Cooperative school industry programs survive changes in urban, economic climate. (Editor)

The Rural Student Vocatioal Program (RSVP) provides cooperative education to Alaskan bush" areas students living 250 air miles from training stations. (MU)

The International Federation of Library Associations' Committee on the Exchange of Publications examines the economic aspects of the international exchange of publications. Replies were received from one-third of the exchange centers to which the questionnaire was sent. (12 references) (Author/MM)

The proposed design and description of the standard book-exchange request form is presented. (Author/MM)

Cooperative Extension and community colleges have compatble areas in adult education. As they develop a coordinated program, other agencies will add to the area, such as libraries, secondary schools, and governmental agencies. (EB)

History and purpose of an audio-video-computer communications network in education. (RA)

Discusses a review of the literature on career education and the private sector with the intent of looking at (1) specific approaches that have been tried during the past 10 years, (2) results of these activities, and (3) general guidelines under which future collaboration might occur. (JOW)

Discusses coordination, similarities, and differences among the Job Training Partnership Act, adult education, and vocational education. Highlights Illinois' approach to increasing joint planning and coordination among these three federal programs. (JOW)

Explains Unicode, a standard for the representation of multilingual character sets that extends the traditional ASCII (American Standard Code Information Interchange) character set. The consortium that created Unicode is described, integration of Unicode with existing hardware and software is discussed, and the role of librarians in defining…

A collaborative effort among community leaders, schools, parents, and nursing school faculty developed a sex education program for rural fourth- to sixth-graders. A commercial program was revised using the following criteria: cultural sensitivity, appropriate reading level, active and didactic instruction, and a focus on abstinence. (SK)

Discussion of dictionaries as databases focuses on the digitizing of The Oxford English dictionary (OED) and the use of Standard Generalized Mark-Up Language (SGML). Topics include the creation of a consortium to digitize the OED, document structure, relational databases, text forms, sequence, and discourse. (LRW)

Action research in the critical paradigm involves a process of continual refection in and on action including the research process itself. In the second in a series of several papers we report on the day-to-day management of the QUIPPED project. The aim was to facilitate patient centred care through inter-professional collaboration with health…