The origin of the design of model rockets and spaceships based on Universal Studio's, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" is described. (SA)

The similarities and differences in methodology for seeking grants from both corporations and foundations are discussed. Knowing institutional needs, research, approaching prospects, proposals, corporate and foundation annual giving, kinds of gifts, local business support, and the follow-up are described. (Author/MLW)

Describes the Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsor for ten northern Wisconsin counties. Primary occupations available to program participants are in wood products, paper industry, tool and die manufacturing, welding, meat cutting, and resorts and recreation. (MF)

Industrial arts teachers have a responsibility to teach students how the areas of production, communication, and energy/power influence their lives, and to generate a philosophy of technology with human survival, according to the author. He states that education for teachers and teacher educators have slighted or neglected both themes. (MF)

This article explains the benefits, technology, and future associated with optical fibre transmission systems in the telecommunications networks of western countries. (Author/SA)

Lists and annotates 200 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include advertising, audience and communicator analysis, broadcasting, courts and law, education for journalism, government and media, international, management, public relations, and visual communication. (GT)

This article, intended for secondary school chemistry students, discusses the corrosion of metals. The discussion includes: (1) thermodynamic aspects of corrosion; (2) electrochemical aspects of corrosion; and (3) inhibition of corrosion processes. (HM)

The role of the biomedical engineers in affecting health care costs is discussed. Cooperative education for biomedical engineers is presented as a necessity for the medical industry. (SA)

Increasing demands on the broadcasting industry to serve the public interest are discussed in reference to the rewriting of the 1934 Communications Act. Recommended major public interest provisions are detailed and their implications for educational broadcasting are discussed. An annotated list of telecommunications agencies is included. (BH)

Reviews the book "Broadcasting in the Third World," by Elihu Katz and George Wedell, which is an analysis and synthesis of 11 country case studies which were financed under a grant from the Ford Foundation and administered by the International Institute of Communications. (Author/JEG)

Support by the government, sources of foreign financial aid, school libraries, the development of bookselling and the publishing industry, problems with duplicate resources, and professional librarian training are discussed in relation to Nigerian library development since 1960. (MBR)

Cooperative links need to be forged among broadcasting, educational technology, and business programs on campuses if institutions of higher education are to assume a position of leadership in preparing graduates for the corresponding developing markets. (Author/CMV)

In 1996 the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) received funding to develop guidelines and a national process for recognizing the knowledge and skills of library employees at the library assistant and paraprofessional levels. This article describes the project and its key features, and raises issues that must be addressed before…

Describes AcqWeb, a Web site that has pertinent information for library acquisitions. Topics include the partnership with ACQNET, the electronic news group for acquisitions; AcqWeb's structure; editorial policy; the International Directory of E-mail Addresses of Publishers, Vendors and Related Professional Associations; and future possibilities.…

Discusses the effects of Web-based electronic commerce, or "emmerce," on online user. Defines "cookies" and Persistent Client State HTTP Cookies or "magic cookies" on Macintosh computers. Examines underlying technologies that make up "cashless" transactions; growing demand for micropayments; CyberCash,…