This report describes fiscal year 1998 grant allocations made under the Illinois Higher Education Cooperation Act (HECA) to support programs and projects involving cooperation among higher education institutions. A total of $16.59 million was allocated. Projects recommended for grant funds include 3 new and 12 continuing interinstitutional…

The rapid growth in the use of the Internet in recent years has in large part been due to the interest in and use of the World Wide Web. A reader can, in principle, locate and access information related to a specific query from servers located anywhere in the world. The ability to embed multimedia files into Web documents (in either HTML or HTF)…

For the past two decades the central Information Retrieval Services of the Max Planck Society has been providing database searches for scientists in Max Planck Institutes and Research Groups throughout Germany. As a supplement to traditional search services offered by professional intermediaries, they have recently fostered the introduction of a…

In 1997, the report of the National Library of Education advisory Task Force called for creation of an education information network. Such a network would provide resources to all potential users, young and old, male and female, throughout the United States. With the call to create a United States Educational Information Network (USEIN) has come…

This book finds that although censorship of children's literature is currently more prevalent than ever, protest tactics have changed--in the 1990s the censors are more organized and while sexuality is still a concern, books are now attacked for being "Satanic,""anti-family," and "un-Christian." The book interviews…

In addition to running the library or classroom, many educators are given the responsibility of setting up and maintaining a television production studio. Designed to meet the needs of teachers and librarians, this book covers the tasks of selecting, connecting, and using audio and video production equipment. It offers step-by-step instructions…

Students at Woodridge Middle School in Peninsula, Ohio, have access to a brand new library which houses more than 10,000 items. This study examined whether students take advantage of the school library and its resources when completing school assignments. A random sample of students in grades six through eight was given a questionnaire to fill out…

The Gila Literacy Program, a project of the Gila County Library District (Miami, Arizona), involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, rural oriented, basic literacy, tutoring, computer assisted, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 10,000-25,000 and was targeted at…

This guide addresses the needs of those teachers from the literacy field who are just beginning to explore the Internet as an exciting medium to enhance learning. Chapters 1-3, "Internet Basics," offer a brief introduction to what the Internet is (e-mail, mailing lists, newsgroups, File Transfer Protocol, World Wide Web), how to get…

Title VI provides federal funds to states under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to contribute to the improvement of elementary and secondary education programs in public and private schools. A school district may use Title VI funds to supplement, but not supplant, local funds to expand existing programs or add new programs.…

The textbook, entirely in French, is designed to help prepare anglophone students for French language usage in the media and telecommunications. It is organized according to two major themes. The first part addresses the French of advertising; chapter topics include the actors in advertising (agencies, announcers, supports), forms of advertising,…

This digest explores uses of the Internet for early childhood educators. The first section discusses six popular features of the Internet: (1) electronic mail, which provides educators with a worldwide group of peers with whom to share information; (2) Internet discussion groups, which provide users with the opportunity to be part of electronic…

Finding statistics and materials on adult, career, and career-technical education can be a complex and time consuming task, so this brief includes a variety of resources designed to help searchers find information and also suggests specific actions searchers may take, including the following: (1) talking with colleagues about their search…

This serial issue contains eight articles all on the theme of "Becoming Teacher Researchers.""Becoming a Network of Teacher Researchers" (Scott Christian) discusses how portfolios of classroom work provide documentation and encourage more systematic teacher research involving established research techniques. "Identifying…

The tenth Bibliography of Research Studies in Education covers the school year September 1935 through August 1936, and lists 3,182 studies reported by 148 institutions, several of which had not reported previously. The list includes 355 doctors' dissertations, 2,569 masters' theses, and 258 studies reported as faculty research. The bibliography…