A mathematical definition of an information network is constructed with the purpose of developing a theory useful in answering practical questions concerning information transfer. An information network includes: (1) users, (2) information resources, (3) information centers, and (4) the total information transfer structure linking (1), (2), and…

Suggests that technical terms being used in the curriculum field be defined rigorously and precisely, and attempts to specify certain characteristics of these terms. (SF)

Presents 27 international terms, including neologisms, relating to electricity and electronics, in order to provide translators with patterns for adopting and/or modifying new terms. (AM)

A critical survey of approaches to an information concept for information science, with one or more examples of each approach, is discussed in some detail. (VT)

Legislation of interest to Indian people is classified into several categories: bills introduced in the House or the Senate, then referred to committees; hearings and committee reports; meetings and reports of testimony by supporters and opponents of a particular bill; and bills passed by both chambers and signed by the president. (RTS)

A definition, and a history of the role and functions of state library development agencies since the 1890's are presented. The remaining articles in this issue, which deal with various aspects of the same subject, are summarized. (MBR)

Our concepts about the nature of health are linked to concepts of the nature of man, which historically have been: natural evil (Middle Ages, Reformation), natural goodness (Age of Reason, 18th century), evolving (19th century) and aspiring (20th century). (MJB)

The author answers general questions on the meaning and function of leisure counseling, as might be posed by students, professionals, and researchers. (MJB)

Attempts to delineate and define more clearly what is meant by "begin instructional design by stating your objectives" and suggests that a lack of discrimination among three major sets of objectives has led to trivial, over-exclusive, or unmanageably large sets of terminal behaviors. (Author)

Haiku is a Japanese poem that deals with nature and contains seventeen syllables divided among three lines in the pattern of 5-7-5. Senryu is also a disciplined Japanese poem which deals directly with people and ideas. In Haiku, the reader utilizes imagination; in senryu, the interpretation has been supplied. Here are some creative suggestions for…

This article is not an attempt to outline the training program for developing humanistic competencies nor is it intended to list those immeasurable words that have been used so much in the past such as caring, genuineness, loving and others, but merely to point out that there are models from which observable changes can take place. (Author/RK)

Defines technical writing and gives contrasting illustrations of different kinds of technical writing. (MB)

Widespread dissatisfaction with the present federal definition of learning disabilities suggests that the term should function as a conceptual rather than a categorical term. (DB)

The authors clarify factors affecting contemporary nursing research, including the need for definitions of nursing, practice, and institution. They predict future trends in nursing research. (CH)