This document is a descriptive summary of the Georgia Institute of Technology's semiotics laboratory. A review of the goals and objectives of the laboratory is followed by a description of the facilities, including the computer software. The capabilities and uses of the laboratory are outlined for classroom experiments, instructional experiments,…

Presentations at the June 9-10, 1976, meeting of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) concentrated on computer software protection. There were a panel discussion, a briefing from a General Services Administration spokesman, and a presentation by representatives of the educational community. The testimony…

Research on the role of semiosis--a process in which something functions as a sign to an organism--in information processes is described. The object of the study is the structure of various types of signs, and a determination of the relationship between sign structure and information properties. The two goals focused on during the period for which…

The general objectives were to develop and implement computer-based procedures for obtaining validated data on the characteristics of vocational school students, and to convert this data into counseling information. To do this, two types of data information conversion procedures were used: discriminate analysis and regression analysis. Scores from…

This second volume of the two-part project report describes the indexing system, developed by the research team and cooperating subject experts, designed to provide access to the literature in the field of educational sociology in a manner which will allow more flexible patterns of approach by the users of the system. The general system rationale…

This preliminary work in human communication for librarians is designed to help the library profession address itself to significant communication problems. As they relate to the library and information sciences, the three major areas of communication science covered are: (1) History and theory of communication and culture, organization and…

This compilation of proceedings and documents from the Bay Area Reference Center Workshop on Information and Referral, held in September 1976, Contains information pertaining to: (1) personal style of the reference librarian, (2) initiating and maintaining an Information and Referral Resource File, (3) interagency cooperation on human service…

The challenge of new information technologies goes beyond university training of information specialists and information science research to include training for all professions facing the use of such technology, development of educational technology and its use in teacher education, and research on the relationship of technologies and social…

Examines endowment funds and annual gifts to American Library Association-accredited library schools. Tables present data on the market value of endowment funds and the annual income and annual gifts. Ways in which support may be increased are suggested, and observations are made on the future of private support. (CLB)

John Naisbitt's "Megatrends" has implications for schools. Since most jobs require information processing, schools should teach students to operate computers, and develop their critical thinking, literate, numeric, and interpersonal skills. Administrators, as facilitators, should employ planning processes which include staff, students…

Examines roots and development of Master's of Library Science (MLS), and discusses two basic questions: whether master's-level education should be more than instrumental, and more theoretical than practical. Also discussed are technological developments, and aspects of current master's curriculum, core curriculum, and specialization, which…

Outlines activities and qualification requirements in the fields of information counseling and management; describes structure and content of a two-year postgraduate program in these fields at the University of Konstanz (Federal Republic of Germany) and discusses acceptance of an additional information science qualification by the labor market.…

Delineates four basic components appropriate to serials librarianship which are generally inadequately stressed in library education: knowledge of capabilities of computers and telecommunications systems; knowledge of scholarly communication; complementary quantitative skills for decision making; and knowledge of basic economic principles.…

This essay examines the impact of the new information age on education by identifying the traditional barriers that have impeded the successful application of media and technology in teaching, indicating emerging trends to which we need to adjust, and suggesting strategies to better utilize technology in teaching. (25 references) (EJS)

An information-rich environment is a sharing environment with standards, rules, conventions, and ethical codes different from those created to manage the zero-sum bargains of market trading and traditional international relations. Societies must give all their people a chance at relevant education or be left behind by those that do. (MBR)