Studies of the diffusion of new ideas within many disciplines are important to both technological and agricultural societies. Long-accepted concepts of information diffusion are being questioned and new approaches are being called for. (Author/RE)

Summarizes the key research issues and developments in cognitive science, especially with respect to the similarities, differences, and interrelationships between human and machine information processing. Nine references are listed. (JL)

Discusses the new discipline of medical information science (MIS) and examines some problem-solving approaches used in its application in the clinical laboratory, emphasizing automation by computer technology. The health care field is viewed as one having overlapping domains of clinical medicine, health management and statistics, and fundamental…

This selective annotated bibliography lists 86 references on the following topics: future technology for libraries, library automation, paperless information systems; computer conferencing and electronic mail, videotext systems, videodiscs, communications technology, networks, information retrieval, cataloging, microcomputers, and minicomputers.…

Advocates an American Declaration for the information age to guide development of the information industry. The information revolution is discussed in terms of technological advancement, copyright issues, international policy, and telecommunications. Information is compared to money as a universal commodity. (SW)

Discusses how the concept of information is fundamental to many branches of science, technology, and mathematics and how a systematic use of the information concept can help to bridge the gap between different subjects in school. (HM)

Briefly describes some major events that highlighted the Information Industry Association (IIA) conference, concentrating on industry/government interaction, policy, industrial cooperation, and technological and marketing development. (CWM)

An on-line bibliographic search on evaluating computerized bibliographic data bases and systems, which was performed in the ERIC data base, led the authors to recommend several aspects of online searching for more relevant search results in library and information science literature. (Author/JD)

Describes the distance education program developed at the University of South Carolina's College of Library and Information Science that is delivered primarily via telecommunications. A history of televised instruction in South Carolina is provided, and distance education students are compared with traditional students. (LRW)

Describes a new educational program for multilingual information officers at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie of the Toulouse University of Sciences (France). General and technical courses are given in French and foreign languages so that graduates can take positions and quickly become effective in organizations with international…

Discusses the application of win-win mindsets and strategy in the employment of LIS (library and information science) graduate assistants in academic library reference services. Considers recruitment, training and support, transition, treating graduate assistants as colleagues, differences from graduate assistants who are not LIS students, and…

Examines the development of undergraduate library and information science education at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in the context of educational change in the United Kingdom from 1967 through 1997. Discusses the joint honors program, the merger of the College of Librarianship Wales and the University College of Wales, and distance…

Describes a study that evaluated the impact and use of laptop computers when they were required for graduate information and library science (ILS) students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Topics include results of online and email surveys; student perspectives; previous computer experience; computer skills; and institutional…

Discusses the application of information science concepts to problems in museum collections management and describes a project in which the Vancouver Maritime Museum recataloged its historic watercraft collection. A list of fields to be used in computerized cataloging of historical watercraft is proposed, as well as cataloging protocol. (29…

This study examined journals in the field of library and information science to determine the institutional affiliation of authors and their use of descriptive versus inferential statistics. It was found that academic librarians published more research but relied on descriptive statistics, whereas faculty published less, but used inferential…