This analysis of Black managerial problems suggests that the issues confronting Black managers are distinctive and special and that there are specific features of Black life which need to be examined as possible cultural influences on Black organizations. (Author/EB)

It is held that Japanese American poetry has most often been seen as a social and political, rather than aesthetic or spiritual expression. In an effort to integrate these two dimensions, psychological, philosophical, and artistic elements of the Japanese American experience are explored. (GC)

Americans today enjoy at least as much opportunity for socioeconomic mobility as they did in earlier periods of this century. For some, especially Blacks in the labor force, opportunities have expanded, even though large inequalities in opportunity exist. (Author)

Trends in modern technology suggest that stand-alone computer systems, perhaps incorporating the videodisc, will represent the major systems of the future; they will be widely available in homes, libraries, and educational institutions. (Author/JEG)

Presents a method for helping students learn to evaluate data, draw conclusions, and state a most probable hypothesis in writing essays. (TJ)

Discusses the selection of materials for adults with low reading skills: adult basic education (ABE) materials within the public library setting, kinds of materials available, types of collections, acquiring ABE materials (including evaluation and problems), and using ABE materials to teach other skills. (JD)

Addresses the need for reading skills to sustain everyday life in the United States: definitions, the history of literate society, visual literacy as a first step to reading ability, the basic reading skills, and the use of the arts as a motivation towards reading. (JD)

The ethnic complexity of American society does not on its own merit justify reflection in present-day curriculum design. (LH)

This article compares the television and book versions of Alex Haley's "Roots" and argues that the television version does not reflect the true message of the book because of character and event distortions. (EB)

Contains descriptions of 16 works and suggestions for ways to teach them in the secondary English class. (DD)

The existence of EURONET, the European online information network sponsored by the European Economic Community, raises questions as to how non-European countries' access to the on-line information and data systems of Europe will be handled in the future. Its organization, and some of these related questions are discussed. (Author/MBR)

Problems of providing bibliographic access to university library-based information sources are discussed with focus upon bibliographies, card and union catalogs, and library classification schemes. (Author/MBR)

Explores some of the methods for training librarians that are available and have been tried in American library schools; then assesses the successes and failures of the two-year program at the University of California at Los Angeles and describes a new three-year program in librarianship and not-for-profit management. (Author)

If libraries are to survive the apparently inevitable lean years ahead, they must make themselves necessary by offering informational and educational services in demand. However, alternative and nontraditional services must be provided on a cost-recovery basis, and only those directly benefiting from the service should pay the additional fee.…

Briefly surveys emerging broadcast policy issues in Western Europe, citing the erosion of the "spectrum scarcity" foundation for broadcast policy by technological advances in electronic mass media distribution techniques, as well as legal principles justifying traditional national broadcast services. Comparisons are made with the…