Presenting a documentary statement regarding the background of rural youth health needs, this article includes definitions, barriers to health care for the rural poor (poverty, culture, isolation, immobility, and low priority for health services), and some alternatives (self-care, a wider view of health determinants, living patterns, etc.). (JC)

Examines design, features, and shortcomings of eight disk-based operating systems designed for general use that are popular or most likely to affect the future of microcomputing. Included are the CP/M family, MS-DOS, Apple DOS/ProDOS, Unix, Pick, the p-System, TRSDOS, and Macintosh/Lisa. (MBR)

Discusses aspects inherent in maintaining a library position while developing a separate freelance career as exemplified by personal experiences as a children's librarian and freelance storyteller. Potential problems (fatigue, clear boundaries, scheduling) and advantages for the individual (financial security, professional contacts) and the…

Discusses the problems and challenges facing public education, many of which are caused by the public's failure to admit that they pay for what they want and get what they pay for. (FL)

Rapid proliferation of different types of interaction devices that use more natural channels (voice, touch, gesture) for interfacing with the digital medium illustrates the trend towards the creation of more "humane" interaction mechanisms. However, the current historical paradox is that modern technological advances are dramatically…

Factor scores denoting likelihood of becoming personal-problem clients of a counseling center were developed by means of criterion analysis for an entire freshman class. Invitations offering interpretation of orientation tests scores were accepted by a greater percentage of students whose personal-problem factor scores indicated greater likelihood…

There are two principal aspects of automation: the theoretical, or systems area, and the practical or production side. This paper outlines the lessons learned and the problems encountered in planning and implementing an automation program. (Author/NH)

The difficulties of readily obtaining peripheral information and drawbacks of citation searches are discussed. A citation survey of inorganic chemistry journals is compared with previous studies. The publication of a chemical newspaper is proposed. (11 references) (Author)

The university library crisis is twofold: (1) as a product of sheer physical and technological growth and (2) as a questioning of faith or self-confidence. (Author/NH)

The article examines problems facing the university library. (Author/AB)

Employers' perceptions of beginning office workers' problems include lack of knowledge about the labor market, inability to assess personal qualifications and skills, unrealistic occupational aspirations, use of interview techniques, interpersonal relations and work attitudes, and lack of knowledge about those personal qualities and factors…

Provides specific information on varying photographic materials and processes to aid archivists and curators in preserving photograph collections. Preservation problems related to major types of silver prints on paper (salt, albumen, collodion, gelatin) and to the silver image (oxidation, silver sulfide) are covered. Twenty references are cited.…

If zeal and intelligence are common to all forms of giftedness, why is there a problem--a trap--for students who exhibit these traits in an instrumental music program? (RM)