Describes a multi-media individualized approach to reading instruction for non-English-speaking children of Filipino descent in an Hawaii elementary school. (TO)

The communications center serves to produce teacher-constructed mediated materials; to distribute materials by dial access video and audio information retrieval, closed circuit television and portable equipment; and as an instructional center. (NH)

Cites purposes and aims of the Miller-Unruh Reading Act of 1965 and explains the roles of teachers and other school personnel in implementing suitable reading programs during the first year of its operation. (MD)

Using Social Judgment Analysis, tenure policies were derived for three academic librarians. These policies show wide discrepancies in the way the librarians evaluated hypothetical candidates for tenure. A candidate rating sheet is presented to show how the derived policies can be used to rate candidates more consistently (17 references). (EJS)

Presents research design applicable to definition of minority library service needs for any minority language group in Canada, focusing on French-speaking population outside Quebec. Profiles of the target group's population, culture, needs, and library services are highlighted. Five sources are given. (EJS)

This article suggests use of information officers as means of making social science information system more human and discusses benefits resulting from their introduction in academic environment based on British experience. Nature of social sciences and scientists, information retrieval, and role of information officers are noted. Thirty-three…

Examines preconceptions of censorship, citing problems posed to librarians and teachers. Highlights include censored books; individual censors (including the Gablers); organized groups (including Save Our Schools (SOS), Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, and the Moral Majority); teacher and librarian censors (moral, literary, sociological); and those…

The limitations of microcomputers, their potential uses on college campuses, and what should be considered when purchasing them are discussed. Specific uses of microcomputer networks, including one at Kansas City Kansas Community College, are outlined. (Author/MLW)

Discusses secondary data analysis and reanalysis of machine-readable data as supplements to traditional teaching methods in the social sciences, highlighting types of secondary data, levels of instructional use, housing data in archives, housing codebooks in library stacks, and contributions of archivists and librarians to teaching. Seventeen…

Discusses general reasons why career patterns should be considered by library administrators, presents the findings of the Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) study, and makes recommendations for library administrators concerning personnel policies as they are affected by an understanding of career variables. Included are 19…

Contributors suggest ways to (1) phrase reading for second-language learners, (2) improve comprehension through creative mapping, (3) improve student "browsing" skills in a library, and (4) help students overcome writer's block. (FL)

Examines the capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility of the Stanford Public Information Retrieval System (SPIRES), an online information retrieval system producing a variety of printed products, and notes its use in the Title I Evaluation Clearinghouse, advantages of SPIRES, programing, and availability. Eleven references and a five-item…

This essay and 48-item annotated bibliography provide information on potential problems of computer terminal use--cathode ray tube, video display unit, video display terminal--in libraries. Information on ergonomics (matching people to machines in humane way), eyes and vision, and radiation is included. (EJS)

A survey designed to investigate how challenges to school library materials relate to the overall selection process found that (1) the number of challenges increased steadily with increasing grade level; (2) local challenges were more restrictive than state challenges; and (3) active challenges affected administrators' selection, making them more…