Discusses objective and subjective standards for library selection of new periodicals. Twenty-four recommended magazines published for the first time in 1986 or 1987 are reviewed under subject headings which included satire, lifestyles, life and art, comics, health, and literary criticism and music. Ordering information for the magazines is…

Considers both validity and reliability simultaneously in selecting the best short forms (SFs) of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Results indicate that incorporating reliability as a criterion has a dramatic impact on the obtained best SFs. (LLL)

Analyzes the simplified approach to applying the Cleary Model of personnel selection tests recommended by Lawshe (1983) and Reynolds (1980, 1982). Analysis indicated that the simplified method can produce misleading results. (LLL)

Basic information is listed including publisher, author, title, and date of publication for new books. (Author/AP)

The field of curriculum is moribund due to an inveterate and unexamined reliance on inappropriate and inadequate theories. (CK)

Unfeeling methods used by educators when considering a prospective teacher for employment are unfair. Long periods of waiting for the decision of a personnel director are unnecessary. (CK)

Questioned is the lack of evidence on the usefulness of the new media. (RY)

Picture searching is discussed as a special intellectual discipline for which no specific education or established requirements exist at present. Certain techniques are discussed, which the author feels should be familiar to an individual who wishes to establish himself as a professional picture searcher. (Author)

The author discusses his suggestion that videotapes be made of a teacher candidate's teaching performance. (AK)

This study suggests that training programs which seek to train their students on the facilitative conditions can improve their selection procedures by employing a training analogue. Psychologically, the analogue method mitigates the effect of the varying levels of naivete among the prospective trainees. (Author)

This article is a sort of a questionaire that was sent out to English and Social Studies chairman and Audio Visual directors. It generally shows that more things need to be done to improve the schools but with less money. (Editor/MR)

Comments on cost of purchasing new anthologies containing same selections each year; suggests compiling permanent core of selections in a volume for use throughout secondary grades; to be supplemented with paperbacks. (RT)

The article provides information about contemporary trends in philosophy to assist librarians in the selection of materials in this subject area. The annotated bibliography illustrates the theory of the essay. (Author/NH)