Advocates an American Declaration for the information age to guide development of the information industry. The information revolution is discussed in terms of technological advancement, copyright issues, international policy, and telecommunications. Information is compared to money as a universal commodity. (SW)

The problem of occupational diseases must be addressed by social workers who are trained to actively work for changes on a social level. A training model is described, wherein graduate students organized a small community to combat and prevent Brown Lung Disease among textile workers. (DS)

Reports on the reexamination of the National Science Foundations' data on the study of scientifically trained women in the U.S., published in 1977. Factors that influence success in NSF's retraining programs are analyzed as well as the distribution of jobs in industry for men and women. (SA)

There is a need for specially trained cost estimators in the construction trades. This article describes why the need exists, the cost estimator's role, qualities an estimator must have, and ways to train a cost estimator--two- and four-year curricula and a continuing education program. (CT)

Lists and annotates more than 180 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include audience and communicator analysis, broadcasting, courts and law, journalism education, history and biography, management, and visual communications. (GT)

Describes the administrative framework, government sector, private commercial sector, critical issues, and suggestions for improvement of the U.S. preparation for the World Administrative Radio Conference. The meeting, which will focus on long-term policymaking, is scheduled for September 1979. (CMV)

Discusses elements in selecting program content in the design of industrial arts curricula: the cluster approach, using a trade-and-job-analysis approach to curriculum design, or the concept approach, which takes a broader emphasis from the social institution of industry and the knowledge base of technology. (MF)

In an address to a symposium on children's book publishing in Canada, the author describes and critiques recent efforts of governments, school systems, publishers, and other organizations to promote the production, distribution, and use of materials distinctly Canadian. A sample list of children's books is appended. (Editor/SJL)

Examines the changing realities that require new policies to promote the First Amendment, to evaluate existing government programs designed to promote the First Amendment, and to propose affirmative actions designed to protect First Amendment values. Available from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA 95817; reprint…

Examines how politics and technology are changing the ways in which information is produced, stored, communicated, processed and used; and concludes that, in this new context of changing information resources, the basic political questions--who gets what, when, how--need to be redefined. (CWM)

Current developments in both the civil and criminal law as they relate to the hobby of film collecting are analyzed. The first-sale doctrine, court cases involving copyrights of films, and the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in confiscating films on behalf of the Film Security Office of the Motion Picture Association of America are…

Describes a technical writing class developed for an off-campus class of scientists which used the scientists' own writing as a basis for course work. (MKM)

Implications of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 are described in two cases: Brennan v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Underhill Construction Corp.), and Anning-Johnson Co. v. United States Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. (LBH)

Describes an experiment in which nitric acid is synthesized from ammonia on a small scale to illustrate a major industrial process. (MLH)

While libraries, book and periodical vendors, system providers, and bibliographical utilities are collaborating to move scholarly information from origin to public access more quickly, scholarly publishers, particularly university presses, have been slow to join in. Discusses aspects of the publisher/vendor relationship: library/vendor…