A regionally organized program for serials bibliography is proposed because of the large volume of complex data needing control and the many purposes to which the data can be put in support of regional or local needs. (2 references) (Author)

Some related mathematical models are presented of the bargaining process between an employer, or a group of employers, and a labor union. Its novelty is in the formulation and use of "reactive functions" to explain the attitudes of the respective parties at each stage of the negotiation process and its consequent time-path. (Author)

Presents the winners of a competition for novel advertising ideas in campus bookstores. (PG)

In cities with fire fighter union contracts, hourly wages are 2-18 percent higher but there is a decrease of annual hours of 2-9 percent, leaving an annual earnings increase of 0-9 percent. Hourly wages of fire fighters are lower in city manager and commission cities than in mayor-council cities. (MS)

A broad overview of library cooperation in the United States from 1875 to 1970 is presented. The most important developments in cooperative efforts during this period are briefly discussed from both an historical and sociological perspective. Future needs are mentioned. (8 references) (Author/KE)

Chronicles the present growth of unionization and its conflicts and conjectures on its future directions. (Editor)

Student Charge accounts, immediate inventory control and instant feedback on turnover are among the benefits from transforming Lehigh's book store to electronic data processing (EDP). (Editor/PG)

Author speculates on educational and political consequences of a national teachers' union; short profiles of union leaders are included. (SP)

Labor unions provide job and training information to servicemen at separation centers and throughout the country. Through Project Transition, pre-apprenticeship training is given to servicemen who may be placed as apprentices after discharge. (MF)

How a British factory set up an independent unit operated and managed entirely by trainees carrying out the functions for which they are destined in the main factory. (Editor)

Since employment problems in Latin America are due to structural factors, to solve these problems radical reforms must take place in the political and socio-economic structures of the continent. (Editor/RY)