In the humanities, scholars accord libraries high prestige and use them extensively. Despite the availability of electronic mail and digital libraries, humanists persist in more traditional forms of scholarly communication. Because it will be many years before print records can be given digital form, this population will likely continue library…

Discusses "Minds and Machines," a one-semester undergraduate course for nontechnical majors. Explains that the course examines how philosophical problems of knowledge, cognition, language, and human nature can be investigated with computer-related concepts and techniques. Describes experiments conducted during the course, including mind…

A San Diego State University (California) graduate course in the School of Public Administration integrates literature study with professional education. Its objectives are to give students vicarious experience with the frustration and alienation felt by potential clients and the dilemmas faced by conscientious administrators and to rekindle…

Humanists use a wide variety of textual, graphic, and aural materials in their research, each of which presents indexing challenges. Research into the nature of these materials and humanists' information-seeking behaviors indicate that indexing models from the sciences are not adequate. New controlled vocabulary and indexing frameworks are needed.…

Examines the number and breadth of liberal arts courses offered in community colleges in various disciplines (i.e., English, fine and performing arts, humanities, mathematics, science, and social sciences) and enrollment in these areas. Shows how with rare exception course offerings and enrollments have remained consistent over the period 1975-91.…

A snapshot of the changing Polish educational system focuses on elimination of uniform curriculum requirements, return of religious instruction, emergence of private and religious schools, removal of overtly ideological materials from history and literature curricula, and fears of a power struggle between the present postcommunists and new…

Argues that community college's liberal arts curricula should be as responsive to community needs as vocational curricula. Uses the evolution of developmental education curricula as a model. Discusses reasons for and obstacles to diversifying the tradition-bound liberal arts, recommending links between developmental and liberal arts curricula to…

This paper contends that the increasing interest in Black (African-American) studies can elevate the pursuit of unbiased views of the universe. As Black studies begin to influence existing paradigms of social sciences and the humanities, a more accurate picture emerges of how branches of knowledge were developed. (SLD)

Advocates a framework for African-American development and awareness in which African-American studies will play a decisive role in debate surrounding multiculturalism. Multiculturalism and African-American studies must be articulated within a general theory of educational democracy. African-American studies must also become a projection of what…

Describes online databases available through the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) that focus on research in the humanities. A survey of five databases (AVERY, ESTC, RIPD, SCIPIO, and AMC) is presented that includes contents, search capabilities, and record formats; and future plans are discussed. (12 references) (LRW)

The process and criteria by which the Humanities and Social Sciences panel of the Australian Research Council evaluates research proposals are described and discussed. Peer review is the primary method of evaluation, and the primary criteria are the potential of a given proposal for significant conceptual advance and research/researcher quality.…

Discusses the Beck Center for Electronic Collections and Services at Emory University (Georgia), including the role of text centers both within and outside of the academic research library. Describes projects with various departments, and innovative partnerships with technologists from the library and the campus computing center, as well as with…

Examined broad schooling goals established for Israeli students by novice and veteran humanities and science teachers. Semistructured interviews assessed frequency and intensity of goal preferences. Novices and veterans expressed different goal preferences, as did humanities versus science teachers. Experienced humanities teachers preferred…

Argues that the Trivium, a model for a basic education from classical times, is useful in providing students with a humanities education because students within this model learn skills in rhetoric, grammar, and logic. Defines a humanities education, describes the Trivium model in detail, and applies the Trivium to contemporary education. (CMK)

Describes the "Ara Pacis Augustae" that is a monumental altar commemorating the emperor Augustus' safe return in 13 B.C. from his provincial tour of Spain and Gaul. Explains how students in a Roman history class can learn about the culture during the age of emperor Augustus by studying the altar. (CMK)