This is a series of articles, speeches, and minutes of meetings and seminars held during the 1970 conference of Illinois college students and personnel. The subjects include: student and faculty activism, placement service, guidance service, scholarship, adult and continuing education, articulation, vocational education, junior college-senior…

The April 1967 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union was the subject of an investigation of scientific information exchange among geophysicists. The study focused on meeting presentation papers and drew a sample of 240 of the 800 presentation authors. The results of the meeting study demonstrated the currency of the work reported by…

This report summarizes the experience of Engineers Joint Council (EJC) in operating the National Engineers Register under contract with the National Science Foundation as part of the National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel. EJC has also included its recommendations for the most effective operation of a national roster of engineers…

The 1971 current state of the audiovisual communications industry in the U.S.A. is summarized with dollar figures of sales broken down for different categories, and brief consideration of current trends. (RH)

Summarizes proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Library Association, which focused on the professional concerns and the political environment in which libraries have to operate. (JPF)

Report from an ASIS representative who attended a three-day conference on Maryland's concerns about energy and environment in order to learn about the information needs of Maryland legislators, to convey--to the ASIS community--opportunities for further collaboration, and to provide conference participants with an awareness of relevant available…

A report on the activities of the nation's libraries for the year. Included are sections on security, federal and state funding, library cooperation, copyright, technology, cataloging and circulation, CETA, library education, and associations, governance, and intellectual freedom. (KP)

Discusses the Altruistic Personality Project, a study which is exploring the nature of people who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. In determining which factors motivated the rescuers, researchers have identified three main areas: values and attitudes, personality traits, and situational factors. Advocates cultivation of…

Outlines the 1984 Superior Council of Education's report on the status of education in Quebec (Canada). (MD)

Since 1994, the American Psychological Association (APA) has advocated the inclusion of effect size indices in reporting research to elucidate the statistical significance of studies based on sample size. In 2001, the fifth edition of the APA "Publication Manual" stressed the importance of including an index of effect size to clarify…

The 92nd annual conference of the American Library Association is reported upon in this article. (SJ)

Like Vegas itself, the American Library Association (ALA) Convention was too much---too much talk, too much program, too long, too diffuse, and too many places to go if you wanted to hit even the high spots. Some of the main programs of the meetings are reported upon in this article. (Author/SJ)

This is a selective and informal report adapted from the American Library Association's report to the International Federation of Library Associations in August of 1972. (Author)