-order thinking assembled by Resnick. (IAH)

It is suggested that the strength of a categorical argument increases with the degree to which the conclusion and premise categories are similar to the members of the lowest level category that includes both premise and conclusion categories. (SLD)