Suggests 41 ways to promote greater library user awareness of a government documents collection. (PF)

Science museums and popular physics shows often exhibit a blower in whose air stream a ball is held hovering in equilibrium some distance above the jet's orifice. The weight of the ball, "mg," is balanced by the drag force of the turbulent air stream, often written as ?Cv[superscript 2]A, where "?" and "v" are the…

The INFORMATION exhibition, held in the spring of 1969 at the Museum of Modern Art, was designed to be an international report of the activity of younger artists. In this book, which served as a catalog for the show, each of the 95 artists is represented by a page (or pages) of his own design. On his (or her) page, in addition to the combination…

In this speech, the author traces the history of museums as educational environments by speculating on how history museums have presented themselves to the public through their exhibits. The author also provides an outline of the implications that these methods of presentation have had on visitors. A major objective is to determine how history…

Early in the eighteenth century, Pompeii was discovered, a city that had been hidden for sixteen centuries by volcanic lava. There is a traveling exhibition of the sculptures, friezes, mosaics, and paintings being shown around the United States. Described is the history and contents of "Pompeii--A.D. 79." (RK)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is known primarily as an architect. However, he also designed chairs and tables. Discusses an exhibit held in New York City a few months ago which showed how well the famous architect achieved his goals in the area of furniture design. (Author/RK)

Three librarians give their impressions of sales representatives who work at library conventions. Henry Stewart discusses how they can be knowledgeable information sources about current products and services; Susan Martin describes how library automation vendors can help librarians learn about new technology; and Peggy Sullivan discusses the…

For the past two-and-one-half decades Robert Rauschenberg has proven to be one of this country's most imaginative and inventive artists. The story of his contribution to art history can enlighten students regarding their rich heritage in art. Material can be adapted to grade levels four through twelve. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether students who attended a two-day campus health fair reduced health risk behavior compared to those who did not attend the fair. The impact of specific activities at the fair also was evaluated. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Determined whether natural history museum visitors (N=234) were attracted to hands-on exhibits or to identical "no-touch" exhibits. Results indicate that a significant number of visitors preferred the manipulatable settings and that children preferred to engage in hands-on experiences more than adults. Additional findings are reported…

Within the past ten years, a sufficient number of specialists in art education have been added to the faculty of the Iowa City Community Schools to relieve the classroom teacher of the responsibility of teaching elementary art classes. The resultant improvement in the quality of the elementary art program led to the creation of the exhibit series.…

The seminar for developing nations described here had as its theme: Recent Developments in Advanced Librarianship. (SJ)

A listing of meetings and exhibits of special interest to those concerned with environmental management scheduled from October 1972 through December 1973. (LK)