Five different views of the child can be discerned in educational literature. These views reflect five roles that the child can be seen as taking in the classroom: community member, information processor, person, recipient and object. Anyone who considers an educational program in light of these five views will probably find that the program…

Arguing that professionalism constitutes a method according to which journalism is able to consolidate its position in society and gain the confidence of governments and the public, this paper discusses some theoretical parameters that can serve as a conceptual basis for journalistic professionalization. Noting that according to the sociology of…

The number of books purchased by the Northeastern Oklahoma State University library in each of the three years is indicated for each subject area in a descriptive outline based on the Library of Congress classification system. (JVP)

This field guide is designed to permit observers to identify the cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) they see in western North Atlantic, including the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the coastal waters of the United States and Canada. The animals described are not grouped by scientific relationships but by similarities in appearance…

This procedures manual provides a list of relevant reference tools, as well as procedures and criteria for (1) document acquisition and assignment, (2) descriptor and identifier control files, and (3) program and human resources files. The appendices include examples of a document resume, a program resume, and a human resources resume. (JEG)

This bibliography of the complete holdings of the Paul Hoy Helms Library, now incorporated in the Bird Library collection at Syracuse University, contains books chosen by faculty and students with the intention of furthering adult education and independent study. It is organized by Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classification numbers with…

A textbook classification scheme that allows the expression of curricular relationships is revised to include new curriculum materials for math, science, special education, career education, foreign languages, and social studies. Designed for teacher training institutions, curriculum laboratories, resource centers, and adjunct collections in…

This study of the variation in use of uniform titles from one library to another and even within a card catalog, a practice sanctioned by Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR), examines the validity of this variation in use of uniform titles, and explains how a uniform title is selected and its preferred form is determined. A discussion of the…

This report describes the methods, developed by the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with Engineering Index, Inc., by which both organizations could reduce costs by eliminating duplication of keyboarding and indexing. The three sets of problems that confronted the interchange of their data bases (classification and indexing, formats,…

THE 12 BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH MAKE UP THIS COLLECTION WERE COMPILED BY MR. TROIKE'S STUDENTS IN A GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE IN AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, 1966-67. LANGUAGE FAMILIES INCLUDED ARE--(1) NA-DENE, (2) NAVAHO, (3) ALGONQUIAN, (4) UTO-AZTECAN, (5) SIOUAN, (6) IROQUIAN, (7) MAYAN, (8) MIXTEC, (9) QUECHUMARAN…

THIS 14-VOLUME SERIES INCLUDES TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL CURRENT AND GENERALLY AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, EXCLUDING STANDARD PRINT MATERIALS. EACH VOLUME COVERS A SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREA, LISTS TITLES ALPHABETICALLY AND BY SUBJECT, DESCRIBES EACH ENTRY, AND LISTS NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SOURCES FOR THE MATERIALS. VOLUME 14 IS A CUMULATIVE…

TWO EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PERCEPTUAL PROCESS BY WHICH NORMAL AND MENTALLY RETARDED SUBJECTS SYNTHESIZE STIMULUS CUES IN PERCEPTUAL IDENTIFICATION. THE INITIAL STUDY EMPLOYED 50 COLLEGE STUDENTS, 34 GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND 24 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN (AGES 9-16) AS SUBJECTS. THE…

The schema generally used to describe the linguistic situation in Italy includes two categories: dialetto regionale (regional dialect) and italiano regionale (regional Italian). These stand apart from the widely accepted sociolinguistic model "variety--dialect--language." It is demonstrated that both these categories should be treated…

This report (1) describes the development of libraries in China; (2) examines Chinese library, documentation, and scholarly publications from a historical perspective; and (3) outlines the present state of the art as reflected by the situation before and after the Cultural Revolution. The history of public libraries, university and school…

The major purpose of the project described in this report was to develop a taxonomy of educational benefits that would include definitions of terms, categories of the classification structure, examples of various categories of benefits, and examples of measures of benefits. The report first discusses four principles of classification: the…