Deals with conceptualization of problems of information, the empirical results obtained in the program of action launched by the Centro Latinoamericano de Documentacion Economica y Social (CLADES), and the proposal to establish interorganizational cooperation and coordination to draw up a regional plan for information development. A 17-item…

Computer technology has become increasingly important as a management tool in the field of recreation and leisure. Computers used in the recreation profession perform the functions of recordkeeping, budget reports, and program maintenance. Benefits accrued from the use of computers include: budgeting, fiscal transactions, land-use planning, and…

Reviews problem areas identified in the processing of OCLC MARC Subscription Service tapes, commonly known as the archive tapes, and explains the Yale University methods for processing these tapes through their editing project and notation system. (CWM)

Investigates the use of graphic and contextual information by average and below-average readers when reading with equal rates of miscues. (HOD)

Organizations systematically gather more information than they use, yet continue to ask for more. This may be partially explained by the fact that the use of information is embedded in social norms that make it highly symbolic. Implications of such a pattern of information use are discussed. (Author/WD)

Reports an attempt to test two interpretations of immanent justice responses as causal attributions rather than as moral judgments. Finds older children use causal chains to explain contiguity between misdeed and adversity. Data were interpreted as consistent with an information-processing model of immanent justice responses. (RMH)

Examines the state of centralized technical services in rural libraries, including cooperative processing services, technical services at the local level, and future possibilities. (FM)

This paper investigates similarities and differences between the computer and the human brain in terms of thought processes and develops the theory that the computer can learn, is intelligent and does satisfy educational learning requirements. (Author/MK)

This article reviews some recent technical progress in the social sciences and three frontier areas including evolutionary theory as related to sociobiology, the theory of human rational choice, and cognitive science. These areas offer explanations for broad areas of human behavior. (Author/SA)

Presents MARC database statistics for use in planning and processing files, selection of subsets, and estimating file growth rates. Statistics are provided on record length, field tag occurrence, data element length per field tag, and distribution of records by Dewey Decimal Division and Library of Congress class code. (Author/RAA)

Several different conceptions of the relationship between learning and development are considered in this article. It is argued that dialectical and ecological developmental orientations might provide a useful basis for synthesizing the contrasting frameworks of the operant, information processing, learning theory, and knowledge acquisition…

Deplores a situation in which a college has replaced its library and all of its books with information on computers, videotape decks, and a television studio. Suggests that students must have time to reflect in order to become truly educated and that books are ideally suited to that purpose. (MKM)

Reflects the recognition, concern, and efforts within the United States to enhance the availability and utilization of scientific and technical information. (Author/RAA)

Discusses underlying assumptions and prerequisites for information development in Arab countries. Administrative and environmental impediments which hinder the optimum utilization of available resources and suggestions for improvements are outlined. A brief bibliography is provided. (Author/RAA)

Describes the system devised by the National Film Board of Canada that is aimed at gathering information about relevant Canadian audiovisual products, organizing the information to internationally acceptable library standards, and making it available online for individual users to meet their own internal system requirements. (CHC)