The purpose of this paper is to suggest some of the ways in which city planners can utilize the new communications technology in city planning efforts. (Author)

Issues concerned with information science are considered in four broad categories in this survey: computers, communications, image recording and information content. (18 references) (SJ)

Based on a paper delivered to the 24th Plenary Meeting of the Diebold Research Program in Washington, November 10, 1970. The author was Ambassador and Chairman of the INTELSAT Conference, 1968-69, and a member of the 1968 Presidental Task Force on Communication Policy. (LS)

Discussed is the proposal that California create an agency to oversee all the telecommunication systems in the state. (LS)

Describes features of two computer programs, Z-Term--The Professional, or Z-Pro, and Transcend, to demonstrate that telecommunications software can greatly expand the capabilities of a microcomputer. (MBR)

Reports a UNESCO analysis of studies submitted from national institutions involved in education, concerning the functions, professional standing, career prospects, and problems of staff who are using modern techniques of education--broadcast methods in particular. (Author)

Describes the technical characteristics of Telidon, a second-generation videotex system developed in Canada and announced in August 1978, and discusses what has occurred since that time in planning field trials, developing information services, and in planning a coordinated development for Canada of this new technology. (Author)

Discusses the rapid increases in data processing technology and the problems they pose for data processing teachers. Suggests that graduate courses may be needed to keep course content current. (JOW)

Describes various trends apparent in the development of videotex services (teletext/viewdata) in the United States and outlines forthcoming experimental applications. Author discusses policy issues raised by existing systems and concludes that the main constraint to development in the USA derives from uncertainty regarding consumer demand and…

Discusses the advantages of using telecommunications technology in libraries to facilitate the rapid and cost-effective transmission of information, and examines the benefits and disadvantages of facsimile transmission. Ten references are cited. (FM)

Warns that instead of tying the peoples of the world together in brotherhood, advances in telecommunication foster ever-increasing isolation and ethnocentrism among nations. (PD)

A successful introduction to information and communications technologies requires a nonthreatening location, confidence-building experiences, a foundation for independent learning, adequate resources, and instructor support. (SK)