The conference "The Professional School and World Affairs," was organized to bring together within the New England region, faculty and administrators from 8 professional schools: agriculture, business administration, education, engineering, law, medicine, public administration, and public health, to help advance the understanding of…

The second annual Conference of New Manpower Researchers was held to: (1) provide an opportunity for new researchers to meet and establish contact with other professionals in the field and to exchange ideas and information, (2) aid new researchers by allowing them to present their work to their peers and senior manpower people, and (3) permit the…

This document presents a report of the activities of the higher education institutions in Utah during fiscal year 1971-72. Contents include an outline of the academic affairs of the institutions, including descriptions of proposed programs approved, changes in academic program, programs disapproved or discontinued, the veterans approval program,…

Box's method of approximation for the null distributions of likelihood criteria is described. It simplifies the formulas, describes a method of obtaining f, phi, and rho directly from given values, and provides two illustrations of the method. (DJ)

This is a compilation of abstracts of statistical data from the annual reports of selected American public libraries, covering the report year which ended anytime in 1971. Those reports were abstracted which came to the desk of the editor. This is admittedly a very sample of the total of such reports, and public libraries are invited to send…

The test publisher's responsibility is discussed. "Right and good conduct" of the publisher in relation to the desires of the test user is related to the actual age of the test--old versus new materials. Other issues confronting the test publisher are the conflict between the needs for personal privacy and the claims of the community in relation…

A symposium held in October 1971 in Montreal examined the new technology of video cassette systems and considered their likely impact on education, industry, and the home. There were four sessions: a perspective session dealt with the social and economic aspects of the new technology, a utilization session discussed plans and experiences of…

Summarizes the formal presentations of an institute considering all aspects of the catalog--its use as a tool consulted by librarians and patrons, the impact of centralized cataloging on bibliographic control, and the impact of technological advances on the format of the catalog. (Author/PF)

A four-part account of a gathering of the world's library workers in the fall of 1977, the 50th anniversary of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): "IFLA 1977" by W. Boyd Rayward; "Revolutionary Manifesto" by Alain Leens; "Innocents Abroad" by Richard M. Dougherty; and…

A brief rundown on the accomplishments of the copyright subcommittee, the Machine-Assisted Reference Section, the History Section, the publications committees, membership survey, and planning group. (JAB)

Summarizes proceedings of the Library and Information Technology Association's third five-year assessment of the state of the art of library automation. Highlights include both descriptions of presentations and comments from conference participants. (JPF)

Reports discussion at the annual meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) on such topics as overproduction, government support, "on demand" publishing, profitability, library photocopying, and selection in library acquisitions, as they relate to the roles of librarians and publishers. (JPF)

Summarizes the major themes of the conference sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Library and Information Science on the "On Line Revolution in Libraries" in November 1977. Training of librarians and users and funding of the systems are among the topics included. (MBR)

Speeches and tutorials of the ASIS Workshop "Quantifying Quality" are summarized. Topics include quantitative methods for measuring performance; queueing theory in libraries; data base value analysis; performance standards for libraries; use of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences in decision making; designing optimal information access…

The welcoming address delivered at the third annual conference of The American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped is reproduced. Available from: American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped, 1600 West Armory Way, Seattle, Washington 98119. (GW)