Describes Project Orillas, a telecommunications network designed to improve the writing skills of bilingual and foreign language students studying English and Spanish in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States. The electronic bulletin board system used for communication is explained and guidelines for joining the network are included. (LRW)

Reviews the current status of satellite remote sensing data, including problems with efficient storage and rapid retrieval of the data, and appropriate computer graphics to process images. Areas of research concerned with overcoming these problems are described. (16 references) (CLB)

Each Harvard school manages its own computing needs and has its own administrative computing applications. Central administration maintains management information about university resources, policies, and administrative programs for which it is responsible. (MLW)

Although the Nisei ethnic group experienced much residential dispersal, members have not been absorbed into the majority group society, largely because of their tendency to maintain Japanese interpersonal style rather than accept the style of the United States. A primary cause of the Nisei's style is their expression of their subjective self. (VM)

Describes system developed at Bennett College for recording grades on a spreadsheet that allows multi-user access for updating student test scores. The interaction between spreadsheets, user-developed statistics programs, and word processing documents is discussed, and a process for using spreadsheet data in a BASIC statistics program is…

Provides an overview of information sources concerning the development of library and information science, and the movement toward nationwide library cooperation and resource sharing in Yugoslavia. A brief listing of booklets published in English by Yugoslavian publishers is included. (CLB)

Explores the impact of networks and shared library resources on the library planning process. Environmental scanning techniques, the need for cooperative planning, and the formulation of strategies to achieve networking goals are discussed. (CLB)

Reviews current trends, predictions and statistics concerning single-parent families living in poverty, and appeals for networks which would coordinate the cooperative efforts of all organizations, institutions, businesses, agencies, groups, and individual volunteers who provide services for single-parent families. Offers guidelines for networks…

The importance of strong school/community partnerships is supported in both polls and research literature. Joint efforts of schools and communities increase the effectiveness of education. Four categories of parent and community involvement are the following: (1) home-school communication; (2) parent education; (3) public relations; and (4)…

Two articles address the design of microcomputer networks and the use of local area computer networks (LAN) to improve library automation. Topics discussed include network design criteria, media for local networks, transmission mode, typical communication protocols, user interface, basic local network architectures, and examples of microcomputer…

Updates a directory of national youth-serving and youth advocacy organizations which appeared in the spring 1985 issue of "Top of the News." The directory has been compiled to share information about new projects and publications among children's librarians. (EM)

Findings reveal that most older persons place greater emphasis on the companionate nature of the relationships, rather than accentuating the passionate aspects of later life dating, and that the dating partner typically provides an emotional and sexual outlet which cannot be attributed to other members in the social networks of older persons.…

Examines factors which may affect the receptivity of librarians to the use of optical disk technologies, including hardware and software issues, the content of currently available databases, and the integration of optical technologies into existing library services. (CLB)

Focuses on the linkage between social support and social networks and health educational programs that involve interventions at the network and community level. Addresses programs enhancing entire networks through natural helpers; and programs strengthening overlapping networks/communities through key opinion and informal leaders who are engaged…

Describes resource sharing system in Illinois academic libraries that allows patrons to borrow materials from other libraries through user-friendly interlibrary loan commands on IBM personal computer terminals. Highlights include experiences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IBM personal computers as terminals, and increase in…