This conference organizer's guide contains 42 lists of ideas, reminders, things to check, and questions to ask when a person is planning an event such as a conference, workshop, or training session. Written from a British point of view, the guide is organized into four parts in chronological order: preplanning, planning, onsite, and…

Panel members, who were from different states, discussed existing and future uses of cable television in their libraries. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503077 and LI 503079 through LI 503084.) (SM)

A scenario was presented depicting interaction among a city councilman, a cable operator, a community organizer, a library director, and a superintendent of media development, all of whom have different concerns and views about cable television. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503079 and LI 503081 through LI 503084.) (SM)

Library planning for cable television was discussed further by other panel members. (Other conference materials are LI 503071-503081 and LI 503083 and 503084; see specifically LI 503078 for first part of discussion.) (SM)

The objective of this article is to define a model for school staff development that is founded on the principle of relevance. That model is CONSEL or Confrontation-Search Laboratory, originated at Xicom Communications Laboratory. (Authors/CB)

The author's premise is that it is important to find ways to build into conventions more experiential programs, in which people who wish to may become deeply involved with one another, confronting issues at an interpersonal level. (Author)

This article reports a study of personality, attitude, and cognitive changes in experienced pupil personnel workers who participated in a retraining experience at an EPDA Institute. Significant overall content learnings were found, while the most drastic attitudinal changes took place in understanding. (Author)

Interim evaluations of the Indianapolis Model Cities School Program point in positive directions in pupil performance and self concept. (Author/RY)

Describes the State-of-Illinois supported Cooperative Summer Institute of McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, which participated in a week-long Creative-Problem Solving Institute at the State University College in Buffalo, New York. (MB)

The establishment and dissolution of summer institutes in academic subject areas offers a clear example of the shift of philosophy during the decade of the 1960's from essentialism to reconstructionism." (Author)