San Francisco's Exploratorium contains over 650 interactive exhibits that invite visitors (including 67,000 students on field trips yearly) to explore natural phenomena through individual hands-on inquiry and discovery. The museum's hidden agenda is helping schools incorporate inquiry and discovery into classrooms. Internet connections to Science…

Survey of adult Canadian library users focused on defining "seniors," and determining their awareness of library programing and needs for further programing aimed specifically at older adults. Results indicated that, in an era of fiscal restraint, librarians need to be wary of improving services to seniors at the expense of other…

Twenty-seven rural physicians were visited by a medical librarian and taught to search medical literature via computer. A survey of 21 participants showed that the program reduced the sense of isolation and increased satisfaction. Online searching cost an average of $10 per month to answer 20 clinical questions. (SK)

Fuller, Blume, and Johnston describe uses of the My Vocational Situation instrument with 181 freshmen in summer orientation at the University of Missouri. Rakes explains ways the university's career center takes career information out to the campus through presentations and materials distribution. (SK)

This article describes the development and implementation of an innovative program of information centers in Israel that is designed to identify newly blind persons and to give them first-hand information about available services, as well as to stimulate an awareness of rehabilitation services among medical personnel. (Author/DB)

Gerontological faculty should extend teaching into the clinical field to provide continuing education for nurses. Two models are Train the Trainer and a workplace learning package consisting of videotape, self-study modules, and self-directed, problem-based group study. (SK)

Describes three projects that won 1994 John Cotton Dana Public Relations Awards. The projects used less than $150 of the library budget, had no full-time public relations staff, and relied on volunteers. Guidelines for entering the 1995 awards contest and a list of all 12 winners from 1994 are given in sidebar articles. (KRN)

Successful initiatives for minority women depend on creation of an institutional ethos that supports change, adequate staff training, flexibility in scheduling and curricula, and recognition of the value of adult students' experiences. (SK)

The recommendations of Scotland's 1975 Alexander Report for increasing adult education participation and Tom Lovett's development of a social action model with working class adults in Liverpool and Ireland are used as background to an examination of Scottish projects that use a community work approach to involve nonparticipating adults in…

The Quest Program at Chabot College (California) holds Fine Arts for Elders classes in long-term care facilities. Convincing the residents to participate requires special nurturing, but eventually their creative expression restores feelings of self-worth. (SK)

Analyzes a coordinated children's service project in Chicago's decentralizing the school system from an organizational change perspective. Identifies issues, problems, and lessons concerning school-site administration that emerge from combining policy initiatives designed to open schools to community influence while extending schools' service…

Examined social work practices relative to the dynamics of educational environment in one midwestern school district. Results, which indicated both the need for and the efficacy of such services, support policy that sanctions and legitimizes human service delivery in schools and establishes guidelines for appropriately funding services and for…

A British outreach program was designed to increase participation of Asian students in access to higher education courses. The program used a video and profiles of former access students in recruitment and retention efforts. (SK)

Describes a survey of 851 incoming college students that was used to identify those who might be vocationally at risk. Survey results showed that one-third of the new students were at risk, with males exhibiting greater risk than females. Findings inspired administrators to develop a brief intervention program of follow-up outreach, information,…

Students' use and evaluation of a computer program that provides educational mental health information were examined. More than 4,000 contacts were recorded during three years of operation. Users (N=266) rated the Internet-based program as helpful and easy to use, and indicated that they would recommend it to others. (Author)