Reviews the objectives, methods, and findings of three studies: "Program Consolidation and the State Role in ESEA Title IV," conducted for the U.S. Office of Education; "The Private High School Today," U.S. Office of Education Research; and "Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children," a study conducted in…

Securing a "repository organization" to preserve records, transcripts, memorabilia, and otherwise serve the alumni of a closed institution is seen as crucial. The problem of library holdings, preserving the traditions, linking the constituencies, helping the faculty relocate, and the importance of advance planning are discussed. (MLW)

A survey of research resources in 24 veterinary colleges in the US and Canada reports information on university-wide research facilities, college-wide research facilities, personnel, and instrumentation resources. Corporate research resource management was compared with university research resource management. The survey form is outlined.…

Reviews the history of sales of nonprint media to schools, speculates about reasons for declining sales, and discusses implications for the future of nonprint media. (Author)

Describes the training and functions of the media resources officer (MRO) in the Inner London (England) Education Authority. The MRO is a new professional school and college staff member with specialized media skills who organizes, develops, and teaches the use of audiovisual technology and materials to students and teachers. (MF)

Describes plans and support models at Virginia Commonwealth University and Randolph-Macon College (Virginia) aimed at improving instruction by integrating digital technologies across the curriculum and transforming information technology support units. Focuses on the development of the electronic campus, digital libraries, virtual classrooms,…

Discusses environmental information needs of business professionals and provides an annotated list of Web sites serving as information sources. Highlights include "meta sites", government, health, law, engineering, education, organizations, and environmental news, as well as selected environmental "hot topics." (AEF)

Provides an overview of peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly electronic journals in Scandinavia from a publisher's point of view. Discusses the electronic journals market in Scandinavia, international electronic publishing, the Institute for Scientific Information's Electronic Library Project, the one-stop shopping concept, and copyright and…

The author argues that school library media specialists are professional educators first interested in the child and his or her success in school and in life and not in educational fads. Includes an annotated bibliography of print and nonprint resources to put into perspective the debate over technology in the classrooms. (PEN)

Discusses scholarly communication, functions of scholarly journals, and the possibility of changing from a printed version to an electronic journal. Highlights include dissemination; timeliness; peer review; recognition and award; rising costs of printed journals and decreasing serials budgets in academic libraries; paradigm shifts; and new models…

Reviews CD-ROM encyclopedias to guide librarians and teachers in decision making. Encyclopedias are divided into two groups: mass market for ages 9 and up, and academic for ages 14 and above. A table lists products with addresses and Web sites, as well as information on price, minimum specs, number of articles, Internet connection, strengths, and…

Reports on a survey of United Kingdom postgraduate distance learning students' use of libraries. Among key findings is the influence of course providers' expectations in determining library use and students' perception that course providers frequently underestimate the need for library use that their courses entail. (Author/AEF)

Presents abstracts of SIG Sessions. Highlights include digital collections; information retrieval methods; public interest/fair use; classification and indexing; electronic publication; funding; globalization; information technology projects; interface design; networking in developing countries; metadata; multilingual databases; networked…

Highlights Web sites of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Well-known government publications, which are found in any traditional government documents reference collection, are noted and recommended for both bookmarking and local Web site development. Disadvantages of electronic access are also discussed. (Author/AEF)

Examines the role of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) as it changes from dissemination of primarily print government publications to an expanded program including distribution of and access to electronic government information. Topics include a World Wide Web interface, the Government Information Locator Service (GILS), and possible…