We must give new attention to what our picture books are saying, to whom they are saying it, and how well they are saying it. (Author)

The goal of this methodology is to identify those population center characteristics and those park characteristics that appear to best account for observed variations in aggregate outdoor-recreation trip-making behavior. (RC)

The Technical Report Service of Bell Laboratories specializes in procuring and distributing report literature. (PF)

A general discourse on evaluation of instructional media. (HB)

Article offers an alternative to the checklist most frequently used in the evaluation of nonprint materials. (Author)

A study of attitudes related to varied information exposure styles. (CH)

Decision theory can be applied to four types of decision situations in education and psychology: (1) selection; (2) placement; (3) classification; and (4) mastery. For the application of the theory, a utility function must be specified. Usually the utility function is chosen on a priori grounds. In this paper methods for the empirical assessment…

Presented in nontechnical language, this guide suggests criteria for the selection of three computer hardware essentials--a microcomputer, a monitor, and a printer. Factors to be considered in selecting the microcomputer are identified and discussed, including what the computer is to be used for, dealer support, software availability, modem…

Chief executive officers (CEOs) often select successors who fail. CEOs may choose badly because they cannot foresee the future, recognize the qualities that led them to success, or betray company traditions. Most often, however, they unconsciously wish to prove that no one can do the job as well as they have. (Author/JF)

The need to make conceptual decisions, as well as to judge what is thus brought into the domain of art as good or poor art, is unavoidable. This paper was designed to dramatize these facts and show some of the basic problems encountered in the attempt to do so. (Author/RK)

A discussion of criteria for selection of science books by teachers and librarians, given the limitations of space, funds, and time. (LS)

The Learning Resources Center at the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca had three principles guiding its formation--materials should be: two-year, post-secondary; technical in nature; and related to the broad field of agriculture. The various types of materials in the collection are described. (AG)

Special issue on sex education in France. (HW)