Drawing on concepts from an institutional theory of organizations, this study describes policy, teacher union, and academic actors who shaped and promoted school-based management in the national arena, their interests, and the network that linked them. School-based management was at least partially the product of institutional environment. (SLD)

Advice on gathering information about foundations for college fund raising is offered. Information sources should be evaluated based on cost, quality, reliability, completeness, and ease of use. Noncommercial and commercial sources can both be useful. (MSE)

Discusses copyright issues related to the use of multimedia in higher education. Highlights include student impetus for change; constructivism; growth of the Internet; faculty copyright buybacks; lack of university multimedia policy; student and faculty productions; transmission and downloading; educational music licensing; a video clearinghouse;…

Describes a collaborative effort by the 32 K-12 schools in the Diocese of San Jose, California, to implement advanced technology in the classroom. Details the development of a diocesan three- to five-year masterplan that included connecting classrooms to the Internet, teacher inservice programs, and the introduction of math software in K-6…

Describes how one rural school district in Loogootee (Indiana) has incorporated educational technology in its schools. Discusses the media-retrieval center linking all the classrooms, student television news projects, the computer-assisted design lab, special education rooms, the Internet, funding, policy decision making, and staff development.…

Describes the ScI-Journal, an online publication designed to give secondary science students a chance to publish the work they have done in science classes so that other science students can read about it. The goal of this journal is to promote student enthusiasm for science and help students develop a greater understanding of the nature of…

A group of 20 British-born Chinese children aged 12 to 14 were examined in terms of ability to use their mother tongue and of social network structures. One finding is that, to make community language education more effective, parents and children should be brought closer together socially. (Contains 46 references.) (Author/LB)

Examines the National Resource Library in Finland and other European countries to provide a possible information model for developing nations. An evaluation of the national resource library network in Finland is presented, and a list of the national resource libraries in Finland is contained. (Contains six references.) (JLB)

Seven articles present perspectives on the redesign/reengineering of an information services division in a major health sciences institution, based on lessons learned at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Topics addressed include information technology and the university, information services, user needs, redeploying resources, realigning…

Discusses the ALEPH system at the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), a fully integrated library system with English/Hebrew capabilities. The three main areas of experimentation are considered: installation and evaluation; dealing with a foreign vendor; and creating a network. (JLB)

Considers the need for staff training in virtual libraries. Highlights include instruction and training, including in-house training, vendor contracts, and self-paced instruction; documentation; current awareness via professional literature, electronic discussions, bibliographies, and conferences; information filtering through selective…

Contends that significant shifts in theories about curriculum development and teaching methods are presenting dramatic challenges to traditional thinking about teaching social studies. Discusses the Internet and provides illustrations of using online systems in social studies. (CFR)

Compares methods of providing digital video in computer-based training. A tabulation of performance, quality, and cost is provided, and techniques of compression and decompression are described together with hardware and/or software needs. Networking digital video, and the impact of emerging standards on the development of future products are also…

Reviews two case studies in which computer-based materials are used in forestry education at Australian National University. Data were linked from a large range of sources to improve access and help in the creation and presentation of knowledge. Applications for professional development and communication such as Internet resource databases are…

Discussion of choosing database access to satisfy users and budgetary constraints highlights a method to make educated estimates of simultaneous usage levels. Topics include pricing; advances in networks and CD-ROM technology; and two networking scenarios, one in an academic library and one in a corporate research facility. (LRW)