The part played by both interpersonal and mass communication in civic education among older persons was studied. Personal interviews were conducted with 150 survey respondents who were members of local branches of three different organizations for older persons. Education was the variable most highly associated with civic knowledge. (Author)

Editor, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Drawer NJ, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Subscription Rates: $4.00, individuals; $6.00, libraries and institutions.

Describes the general operation and use of the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) closed-circuit educational television broadcasting network, as well as the two-way audio-video interconnect ITFS system at the University of Louisville. (CMV)

Northwestern University Library's locally developed automated support system, NOTIS, operational since 1970-71, is described in terms of its technical services aspects. Internal applications and relevance to projected national networking developments are considered. (Author)

Rapid changes in information management in the EOP are taking place. Reasons why are considered from the perspective of an intensive planning project, as well as how outside ideas are gathered and used. (Author/MBR)

A detailed report on the initial planning, organization, and present management of the Northwest Area Health Education Center, an educational network linking academic health centers with larger community hospitals. (VT)

An analysis of the collegial-friend relationships among academicians in this study indicates that female professors, especially unmarried, have fewer males in their collegial-friend networks than men. It is suggested that isolation from these informal collegial contacts, whether by choice or exclusion, leaves women at a professional disadvantage.…

Limitations of and opportunities for interagency coordination and data sharing among Federal international exchange and training programs are discussed in this article, based on a General Accounting Office (GAO) study. Included are the GAO's recommendations to the International Communication Agency (ICA). (JMD)

Since 1972 the University of the South Pacific has participated in a series of experimental communications projects using the ATS-1 satellite. The experiments are aimed at determining what educational, social, and medical benefits can be derived from satellite technology. (LBH)

Given the circumstances, the mating system, the attitudes of women, household organizations, and the mens' marginal position in the occupational hierarchy, the street corner behavior demonstrated by lower class West Indian males is a response to a system that demands nothing more from them. (Author/AM)

The areas discussed relate to materials costs, collection development, circulation trends and patterns, comparisons of use in various department and/or school libraries, and identification of user groups within the Purdue University Libraries. (LBH)

This mini-workshop sought a framework for examining the dynamics of migration processes, especially the interlinkages between sending and receiving countries. These two focuses emerged as directions for further research: (1) a topology reflecting the concepts underlying international migration; and (2) empirical studies which attempt to apply the…

Describes the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system, how it is organized, how to gain access to ERIC, how one uses RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education), computer searches of ERIC, who publishes in ERIC, and how to learn more about ERIC. A sample ERIC resume is included. (CT)

Survey of the history and current development of information technology covers hardware (economies of scale, communications technology, magnetic and optical forms of storage), and the evolution of systems software ("tool" software, applications software, and nonprocedural languages). The effect of new computer technologies on human…

Considers the following factors in the process of how Filipino immigrants in Hawaii obtain employment: (1) chain migration; (2) the existing employment situation of this group; and (3) the basic features of immigrant employment and the process of obtaining jobs. Discusses the double-edged implications of reliance on personal network links in…