Part 1 of the 1951-52 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs principal education…

Part 1 of the 1952-53 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs principal education…

Seven contributors write concerning (1) parent involvement in reading, (2) selecting reading materials, (3) the language experience approach with a microcomputer, (4) idea books for content area teachers, (5) cloze procedure and dialect speakers, (6) developing library skills, and (7) a reading and writing program that developed from a lunch…

Readers' contributions include ways to make inservice meetings interesting, a checklist for designing and evaluating learning centers, ways to help low ability readers use public libraries by taping materials, how to encourage college students to attend state council conferences, and comments on misleading findings from the Nelson-Denny Reading…

The large-gift donor is one of a college's most important assets. For this reason, contacts with these donors should be regularly and systematically reviewed. Five main purposes or designated uses of gifts are categorized: faculty support, student aid, buildings, program support, and libraries. (MLW)

Describes a program developed to expose college chemistry students to some of the more modern information retrieval tools, as computerized online databases. Following classroom lectures and discussions, students individually develop a search statement relevant to their own research needs and run it in the Chemical Abstracts files. (BT)

Among the approximately 480 references on medical education, the following topics are covered: accreditation and certification, computers, continuing education, curriculum, educational measurement, research and evaluation, foreign graduates, forensic medicine, graduate education, history, internships, foreign education, schools, minority groups,…

Reviews areas of competence essential to comprehensive school art therapy service delivery and outlines suggestions for a resource library. Art therapy texts, references in assessment in special education, intervention, program planning and evaluation, consultation, and research will enhance the effectiveness of art therapists treating increasing…

To teach generic skills, including communication, information literacy, problem solving, teamwork, professionalism, and lifelong learning, University of Canberra's (Australia) Library and Information Science Program developed Network Information Sources (NIS), a group-based project using technology as the content and facilitator of study. NIS…

Describes the development of an electronic journal collection placed on the Internet by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. Topics include publisher approval, archiving and preservation, World Wide Web home page design, cataloging standardization, and staffing. Concludes with a discussion on the future of the resource and the…

This article studies the performance of online catalog user queries involving personal names and recommends system improvements based on the results. It examines various personal name queries, the construction of bibliographic data, and subject headings. Testing done on an experimental online catalog found search tree designs to reduce system…

Describes techniques involved in having high school students create multimedia research presentations with guidance from the school library media specialist. Topics include necessary writing, library, and technical skills for students; librarian-teacher cooperation; an example of a group project with three students; equipment needs; and library…

Citation analysis of freshman papers and faculty publications provided ranked order lists of journals: (1) retrieved from InfoTrac stations; (2) cited in freshman papers; (3) in which faculty publish; (4) cited in faculty articles; and (5) most frequently cited in published articles worldwide. Results emphasized the importance of recognizing…

Academic Computing Services staff and University librarians at Stetson University (DeLand, Florida) designed and implemented a three-day Internet workshop for interested faculty. The workshop included both hands-on lab sessions and discussions covering e-mail, telnet, ftp, Gopher, and World Wide Web. The planning, preparation of the lab and…

Briefly examines a number of social studies related Internet sites and applications. Notes some of the many sites incorporating information and artwork collected and produced by young students. Includes a brief interview discussing some of the logistics involved in posting information on the Internet. (MJP)