Major finding of this study is that relative cue similarity can be used as a definition of dimensional dominance and that it predicts both initial learning and shift behavior for normal first- and third-grade children. (Author)

Sources of information concerning the place busing takes within the framework of the public school desegration problem are listed, some items are annotated. (75 references) (NH)

Study explored the possibility that the savings residual for items forgotten from long-term memory is comprised of acoustic information. (Authors)

Results strongly support a self-terminating, feature-testing, contingent mode of information processing. (Author)

Study was an attempt to explain the observed difference associated with sentence type in the performance of children and the absence of a similar difference in the performance of college students. (Author)

Results suggest that selective attention is a multifaceted skill, with development of its parts progressing at different rates. (Author)

Describes a two-phase stemming algorithm which consists of word root identification and automatic selection of word variants starting with same word root from inverted file. Use of algorithm in book catalog file is discussed. Ten references and example of subject search are appended. (EJS)

Discussion of need for adequate training in computer applications and online searching in library schools in developing countries focuses on approaches and strategies adopted in Postgraduate Training Course for Science Information Specialists in South-East Asia at University of Philippines. Advantages of an integrated program are presented. Four…

Cultural institutions and attitudes are being reshaped and often disrupted without warning or intention by the information revolution. Different socio-cultural visions of the information revolution among scholars in France, Japan, and the third world are described. (Author/RM)

The Personal Filing System (PFS) was chosen by an elementary school to improve access to instructional information about software on diskettes in the school collection. Each record includes grade level, subject, call number, system requirements, and supplementary materials. A printed catalog, user's guide, and back-up copies are also available.…

Four basic themes regarding the micro-technical revolution which have direct implications for social studies teachers are access to technology, control of information generated by technology, social responsibility that the use of technology implies, and cultural implications. (RM)

Describes a microcomputer software system designed at British Library which will interface with existing BLAISE services; e.g., offline editing of records retrieved online, stored search, and data preparation facilities. A technical description, features of system, applications programs, and the CORTEX interface with the mainframe system are…

Discusses trade-off analysis, a data collection method with conjoint measurement technique in which respondents rank order a matrix of pairs of levels of specific attributes, and gives examples for use in determining library users' perceptions of relative utility of completeness of information versus cost of a search. Twelve sources are cited.…

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food conducted an operational evaluation of the software packages CAIRS and STATUS, which were used to build databases and databanks. Setting up the trial, types of data involved (chemical products used as pesticides), searching and presentation of data, and the final choice are covered. (EJS)

Report on the status of automation within Library of Congress's Processing Services notes the positive effects of progress in cataloging activities, acquisitions activities, information retrieval, and dissemination of bibliographic products. Systems in operation, distribution services and products, and automation tasks not yet scheduled are…