Points out the techniques and practices school librarians intuitively use to encourage and enhance reading by children and notes that cooperation between instructors and librarians can do much to improve children's reading skills. (RAA)

Describes a program using an interest inventory with high school students to acquaint them with the career centers, and teach them to use the library. The two-week course combines career counseling and research skills to help students learn to use available resources. Both students and teachers found the program useful. (JAC)

Presents works dealing with various aspects of French women, including their role in society, history, politics, employment, and education. Entries are grouped under the following categories: (1) bibliographies; (2) general works; (3) documents (anthologies, biographies, memoirs); (4) recent titles; (5) reviews; and (6) research. (AM)

Discusses a one-semester course offered in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana which incorporates technical writing and the use of the chemical literature into a single course. (CS)

Explores the major channels for dissemination of research results with reference to the role of libraries and other formal information centers in this communication process. Some problems existing within these channels, some recent advances in this dissemination process, and future trends are discussed. (Author/MBR)

Discusses the concept of professionalism for librarianship, questioning the position of library associations on credentials as well as the validity of the graduate degree in library science with regard to the individual librarian and public service. (CWM)

Notes that the American Library Association (ALA) has adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity statement which all libraries, hopefully, will use as a guide in establishing affirmative action programs. The ALA Office for Library Personnel Resources will provide assistance to libraries interested in establishing such programs. (Author/JM)

When thousands of library patrons share the same workstation, Web browser bookmarks fall short of patrons' and librarians' expectations. One way to direct patrons to useful and appropriate Web sites is to create a MARC record for the home page. Explains how to create MARC records and raises questions to consider before adding Internet addresses to…

Discusses the current situation in North Carolina depository libraries' providing access to government information on the Internet. Focuses on Documents home page development and notes the importance of identifying an audience and what the organization has to offer; the next step is to look for and evaluate links. Discusses design issues and…

Distance learning networks make training and advanced education possible when time and budgetary constraints make face-to-face training difficult. To make distance learning work, instructors and providers must harness the potential of synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies to create powerful, learner-centered networks. Support…

Examines the planning process for developing a high-tech high school using the example of one such school in Florida's Collier County school district. Addresses budget figures, planning objectives, organizational considerations, pilot program creation, and planning tips. (GR)

Describes a year-long project which combined the curricula of a language arts class, a library skills class, and an art class as 3 teachers and 163 sixth-grade students designed and created a 58-foot mural depicting the Dewey Decimal System. Notes that the mural adorns the school library and assists library users in locating the volumes they seek.…

Discusses various options for presentation equipment for the classroom and library resource center. Discusses overhead projectors, LCD panels, and LCD projectors. A sidebar lists names and addresses of presentation equipment providers. (AEF)

Discusses detailed classification systems, sophisticated alphabetical indexing systems and reasons for the abandonment of complex indexing systems. The suggested structure for indexing the Internet or other large electronic collections of documents is based on that of book indexes: specific headings with coined modifications. (Author/AEF)

Discusses censorship, the Internet, and school librarians. Topics include the Communications Decency Act; the American Library Association's stand against censorship; the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; free flow of information versus responsible usage; the Internet's lack of government control; and school librarians as protectors of…