Describes "Maggie's Place," the library computer system of the Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, Colorado, noting its use as an electronic card catalog and community information file, accessibility by home users and library users, and terminal considerations. (EJS)

Analyzes 116 Navajo senior class students attending Chinle High School on their perceptions of difficulties in migrating from the reservation and adjusting to urban life, Examines four variables related to basic survival skills for successful urban living: mobility, communication, social networking, and money management. (ERB)

The computerized databases that instantly tell if a document exists are not backed up by systems for instantaeously obtaining them. Librarians are spending increasing amounts of time locating and obtaining requested documents. Electronic delivery systems are seen as providing the solution. (MLW)

The factors that may determine the rate at which the technological and economic components of communications-based content distribution may come together with the cultural changes necessary for its widespread use are addressed. (MLW)

Presents overview of state of Soviet Union library service comprising 350,000 libraries, including national, governmental department, and public group (trade unions, professional associations) libraries. Training of Soviet librarians, library cooperation, national planning and funding, cultural exchange and cooperation, supporting international…

The computerized databases that instantly tell if a document exists are not backed up by systems for instanteously obtaining them. Librarians are spending increasing amounts of time locating and obtaining requested documents. Electronic delivery systems are seen as providing the solution. (MLW)

The factors that may determine the rate at which the technological and economic components of communications-based content distribution may come together with the cultural changes necessary for its widespread use are addressed. (MLW)

Reports the methodology and results of a survey of 180 universities which assessed the state of the art of university computing with particular reference to the computing equipment being used and the growth of networking and how they are affected by student enrollment and the computer science curriculum. (EAO)

Research Libraries Group (RLG) is a corporation owned by 26 academic libraries in the United States. To accomplish their goals, RLG maintains a computerized library services system known as the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN). The RLIN system (and subsystems), design considerations, functions, and benefits for RLG members. (Author/JN)

Outlines a framework for analyzing research and development trends in classroom management and school effectiveness in terms of (1) learners and learning, (2) teacher education, (3) educational programs, (4) classroom management, (5) school effectiveness, (6) a network of schools, and (7) school systems. Eleven sources are appended. (EJS)

This description of the reference services available at the Joseph W. England Library, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Pennsylvania, discusses users and types of requests and focuses on the referral service utilizing faculty consultants. Sample referral questions and guidelines for referral are noted. Eight references are cited. (EJS)

Reviews the new communications technologies, both linking and self-contained, and offers guidelines for their application to continuing medical education. (SK)

Interviews and observations at the Children's Center, a Bronx (New York) psychiatric hospital, yielded data about the effects on individual power of network relations at the individual and work-unit levels. Regression analysis indicates individuals' participation in work units that are integrated into organization-wide networks enhances individual…

The rationale for graduate consortia, the constraints on cooperation, and guidelines for designing and managing an interuniversity consortium are examined. The experiences of five New York city doctorate-granting universities when they launched a project to test the feasibility of doctoral cooperation in arts and sciences are described.…

Examines the importance of the new technologies and computerized data to the survival and flourishing of the GPO depository program. Included are views on microfiche, computer output microfilm, and comments on the role of the Joint Committee on Printing. Three references are provided. (RAA)