Presents an interview with the current chairman of IBM, Lou Gerstner, regarding the future of ACIS, IBM's Academic Information Systems division, and new strategies for the company. Highlights include IBM's commitment to higher education; personal computers and strategic planning; and future possibilities for information technology. (LRW)

Includes "Integrating Coursework in Design with Industry Projects" (Liu); "A 'Perfect' Project--Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Recycling All in One" (Anderson); and "Fluid Sensing and Control" (Hawkins, Hardy). (SK)

Explores the author's writing experience in bringing "Night Is Coming" to publication. Addresses the parallelism between the author/editor relationship and the student/teacher relationship. (RS)

Describes the "Made in America" exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village (Michigan). Explains that the exhibit draws from a permanent collection of one million industrial products collected by Henry Ford and his successors. Discusses the use of graphics and hands-on exhibits to involve children in the exhibit. (CFR)

Describes the modular curriculum developed by the National Center for Construction Education and Research; presents 10 steps toward establishing a school-to-career program in construction. Provides a variety of information about carpentry/construction as a career including salary range, projected job growth, educational requirements, and…

Discusses the state of library automation and the benefits and dilemmas of available operating systems. Presents an overview of six vendors selling online library systems (Ameritech, Endeavor, Data Research Associates, Sirsi, Innovative Interfaces, and Ex Libris). Provides sales figures based on the "Library Journal" articles published during the…

Presents an annotated bibliography of quality nonfiction books for middle/junior high school readers that were nominated for Honor List consideration by their publishers. Includes profiles of members of the Nonfiction Honor List Committee and guidelines for publishers on how to nominate their books for the next Honor List. (AEF)

Argues that stories help children change into the adults they will become. Notes that the current trend toward easy books may result in the loss of story. Discusses changes over 35 years of children's publishing, focusing on technology, paperback publishing, young adult novels, horror series, authorship issues, censorship, pop culture, and…

Examines entrepreneurial activities in university science and technology parks that promote innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. Highlights projects at the University of Adelaide and Australian government programs that support entrepreneurship. (SK)

In Virginia, a community college consortium for semiconductor education and training programs works with a semiconductor manufacturers' partnership to review programs based on a national core curriculum model. The results are being used to improve curriculum development, faculty training, facility improvement, and student recruitment. (SK)

Electronic publishing creates challenges for traditional publishers and their library customers. Librarians call for an end to high prices for electronic publications and more flexibility in copying and distributing documents. Library consortia are forced to sign million-dollar deals for access to all of a publisher's on-line journals. Publishers…

When the University of Arkansas' president determined that the university's press should be shut down due to financial losses, journalists, letter writers, faculty, and editors at other university presses undertook a successful campaign to save it. The debate highlights the economic difficulties of academic publishing and the role of the…

Describes how multimedia products start as ideas and go through the stages of design, production, manufacturing, and marketing. Highlights include corporate consolidation, market distribution in 1997, encyclopedias and the growing Internet trend, direct marketers and sales, CD-ROM and DVD (digital video disk), costs, and future directions. (AEF)

The transition to a transnational model in which the English-language and Anglo-Saxon publishers dominate scientific publications and communication is examined for 1981-92. This study analyzed the Science Citation Index database and found that numbers of publications and citations followed the expected trend, while changes in impact have been…

Previews Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), a potential unifying classification system for the Web and the Internet developed by the Association of American Publishers and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. Discusses issues and problems surrounding DOI implementation and usage and how DOI would affect publishers, users,…