The first of four articles by members of the Habilitation Department of the Council for Exceptional Children discusses the evolution of the concept of career development, provides a definition of career education as a life centered approach to education, and offers suggestions for program development. (GW)

Recommends checking skill management systems in reading before implementing one in a school, and includes a guide to weak spots in some of the better known programs. (MB)

Contains guidelines useful for those planning to enter cartoon competitions and for those who plan to pursue a cartooning career. (JM)

Describes search tactics useful for online searching and how to use them, and identifies the points in a search at which they are most useful. An extended example shows how all the tactics may be used in an online search. (EM)

Variations among different versions of Logo are discussed in terms of special hardware needed, size and speed, bugs and misfeatures, and syntax. LogoWriter and Object Logo are also described. A comparison chart is included. (MNS)

Suggests an adult nonfiction video collection for the librarian who is starting or upgrading nonfiction video holdings. Selection criteria are explained and guidelines for choosing vendors are included. Arranged by subject, the collection includes brief descriptions, and a list of distributors and wholesalers/retailers is provided. (EM)

Discusses risk-management planning from the perspectives of the current state of risk-management, assumption of risk defense, participant and public attitudes, and specific techniques for constructing a risk-management plan. Offers practical suggestions for limiting risk and liability. Provides sample assumption of risk/liability release form.…

Discusses topics related to OCLC adoption of guidelines for the use and transfer of OCLC-derived records, including the purpose of OCLC; the legal basis of copyrighting; technological change; compilation copyright; rationale for copyright of the OCLC database; impact on libraries; impact on networks; and relationships between OCLC and libraries. A…

The history of patron access microcomputers in libraries is described as carrying on a tradition that information and computer power should be shared. Questions that all types of libraries need to ask in planning microcomputer centers are considered and several model centers are described. (EM)

Discusses ways of encouraging parents to take a larger role in the prevention of chemical dependency in their children. Describes four types of parents who may use resistance and denial before becoming involved in parent support groups: apathetic, burned-out, intimidated, and resigned. (JAC)

Offers suggestions and hints to help new engineering faculty in their quest for tenure. Areas addressed include: (1) teaching; (2) research (considering publishing and obtaining funding); (3) service; and (4) letters of recommendation. (JN)

Seven design principles identified from research as crashworthy for transporting disabled persons in buses are listed, and survey results of transportation of 161 disabled children in Australia are discussed relative to the design principles. Findings are discussed and recommendations made to correct deviations, such as absence of lapbelts. (MC)

Advocates the use of metaphors within groups as a means of facilitating intrapersonal and interpersonal development. Defines borrowed and original metaphors and discusses the advantages of using them. Presents guidelines for counselors and a brief case example. (JAC)

Despite the complexities of the educational leader's job, some aspects are as simple as ABC. Author lists eight of these aspects, and challenges the reader to develop more. (Editor/RK)

Deals with the sounds that can be made by or with your body. (Author/RK)