The validity of the direct shelf approach as a concept for organizing library materials, with special reference to its component, browsing" is investigated by this survey. Findings implied policy recommendations for library management and library school curricula. (33 references) (Author/NH)

A project to educate secondary school students in the performing arts is discussed. (CK)

A brief description of a behavior classification system which plots student behavior against instructional styles. (AK)

A rectangular, two-dimensional chart showing the structure and interrelationships of the social sciences is presented. (MB)

A teacher's function is to impart his own knowledge in a field to others, whereas the role of a critic is to add to a particular body of knowledge.(CK)

Deals with the relationship between a theory of indexing and a theory of information storage and retrieval. Attention is directed to the view that indexing is an order increasing operation, and some thermodynamic notions are invoked to aid in this description. (MF)

A method is described for bifurcating a matrix of objects into two submatrices such that the sum of average deviations of the members from the central tendencies of the two submatrices is minimized. Illustrations of the procedure are included. (DG)