A superintendent describes the actions his district took when its community suffered a natural disaster and offers suggestions districts should take to be prepared to assist their communities under similar circumstances. (IRT)

Six outstanding librarians comment on the Mission Statement from ALA's Public Library Association Goals, Guidelines, and Standards Committee. (JPF)

Presents guidelines for giving feedback to improve the instructional effectiveness of other people's products and for getting feedback; and considers the subjective human element in both formal expert review, and more intimate colleague feedback. (VT)

Chapter 4 of the new copyright law contains detailed provisions governing notice of copyright, deposit of copies, and registration--often referred to as the formalities of copyright--in connection with securing and protecting copyright in eligible works of authorship. Implications are discussed. (LBH)

Four separate reports include (1) proposed international guidelines for school libraries; (2) standards and regulations for school libraries in the USSR; (3) the development of school libraries in Poland; and (4) the activities of the Federation of Yugoslav Library Associations, which is working on a national plan for library and information…

This article discusses in tabular form the position descriptions and recommended income ranges for engineers as developed by the National Society of Professional Engineers. (CS)

The author discusses affective aspects of the cooperating teacher-student teacher relationship. (MJB)

Three fundamental skills seem essential for board members in times of declining enrollments--decision-making, long-range planning, and marshalling support for the implementation of the long-range plan. (Author/IRT)

Five points which should be considered when making decisions about whether to purchase magnetic tapes for in-hours searching by batch processing, purchase terminals and contract with on-line vendors, or contract with information brokers for retrospective searching or SDI are availability of information in the most useful form, hardware and…

Gedenken experimentation provides a theoretical basis for what the indexer does, lends itself to (1) various schemes for the education of indexers, (2) the provision of graphic aids to indexing, and (3) the evaluation of indexing performance. Traditional solutions to the indexing problem are also discussed and compared with the gedanken method.…

The criteria needed for preparing proposals are outlined and several samples of successful ESEA Tile IV-C Mini-Grants are provided. School librarians are seen as the best persons to write such proposals because of their collection knowledge, and their ability to suggest solutions to educational problems. (Author/MBR)

Views of Black school board members are solicited on, among others, school desegregation, effecting change as a black board member, and the roles of federal, state, and local agencies in promoting desegregation. Conclusions are drawn to help school districts deal with school desegregation. (Author/MJB)

Outlines criteria for deciding when to hire an outside management consultant and which consultant to hire, and discusses the relationship between consultants and their clients. (JG)