The author finds that women will reshape the corporate organization, if only because there will be more women working. He discusses how the basic structure of professions affects and limits women's participation, how the mentor-protege system works, and how style and attitudes toward roles differ between male and female executives. (CT)

Contains papers presented at the Cooperative Reference Service Committee program during the 1981 ALA Annual Conference, including discussions of the Library of Congress Reference Correspondence Referral program, the University of Illinois Slavic Reference Service, the functions of the British Library Lending Division, and national-level…

Networks function as change agents for libraries because they provide three critical services: research and development, capital acquisition, and technology transfer. Areas in which network participation has an impact on academic libraries include the management of change, economic and attitudinal change, and cost accountability. (Author)

Discusses the role of regional educational research organizations, describes three regional organizations in terms of member states, research activities, and publications, and provides names and addresses for each as well as for another proposed regional education research center. (CHC)

Identifies policy problems in the area of international communications and argues for the adoption of the concept of information as a basic resource that is central to the conduct of international relations. Calls for innovative thinking about the process by which the United States formulates and implements international communication policies.…

Ten methods of finding information are rated, based on a survey of professional practitioners. Three networks linkage systems, state-of-the-art syntheses, and a successful medical consultation (by telephone) service are described. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94194, single issue, $6.95.) (GDC)

With the increasing capabilities and decreasing costs of computers, the author says that extension service is approaching a crossroad in educational program delivery technology. Instead of continuing to rely on personal contact, extension agents should become familiar with the various computer network services available and learn how to use them.…

Discusses the impact of technological change on our society and the unique role colleges and universities can play in responding to and stimulating world change. (Author)

Explores the rationale for the creation of the rumor control center and identifies the few valuable models found in the literature. Examines the usefulness of the center as an additional channel of communication and considers the desirability of using such a mechanism. Suggests an approach to teaching rumor control. (JMF)

Discusses forces at work within today's on-line data base environment which could lead to the emergence of a distributed information network; identifies several important modules in such a network, including an automated subject switching module; and reports research investigations, critical issues, and preliminary findings with regard to…

The use of formal (resources and consultants) and informal (interaction among faculty) communication networks, and extrinsic (encouragement of administrators) and intrinsic (personal satisfaction) rewards are examined for their relative ability to predict college faculty use of instructional innovations. Formal networks prove to be the best…

A health education coordinating council can help all those involved in health education in a given geographic area to coordinate, supplement, and intensify their efforts. (MB)

Argues that many ideas and practices of information science, information technology, information retrieval, search strategies, information centers, fee-based information services, linked databases, database management software, scholarly communication networks, multimedia and hypertext, and information grew out of a new "discursive…

The KidsConnect service, with 145 volunteers from 39 states and eight countries connects librarians, teachers and students with curriculum-related material and other information sources on the Internet. Questions received at the site (on the Web at http://www.ala.ogr/ICONN/index.html or e-mail at askkc@ala.org) are routed to volunteer school…

Provides guidelines for the development of campus computer policies, focusing on legal issues related to adult material, harassment, privacy, commerce, and copyright. Notes that computer use policies and practices need to evolve in concert with the changing computer culture. (MDM)