BITNET is a computer network designed to facilitate communications among universities by lowering the threshold of effort normally associated with other means of exchange. Discusses purpose, characteristics, uses, and services of the network. Also discusses concerns related to the network, such as security, resource utilization, unwanted…

Information collected from a sample of 14 women administrators in elementary and secondary school systems in northeastern Ohio was used to study (1) frequency of incidents of job related sex bias encountered by these women; and (2) their perceptions regarding the importance of such incidents in their careers. (Author/GC)

Describes teletext, a one-way broadcast transmission of text and graphics viewed on a television screen, and its use by publishers as one means of transferring textual and graphical information. Among the services described are news reports; weather forecasts; transportation, community, and consumer information; and advertising. (Author/JJD)

Reports on educational information services developed by the Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS)/Education Service Group (ESG): School Practices Information Network (SPIN) and School Practices Information File (SPIF). Background and history of the services, a description of each service, and illustrative material are provided. (EJS)

Describes the activities of Unesco's General Information Programme in the promotion, creation, promulgation, and updating of standards for information work throughout the international community, and introduces five articles dealing with various aspects of this program. (RAA)

Suggests that people's decisions to adopt energy-conserving processes and products is a specific instance of the decision to adopt an innovation. Discusses diffusion processes and factors influencing diffusion of networks. Indicates that the spread of energy-conserving household innovations proceeds primarily along social networks. (Author/MK)

Assesses the effect of the communications technology revolution on library and information specialists and the environment for the delivery of library services. Four functions affecting the library and information environment--management, communications, instruction, and publication--are noted. (EJS)

Describes the replication agreements between WLN and replicating institutions such as the National Library of Australia and the University of Illinois whereby use of WLN software is permitted on the basis of reciprocity of bibliographic information by the contracting parties. (RAA)

Three network studies in education, assessing the "state of the art," are reviewed. New directions for developing social network analysis in education are offered from the author's fieldwork in Pontiac, Michigan. It is believed that networking will remain a popular change strategy, but it will be incorporated into more comprehensive…

Reports on a 1980 survey of library automation in 105 Catholic colleges with collections containing less than 300,000 bibliographic items. The report indicates that network membership and grant funding were a vital part of library automation in the schools surveyed. (Author/LLS)

Explains the following 10 ways to contain costs: cooperate in purchasing; negotiate prices; ask for extras; rent your facilities; sell your training; buy in bulk; go with cheaper, lesser known vendors; look for ways to save on small items; use retirees as tutors; and develop a network on cost containment. (CT)

Enumerates the French language TV programs currently available in Nigeria and describes the difficulties hampering a nationwide development of educational TV programs in French. Offers suggestions to overcome these difficulties, describes the French language courses already on the air, and outlines plans for new programs. (MES)

Suggests a unified concept of a lexical subsystem as part of an information system to deal with lexical problems in local and network environments. The linguistic and control functions of the lexical subsystems in solving problems for large computer systems are described, and references are included. (Author/BK)

Identifies the ability and potential for networking among libraries using the packaged "circulation systems" of various vendors. Cooperation and involvement of system vendors, librarians, bibliographic networks, and service bureaus are needed to ensure maximum benefit from these systems. (CWM)

Discusses the impact of library networking systems on a small academic library with Evergreen State College's library used as a case study. (CHC)