Presents and analyzes data on sources of research and development (R&D) funds; R&D spending by government agencies; how industry apportions its R&D outlays; spending by individual chemical companies; manpower in industrial R&D; sources/uses of academic R&D funds; largest spenders on R&D; and demographic trends. (JN)

Explores ethical issues for online searchers that are exacerbated by the searcher's gatekeeper function--searcher competence, searcher bias, inaccurate search results, misuse of search results by client, and privacy and confidentiality. A model for ethical decision making is presented and a list of guidelines for ethical conduct is suggested. (EJS)

Relates how Charles Martin Hall discovered the method of making pure aluminum metal in 1886. Retraces the events and steps that led to the process of aluminum purification. Includes diagrams of the apparatus used in the investigations. (ML)

Describes the origin, function, and involvements of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). Outlines SCOPE's governing principles and explains its operating procedures. Provides summaries of current projects, with a listing of available reports and publications. (ML)

Reports results of two-phase study of size and composition of U.S. online database production organizations. Comparison of 1982 and 1984 data for online database producers to determine number of personnel employed in intellectual production of databases permitted identification of employment trends, which forms focus of discussion. (6 references)…

Probes publishing and citing patterns of Indian space scientists and engineers, highlighting productivity; sources in which published and from where cited; frequency distributions of publishing in and citing from journals and conference proceedings; frequency distribution of number of references cited and self-citations; comparison of citing and…

This essay examines the probable future of academic libraries and discusses the impact that Information Resources Management will have on public libraries, library schools, and academic libraries. The need for information specialists and implications for academic libraries of the 1990s are noted. (EJS)

Provides salary data obtained from an American Chemical Society survey of chemical professionals. Indicates that salaries of experienced bachelor's, master's, and doctoral chemists increased between March 1983 and March 1984, but not as much as in the previous 12 months. Salaries of new bachelor's and doctoral chemists also rose. (JN)

Summarizes activities of the Macy Foundation (including a symposium and a meeting) which focused on various issues related to women in science. Included are discussions of major symposium topics (such as the differential in research productivity between male and female scientists) as well as symposium recommendations. (JN)

From scholarly discourse to the latest issues in readers' advisory services, this guide provides up-to-date information on the many challenges of the practice, as well as on interdisciplinary directions, continuing education, and the gap in graduate professional education for readers' advisory. The book's 16 chapters are organized into three main…

The tables contained in this document present data on the characteristics of men and women who received a bachelor's or master's degree in a science or engineering field from academic institutions in the U.S. during the 1992-93 and 1993-94 academic years. The data were collected in 1995 and 1996 and reflect the status of individuals as of April…

Programs developing and supporting partnerships between scientists and elementary and secondary school classrooms have been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as other federal funding agencies. This document reports on a study exploring the impacts, challenges, and strategies of programs that link science graduate and…

A huge investment in public funding, approximately 10 million dollars for the 2002 fiscal year, has been dedicated to the implementation of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 (GK-12) program. In these GK-12 programs, graduate level scientists known as Graduate Teaching Fellows are placed in K-12 science…

As use of the Internet grows as a research tool, patrons have become increasingly less dependent on librarians and other expert intermediaries. Examining the quality of on-line searches, this paper argues that researchers and other Internet users do not look for and hence do not find the best resources. For two days in early November 1998, all…

Market research has been undertaken in preparation for a new postgraduate program in "Information and Knowledge Management" to be taught by the staff at the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University (England). The research was needed to shape the curriculum and to define program parameters. This paper presents the…