Following an explanation of how merchandise is a more effective reward than money, this article points out specific advantages of cash rewards and merchandise rewards. It is noted that, while people say they prefer cash rewards, the merchandise awards are more meaningful and motivating. (LRA)

Recipient of a research award from the 28th Progressive Architecture Awards is a teaching guide that begins with sections on aesthetic perception and ways to discover the environment and moves through styles and development patterns within cities to planning issues related to preservation. (Author/MLF)

Arrayed along pedestrian streets are eight interdependent houses that provide 58 units of apartment housing for 220 men and women students at Princeton University. (Author/MLF)

Amelia E. Walden has offered the American Library Association $50,000 to establish a young adult book award in her name. This article examines the controversy surrounding the proposed award, focusing on two of its requirements: popularity, and a positive approach to life. Questions the need for another award and challenges the appropriateness of…

"Hometown Values" (Eric Ries) profiles the American Vocational Association's Vocational Teacher of the Year Mary Hairald; "The Great Persuader" (Ann Dykman) presents Mary Monroe Shumway, Outstanding Vocational Educator; and "Tough Love" (Julie Parsons) interviews the Outstanding New Vocational Teacher, Janet Cundiff.…

Describes the five winners of the APPA's Effective & Innovative Practices Award. These facilities management programs and processes were recognized for enhancing service delivery, lowering costs, increasing productivity, improving customer service, generating revenue, or otherwise benefiting the educational institution. (EV)

Discusses winners of the National Information Infrastructure Awards and examines some of the current problems with World Wide Web pages for public libraries. Gophers are discussed, and the heavy use of graphics that prohibits the use of a non-graphical Web browser is considered. (LRW)

Describes the characteristics and job responsibilities of Susan Knoche, a medical library assistant at James H. Quillen College of Medicine Library, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Johnson City, TN who was voted paraprofessional of the year 2003 by Library Journal judges. Highlights include the variety of responsibilities she has held in…

Describes an award-winning training program for managers and supervisors in Rolls Royce's Research and Development department. What impressed the judges were efforts to make the training relevant to working life, relevance and imaginative design of the training, and its benefits including reduction of engine build time. (JOW)

Presents transcript of an interview with Robert Cormier, winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for authors of books for young adults. Various aspects of Cormier's works are discussed, including realism; characterization; the darker themes that he uses and their origins; the influence of Catholicism; and censorship. (LRW)

Denounces the treatment of Ronald Takaki's "Strangers from a Different Shore" by members of the Association of Asian American Studies who criticized it on grounds of scholarly ethics. (DM)

A social historian and anthropologist whose unpublished work was used without permission in Ronald Takaki's "Strangers from a Different Shore" criticizes the author's lack of care in footnoting and attribution. (DM)

Discusses the lack of minority representation of both authors and protagonists in the Newbery Medal books which are recognized as the most distinguished contributions to American children's literature. Topics include the subjectivity involved in deciding what book is distinguished enough for an award and older books that have racial stereotypes.…

Announces four certificates of excellence awards for renovated or newly constructed school buildings in Lombard and Elgin, Illinois; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Houston, Texas. Certificates of merit were awarded schools in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts; Celina, Ohio; and Austin and Houston, Texas. Judges' comments are provided. (MLH)