Report on the 1992 Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference summarizes keynote addresses on the competitive role of special librarians and on international libraries around the Pacific Rim, the report of the SLA president, the inaugural address of the new president on a vision of the future, and conference exhibits. (MES)

Discusses issues of copyright and the transfer or use of intellectual property as they relate to librarians. Topics addressed include the purpose of copyright laws, financial losses to publishers from pirating, cultural views of pirating, the fair use doctrine, concerns of authors of scholarly materials, impact of increasing library automation and…

Describes the "Library Power" project designed to bring together teachers and librarians in an effort to provide quality language arts instruction to "special populations" in over 100 schools in New York City. (RS)

Discusses librarians and electronic mail, use of Listservs by librarians, libraries on the Internet, redefining online public catalogs, searching databases on the Internet, finding a personal librarian in hyperspace, and the future of libraries on the Internet. (SR)

Discusses Leon Trotsky's views on libraries, librarians, and librarianship in Soviet society in the 1920s as expressed in a speech, "Leninism and Library Work." Topics discussed include role of librarian in promoting literacy, including the use of maps and reference books to explain newspaper stories; the selection of books; and fighting…

Reviews four books that address educational reform from the perspective of the school library media specialist. The media specialist's partnership role with teachers and administrators as described in "Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs" provides the context for the reviews, and the implications of reform for…

Students in a library media center were shown how to use graphic organizers to guide them in gathering raw data. Graphic organizers provided consistency by forcing a pattern, structure, and order on seemingly disordered events and overwhelming amounts of data. It is argued that the graphic organizer provides the first step toward full…

Provides background on networks and describes two national networks, the Internet and BITNET. Several related topics are also addressed: convergence of BITNET and the Internet; network decentralization; a proposed comprehensive national research and education network (NREN); libraries and the proposed network; and the library of the future. A…

Contrasts online searching in industry and academia in terms of trust placed in the searcher, numbers of systems/databases searched, comprehensiveness, decision making and dependency, reference interviews and the timeframe for search requests, nature of searches, use of selective dissemination of information, library/quick reference searching,…

Discusses problems that new information technologies have created for intellectual property concerns. Digital sampling devices used in music are described, downloading from large databases is discussed, the problems with derivative works are considered, outdated copyright laws are discussed, and ways that librarians can help protect intellectual…

Discusses four competing public images of the public library and its relation to information technology, as identified in recent research: the traditional library, the resisting library, the adapting library, and the co-opted library. Suggests that the public perceives the management of public information as a complex problem requiring a variety…

Describes the practice of accreditation in general and considers the role of accreditation in higher education and its impact on academic libraries. Highlights include a history of accreditation; organization and regulation of the accrediting process; the federal government's role in accreditation; and accountability and academic libraries. (LRW)

Discusses how a librarian at a boy's prep school (just west of Boston, Massachusetts) used children's literature to combat students' stereotypes about Southern culture. (RS)

Reviews the efforts of Michigan public libraries to create local and statewide electronic information services. Highlights include Internet access; libraries' roles in the community; networking climate; three local and regional projects; and statewide initiatives, including those of the state library. (LRW)

Identifies learning to learn and information literacy as crucial skills for independent learning, which is becoming the dominant educational paradigm. Outlines characteristics of the ideal library for lifelong learners in terms of resources, access, and services. (SK)