IMPACT II is an intercity teacher-to-teacher system whereby teachers who have developed exemplary programs can receive grants and join a network that enables them to disseminate their programs to other interested teachers. (MLF)

Assesses the status of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), focusing on its membership, financial problems, new headquarters, terminal equipment, Videotex possibilities, and relationship with regional library networks. (EJS)

Videotex systems are reviewed and grouped into five general classes: information retrieval, transactions, messaging, computing, and telemonitoring. The videotex technologies providing these services at the user end are described and a series of technological enhancements for each service is discussed. (Author/JJD)

Describes features of the acquisitions subsystem of the online computer system introduced by the Washington Library Network and offered to all participants who use the subsystem and all interested vendors, noting equipment and programs used, and online ordering procedures available. (EJS)

Reports on a research program, conducted by New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, on teletext usage in homes and public sites. Provides information about the public's uses of, expectations for, and fears of electronic text services. (PD)

Officials in eight Virginia localities gave their perceptions of community needs, described external sources of technical assistance, and evaluated the assistance. Analysis revealed a vertical pattern in the network of assistance from public and private agencies and demonstrated that communities are dependent upon the network to maintain…

Discusses the problem of underutilization of microform holdings whose bibliographic information is not integrated in the library catalog in British libraries, and suggests that the emerging system of cooperative regional networks may form the base for the manipulation and sharing of full microform analytics in Britain. Seven references are listed.…

This overview of the development of a system of library services for the blind in one union republic of the USSR describes the centralized network of special libraries which serve as the focal point of systems providing services at the regional and local levels, and suggests some possible future developments. (RAA)

Provides a brief history of the Universal Serials and Book Exchange, describes the services available from USBE, and discusses its plans for the future. (CHC)

Discusses the possible effects of library automation and networking on standards of catalog accuracy, catalog maintenance, circulation control, and other processes, and describes the mission of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), a consortium of 25 research libraries. (FM)

Differentiates between computer systems and Computers in Biological Education (CIBE) systems (computer system intended for use in biological education). Describes several CIBE stand alone systems: single-user microcomputer; single-user microcomputer/video-disc; multiuser microcomputers; multiuser maxicomputer; and local and long distance computer…

Gives a detailed analysis of progress at the International Program for the Development of Communications (IPDC) Conference in Acapulco, January 1982. Assesses the tone of the continuing international dialog on communications. (PD)

Outlines the expansion since 1966 in the size, accessibility, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a national, computerized educational database. Describes four typical cases in which ERIC searches proved useful to clients of the San Mateo (California) Educational Resources Center, an agency offering ERIC search…

Describes the Library Computer System, an online circulation system used in 22 Illinois libraries, that features complete holdings and circulation status information for serials and monographs. Problems in the network environment, plans for modification, and reasons why the system works are identified. References and two additional readings are…

Reviews the nature of computer networks and previews their development by focusing on ways they are useful to scientists and to science, including applications for remote computer access, electronic mail, bulletin boards, teleconferencing, file transfer, resource sharing, and imbedding nontextual communications. (JN)