First of a series of articles reporting on a project sponsored by the Association of American Publishers to improve relations between publishers and elementary and secondary school purchasing authorities. (MLF)

Reports and discusses the results of a questionnaire survey of journal editors designed to familiarize nurse authors with many health-related journals. Provides guidelines for the selection of a journal in which to publish along with some insight into the publication process. A chart comparing 65 nursing and health journals is included. (Editor/TA)

Details the results of a survey of 133 University of Kansas journalism majors' reasons for choosing the field. (KS)

Describes the strategies behind signing bonuses, with an overview of which companies are using such bonuses to lure employees into their workforce. Discusses how graduates from some schools expect bonuses, the dollar amount of bonuses, ways in which bonuses are paid out, the growing use of bonuses, and some of the rules behind signing bonuses.…

Smaller government and community service initiatives mean public administrators must increase citizen volunteer involvement. They should adopt successful techniques from volunteer administrators for recruiting, selecting, motivating, training, and developing volunteers. (SK)

Presents substantial annotations of outstanding nonfiction books for children published in 1996, including the 1997 Orbis Pictus Award winner and three 1997 Orbis Pictus Honor books. Presents annotations of 14 other outstanding nonfiction titles, grouped in the following categories: understanding the natural world; looking critically at history;…

Presents brief annotations of 49 illustrated children's books, categorized into the following groupings: multicultures, odds and ends, solutions, animals, individuals, celebrations, and settings. (SR)

Offers suggestions for selecting school library furniture and equipment. Describes various models of computer workstations; reading tables and chairs; and shelving. Sidebar lists names and addresses of library furniture manufactures and distributors. (AEF)

Developmental assessment centers focus on helping existing staff improve job performance. These centers are most effective when they combine clear, precise feedback with pragmatic, on-the-job follow-up, although they do cost more to operate. (SK)

Interviews with 6 managers and 18 nonmanagers in clerical-administrative positions indicated the following: (1) they saw their role as either intelligent support, technical, advisor, or multiskilled pivotal employee; (2) duties depended on relationships with other workers; and (3) nonmanagers had a narrower vision of competence. (SK)

Offers brief annotations of 99 newly published children's and young adults' trade books, voted on by school children from across the United States as their favorites. Presents books in groups for beginning readers (ages 5-6), young readers (ages 6-8), intermediate readers (ages 8-10), and advanced readers (ages 10-13). (SR)

A solo is a group member who is perceptually distinctive because of a salient characteristic. African American and White adults (n=111) viewed photographs of solos and indicated whether they would be selected for work group membership on the basis of ability or affirmative action. Implications for organizational settings are discussed. (SLD)

Investigates book selection strategies of fourth graders involved in a literature-based reading program. Examines types of information that guided the students' selections. Finds that the program was a motivating factor for students because their attitudes toward reading improved. Notes that to maximize reading growth, students should be reading…

A rigorous method is outlined for using information from a previous study and explicitly taking into account the variability of an effect size estimate when determining sample size for a chi-squared test. This approach assures that the average power of all experiments in a discipline attains the desired level. (SLD)