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This study considers the problem of deciding when a selection test is invalid for members of a minority group. There is both a strong empirical and theoretical basis for rejecting the choice of zero correlation between test and criterion as an appropriate null hypothesis. (Author)

Evaluated a theory of creativity and the different dimensions of the creative individual. (RK)

Provides a rationale for broad-based participation in film selection, and describes how the Co-op carries out its responsibilities for previewing, selecting and distributing 16 mm films. (JB)

It is the purpose of this paper to identify the values and beliefs about fairness which are the bases for several definitions of bias and to provide actual procedures for the practitioner to follow to alleviate bias according to the definition he chooses. (Author)

There has been much debate about whether children's books should show grim reality or a bright view. The author suggests that a book can show both. (10 references) (Author)

This paper presents analyses of separate data on the literature of tropical and subtropical agriculture, and the world literature of agricultural economics and rural socilogy, in relation to Bradford's law. (8 references) (Author/SJ)

Some bracing thoughts and suggested guidelines on the delicate relationship between publishers and reviewers are presented by the president of a small, independent trade house. (Author/KE)

Article seeks to alert educators to the problems resulting from the use of textbooks that are unsatisfactory, and indeed harmful, to members of both majority and minority groups. (Author/GB)

The differences between volunteers and nonvolunteers, when statistically significant, were not sizable, as revealed by the generally small correlation coefficients and omega squares obtained in this study. (Author)

It was hypothesized that adults borrow books from the public library primarily as a result of browsing and that what facilitates browsing will significantly increase circulation. This report is on a study of the effects on public library circulation of putting a group of adult titles in a prime physical location. (15 references) (Author/NH)

The author presents some humorous ideas on the screening and development of programmers." (Author/AK)

The widely accepted approval-plan concept has moved from a lengthy period of discussion of selection responsibility to a few recent studies of the plans' cost, efficiency, and impact on research collections. An annotated list of articles from 1958 to 1972 traces this transformation and identifies the research studies. (34 references) (Author)