Encourages school library media specialists to explore the capabilities of hypermedia and hypertext, and lists books, articles, and guides for librarians to find out more about learning and utilizing this authoring language. Applications of hypermedia and hypertext in libraries and media centers are discussed. (20 references) (SD)

A national survey which examined the occupational role identity of female academic librarians collected personal, demographic, and job data. In addition, a test for orientation to the occupational role and a sex-role orientation test were administered. Women academic librarians were found to hold a positive and unique occupational role identity.…

Discusses problems in academic research and their effects on libraries. Topics discussed include the trend toward rapid publication in the scientific fields; competition for academic research and development funding; the relationship between federal funding and publications; the role of libraries in the research process; and the role of vendors.…

Compares the impact of manual and online search methods on the interdisciplinary search task in terms of relevance of retrieved items, user effort, user satisfaction, user confidence, and future use. The study, using the Kuhlthau model, focused on journalism classes researching judicial decisions relating to mass media. (31 references) (Author/KRN)

Describes the newly installed optical disk storage system at the Naval Research Laboratory's Research Library and Technical Information Center. Planning and design of the system, the conversion of 140,000 reports to optical disk, the information retrieval process, and future plans are covered. (Contains nine references.) (KRN)

Discusses developments in electronic reference sources for the history of art and considers their use by librarians and researchers. The traditional literature of art history is described, and current projects and databases are reviewed that include art, architecture, auction sales catalogs, preservation, library catalogs, thesauri, authority…

Describes a study that used transaction log analysis to investigate the use of subject searching in the University of California's Online Union Catalog, MELVYL. Mathematical models of trends and patterns in the data are presented, problems with subject searching are explained, and remedies to subject searching problems are suggested. (62…

Provides six fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in art, health, physical education, reading/language arts, science and mathematics, and social studies. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation,…

Discusses the role of the school librarian as change agent with emphasis on the implementation of school library programs through the cooperative work of classroom teachers and teacher-librarians. Shared goals are discussed, the attitudes and roles of teachers are described, and implications for future research are suggested. (13 references) (LRW)

Examines formal information sources and library services used by physical scientists in Nigerian universities to obtain scientific information. Surveys from four Nigerian universities are described, and include results on journals read, use of the library, and current awareness strategies. These results are compared with information about…

Discusses the development of American Indian tribal colleges and presents a model for assessing the role of libraries in meeting the institutional goals and objectives of tribal colleges. Hypotheses are discussed that will help establish a framework for conducting a longitudinal study of the role libraries play in meeting tribal college…

Provides fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units. Highlights include elementary school activities for music appreciation and physical education, reading and language arts, and science; and secondary school activities for science and social studies. (LRW)

Provides six fully developed library media activities designed to be used with specific curriculum units in health, physical education, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills, objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Describes a Texas survey of fourth and eighth graders that examined whether children experience information overload, what strategies they used to reduce it, and what words described their feelings while overloaded. Results are analyzed by grade level, gender, and content, and the role of the school library media specialist is discussed.…

Discusses chemical information services offered in industrial chemical libraries, based on experiences at the 3M Library. Topics include qualifications of chemical information professionals; corporate culture; clients; services, including reference, current awareness, confidentiality, and end-user support; and information resources, including…