This article focuses upon information that is made available to the mass of the people and the information that is withheld from the public. The term "information" is examined as it relates to knowledge. Information technology as it relates to the media and implications for adult education are discussed also. (CT)

Presents results from study of mathematical models (Cobb-Douglas model, mixture of Poissons, inverse effects of distance, weighted entropy) relating to usage of information systems, and notes papers developed during study which provide three types of analysis--literature reviews, analytical studies, and tests of models. Six references are…

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This manual provides a beginning approach for research libraries to better describe the use and users of their networked services. The manual also aims to increase the visibility and importance of developing such statistics and measures. Specific objectives are: to identify selected key statistics and measures that can describe use and users of…

Reviews the birth, labor and growing pains, trials and tribulations, and eventual demise of IACTR, conceived in 1968 at a meeting of the American Psychological Association, the general mission of which was to focus on the wider dissemination of test reviews. (Author/JM)

A survey of the faculties at six colleges was undertaken to measure the degree to which the libraries of those institutions were communicating with the faculty concerning the availability of various references services. The results demonstrated that the average faculty member was aware of barely half the services actually available. (11…

The concept of information utility'' (an extensive super information system) presents a challenge to librarians. Philosophies and operations must evolve to insure the librarians' position as the information specialist capable of bringing order to the chaos of the information explosion. (Author/DH)

A discussion of the role of audiovisual media in the preservation and interpretation of recent and current historical evidence. (HB)

Discusses the present situation and future developments of scientific and technical information in terms of its generation, accumulation, transfer, unit costs, and processing technology. (CC)

Institutionalizing the evaluation function within educational institutions serves both accountability and decisionmaking. One of the greatest problems is the reliability of evaluation in formation. Provides guidelines for avoiding credibility gaps that derive from the characteristics of personnel and from the nature of the organizational…

Author discusses one promising approach to gathering useful management information. (Author/CB)

Reform of social and educational structures is essential to realize the full educational potential of telecommunications, which can be used to help that reform, to cement prsent inadequate structures in place, or to build a human civilization on a technological base. (AD)

Described are the uses a computer is being put to by an elementary school in Illinois. (LS)

Ten thousand students tell what's wrong (and what's right) about their school and public libraries. (Author)