The five critical years in the development of OCLC (1951-56), the culmination of a century of cooperation between Ohio's colleges and universities, are used to underscore its expansion into a bibliographic utility interconnecting 2400 institutions in the United States and Canada. There are 19 references. (RAA)

A questionnaire was sent to 446 members of OCLC to ascertain their views on the development of a special minimal standard to be used only for the conversion of retrospective cataloging records to machine-readable form. It was found that 74.5 percent would oppose the creation of a new lower standard. (Author)

In the new interiors for a student center, the architects play on Temple University's name and the concept of institution, using both graphic and architectural symbolism. (Author/MLF)

Examines the trend toward union representation of administrators in public schools and the reasons administrators are turning to unions. Argues that the role of the administrator in a private school is different from that in a public school and that the difference precludes their union membership. Available from Private School Quarterly, Post…

Examines the National Labor Relations Board's policy on intervention in union representation elections prior to the "Shopping Kart" decision and as a result of the "General Knit" decision. The effect of a research study on the board's decision on when to intervene in elections is also discussed. (IRT)

Leaders of the National Education Association give their views on a cabinet-level department of education, a national collective bargaining law for education, teacher centers, public day care, vouchers, the Carter administration, and the "Proposition 13 syndrome." (IRT)

Reviews the development of unions in libraries, measures the impact of unionism on library administration, examines the sources of assistance in union-management relations available to library administrators, and cnsiders questions pertaining to the role of library consultants in union matters. (FM)

A "pro-management" leadership stance means that board members and administrators run schools so that employees are comfortable bringing concerns to management directly rather than through a union. (Author/IRT)

Offers arguments for teacher unions and collective bargaining in education. (IRT)

Organized labor must merge the interests of the black freedom movement with its own agenda for social reform to promote economic advancement for workers and greater racial equality. (JOW)

Analyzes and compares eight information systems (IS) development approaches: Information Modelling, Decision Support Systems, the Socio-Technical approach, the Infological approach, the Interactionist approach, the Speech Act-based approach, Soft Systems Methodology, and the Scandinavian Trade Unionist approach. Discusses the organizational roles…

Provides advice to college programming boards on how to work effectively with agencies when booking talent for campus shows, focusing on the research, negotiation, booking, and program implementation phases of the process. Includes risk management and contract check lists, along with the assistance that the National Association for Campus…

School boards and labor unions can benefit from a shared-revenue model. Labor costs would be contractually tied to available revenue, rather than to fixed expenses. Labor would have greater fiscal authority than under traditional collective bargaining and a real incentive to manage its own fiscal resources, since it could keep what it saved. An…

Argues there are two primary explanations for lack of significant change in public education since the publication of "A Nation at Risk": Teacher unions' resistance to reform and the American polity's preference for the status quo. Asserts that "Risk" did foster the reform movements of accountability and choice, though the…

Of 12,715 construction industry apprentices, 39% graduated, 47% canceled, and 14% were still enrolled. Completion was more likely in programs sponsored jointly by employers and unions. Women and ethnic/racial minorities had lower completion rates than men and whites. Duration of apprenticeship increased with the unemployment rate. (Contains 18…