Reports that the world is entering a post-industrialized state in which the chief raw product is information. Experimentation in which totally new products are formed is decreasing, being replaced by products which are synthesized from existing knowledge. Warns that the increase in scale that institutions and cities are encountering may result in…

Traces the development of the satellite communication network from 1965 to present. Emphasizes the relationship of wealth and distribution of new communication technologies. (CP)

Cooperative efforts in art libraries are surveyed with special reference to the Art Research Libraries of Ohio (ARLO). (PF)

Eight New York state school districts received funding to establish models in arts education and to form an Arts in Education (AIE) network. The purpose of the AIE is to share with the rest of the state its findings and experiences. The model sites share a number of essential characteristics, among them: (1) coordination; (2) art and music…

As computer databases become more publicly accessible through public networks, there is a growing need to provide effective protection for proprietary information. Without adequate assurances that their works will be protected, authors and other copyright owners may be reluctant to allow the full text of their works to be accessed through computer…

This document contains a brief bibliography of peer-reviewed literature, with abstracts, on family support networks. It is one of 12 bibliographies on aging prepared by the National Agricultural Library for its "Pathfinders" series of publications. Topics covered by the other 11 bibliographies include aging parents, adult children, dementia and…

This catalog is a collection of profiles describing 50 exemplary programs developed by teachers in New York City schools. The profiles are arranged by subject area and subdivided by grade level, which ranges from kindergarten through grade nine. Each profile includes the following information: (1) a brief program description; (2) staffing; (3)…

As growing numbers of families are being supported by two employed parents, it becomes increasingly important that clinicians and researchers understand the factors affecting how successfully families cope with the demands of this life style. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the structure of spouses' social…

A study suggested that audience feedback plays a central role in determining the types of television programs shown on the air and that two major ways series are adopted are through imitation of popular series and through a gradual, evolutionary process. Through an analysis of the prevalence of programs in six genres, these hypotheses were…

In November 1984 and April 1985, two national conferences devoted to the topic of teacher induction were hosted in Austin, Texas, by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas, Austin. These conferences were a part of the center's ongoing research in teacher induction, the most recent effort of which was…

Excerpts from a transcript of computer "conversations" provide the basis for a study of how people manage ongoing interaction, given the constraints of computer-mediated discourse, and whether any unusual conventions are used in doing so. The discourse was analyzed using address, topical references, and adjacency pairs to link the…

This report describes the AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph Company) teletraining program, which includes internal programs, one-hour update programs, and special internal seminars. Topics considered include the number of courses, sessions, and update programs offered; the number of students served; and student acceptance of the programs…

National intercampus computer networks are discussed, along with six illustrative networks. Attention is focused on computer networks with significant academic usage through which special software is available to manage resources in the network. It is noted that computer networks have widespread use among academics for communication in the form of…

The evolution of PRIME networking at the University of Arizona is described. A network of super minicomputers dedicated to administrative computing was established that accommodated online, interactive applications and that supported a variety of software packages to aid in the rapid development of systems. The first microcomputer, a PRIME 550,…