A discussion of a new emphasis for behavior modification which produces behaviors to prompts rather than reaction to information. (HB)

Discusses problems for information management in dealing with multilingual documentation. The planned language, Esperanto, is suggested as a universal working language because of its neutrality, rational structure, clarity, and expressive power. (Author/CWM)

A summary of use of DDC in U.S. and Canadian libraries shows that 85 percent of all libraries use DDC; of these, 75 percent use the most recent full or abridged edition. Divisions needing revision are listed and discussed. Librarians want continuous revision but they do not want numerical designation meanings changed. (Author/MBR)

Decisions regarding budget matters are complex; therefore, information sharing between the executive and legislative branches is helpful and necessary. Budget reforms have been initiated, but future trends indicate the need for flexibility and revision of information pathways. (MBR)

Recommends ways to alleviate the psychological, political, funding, communication, and planning problems which have blocked the full participation of schools in interlibrary networks. The roles of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and NCLIS's Task Force on the role of the school library media programs in networking are…

The author reports on a study to determine the effect of a training program on the rate of praise statements and reprimands of a mother and the subsequent effect upon her daughter's rate of compliance to requests. (MJB)

If American education is to be improved by increasing the impact of theory and research on schooling, then the initiative for change is going to have to come from the major side of the joint enterprise, schools. (Author)

This study tested the feasibility and appropriateness of the process of further developing and strengthening available curricular materials along specified dimensions in an elementary school social studies unit. (DAG)

This is a marketing approach to satisfying the library user. Modern retailing practices, including market research as a basis for planning, are applied to libraries. (JAB)

Provides an account of the feelings, attitudes, frustrations, and successes of members of the University of Connecticut nursing faculty as they experienced the process of major curriculum revision, and discusses some strategies for facilitating the process and coping with its associated stresses. (TA)

By identifying evaluation activity in relation to one or more specified curriculum problems, it should be possible to make evaluation something other than an escape route from uncomfortable criticism or a mirror reflecting only those images that please ourselves. (Author)

This is an account of errors made by the author in his role as organizational change agent working as a process consultant. For each error there is an illustrative case study in which he was directly involved. (Author)

Five basic components of the emerging educational system--forecasts and assessment, program planning, alternative environments, electronics and socialization, and differentiated faculty--summarize both current trends in educational practice and the implications for schools provided by analysts of the radically different society America is…

The discipline of geography has become fragmented by narrow specialization and its boundaries blurred by overlap with neighboring disciplines. Suggestions for reorienting research include increased collaborative projects, more attention to environmental issues, and reemphasis on regional geography. (MSE)

Delegates to a fall 1985 conference of the California Council on the Education of Teachers (CCET) responded to questions regarding the educational impact of events predicted in 1975 by CCET members. Findings are presented, and the usefulness of predicting events and planning strategies to affect their consequences is defended. (MT)