Compares the effectiveness of five online systems in facilitating interlibrary services. The OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) subsystem, the Research Libraries Group (RLG) Message System, the University of Toronto Library Automation System (UTLAS), and two others are evaluated with respect to the request verification, location, request transmission,…

Covers the rationale behind the creation of a labor studies curriculum, an example of a successful program, teachers' advice on integrating labor studies into existing curricula, a resource list, and a brief chronology of important dates in U.S. labor history. (AM)

The outlook for improving work life quality in unionized, mature organizations is examined in the context of the Jamestown, New York, community-based labor/management committee. Ten lessons from the experience of the Jamestown Committee are offered. (Author/JMD)

The Supreme Court's decision that tenured faculty members at Yeshiva University are managers and do not have the right to unionize and enter into a collective bargaining agreement is discussed. It is suggested that the surge toward unionization begun in 1971 by private sector faculty has apparently been curbed. (MLW)

Presidents in a cross-section of nonunionized colleges and in all unionized colleges, faculty union heads, system-level administrators, and central office union officials were surveyed to assess the impact of unionization on faculty senates. It was found that, although unions sometimes challenge senates, the dual system survives. (MSE)

The structure and scope of faculty unionization in American, British, and Canadian universities are compared. The importance of the legal foundation for unionization, the organizational characteristics of the unions, and the status of the bargaining contract are analyzed from the standpoint of their impact on management. (Author/MLW)

Stresses that shared responsibility between administrators and faculty is necessary to enhance the educational process in the two-year college. Argues that collective bargaining is not a panacea, and that faculty must play a major role in assessing the quality of education. (JG)

The study views the university labor educator as a bridge between the worlds of higher education and organized labor but not fully accepted in either. The author examines the occupation's professional status, the administrative affiliations of labor extension, and the role of university labor educators. (MF)

The author finds two major threats to school decision-making structures in the current trend toward unionization among school principals. First, it separates middle managers from top management, disrupting the traditional team approach to policymaking. Second, it requires greater specification and therefore restriction and formalization of roles.…

Describes how, at community colleges in California, faculty unions play a big role in who becomes a trustee, which can spell trouble for presidents. (EV)

Discusses the inherent conflict between decentralizing movements toward teacher empowerment and participative management and the centralization occasioned by increasing school bureaucratization and collective bargaining by teacher unions. Suggests the need for bold experiments in school labor relationships. Contains 24 references. (SV)

Discusses the feasibility of a network for library and information services in the Arab world and examines existing national library and information infrastructures in the context of the status of the national library; national bibliographic control; availability of union catalogs and indexing and abstracting services; interlibrary cooperation;…

Maintains that day care and early childhood employees must become organized and powerful enough to force wage and benefits increases. (BB)

The hostile and suspicion-laden relationship between management and the faculty union of Ontario's 22 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology is chronicled and the evolution of this relationship is interpreted in terms of British industrial relations theory. (MSE)

Angered by admissions and financial aid policies that they say unfairly favor minority students, undergraduates on some campuses are forming White-student unions. Only Temple University and the University of Florida have recognized the White unions. This comes at a time when campuses are trying to encourage racial interaction. (MLW)