This collection of library documents which provide instructions for users of online public access catalogs in member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) a set of enhanced instructions for library users of Geac, a commercial online circulation system at the University of Arizona; (2) sets of materials of…

In a study of the attitudes of 200 interns and residents, advocacy of unionization was not found to be related to a lack of altruism with respect to patient care, suggesting the tentative conclusion that the union movement does not appear to be deprofessionalizing. (JT)

A word of caution is expressed to make administrators aware of the danger in sacrificing achievements in humanization in the public sector to human resource accounting. (AG)

A primary shortcoming of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is that it provides the employer with too many phases of postponement of responsibility. However, positive administrative action has included organized labor's entry into all levels of job safety and health activities. (MW)

An examination of school finance reform and collective bargaining concludes that the significant factors are greater state involvement in fiscal support, fiscal reform, and more centralized bargaining. (Author/DW)

This guide is designed as a source of ideas and information for individuals and organizations interested in occupational alcoholism programs for the hard-to-reach work force. Following a brief overview of the problem and a report on progress in occupational alcoholism programming, a working definition of the hard-to-reach work force is offered;…

This booklet describes how the effectiveness of a one-on-one internal labor union organizing effort can be improved by incorporating an organizing survey within the one-on-one canvassing process. It also explains how collective bargaining strategies can benefit from the inclusion of a survey of the bargaining unit. To explore these applications of…

An assessment is provided of the current status of faculty collective bargaining in community colleges. First, relevant terms are defined to explain the counting process used in deriving the findings. Next, several observations are made about possible reasons that community college collective bargaining has received little attention from the…

This paper briefly outlines the aims and functions of national libraries, particularly in the preservation of old and rare material; the losses of Poland's National Library during World War II; the work of Poland's Center for the Protection of Old Books; the publication of a Polish national union catalog of old and rare items, including…

This book serves as a practical guide to be used by public agencies that have entered into collective bargaining with their employees and must therefore face the possibility of employee strikes and acts of militancy. Seven major areas are addressed: distinctions between public sector and private sector strikes; the use of interest arbitration as…

The article, not intended as an argument for or against unionization, points up certain issues (fixed salary schedules, restricted workloads, and the right to hire part-time faculty) which, if subject to negotiation, can work havoc with vocational programs. (Author/AJ)

Presented are two arguments on academic collective bargaining, by John R. Silber and Robert Nielsen. Dr. Silber argues that faculty organization causes the university to become more like a factory than a university, that a faculty member has more in common with a middle level manager today than with a professor of 25 years ago, and that…