Considers how communication scholars who write a large number of articles remains the same, despite changes to ranking methods. Finds that there is a substantial similarity between authors who are frequently cited by others and the number of articles that have been published by these authors. Discusses how the most frequently published authors of…

Presents results of a survey of five volumes of the "Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS)," one for each decade of JASIS's existence. Discusses findings related to growth of JASIS and authorship, national versus international authorship, coauthoring of papers, author productivity, author gender, author…

Describes how the innovative children's librarian, Katherine Watson, of the Denver (CO) Public Library surveyed famous American men and women in 1929-1930 about their favorite children's books to inspire young readers. Discusses Watson's idea that became children's book week, a book talk with local children's authors, a traveling collection of…

Annotates 41 Web sites that contain information on children's authors and illustrators that can be used to supplement print resources in school library media centers. Includes collective sites, individual sites, and publisher's sites. (LRW)

Four treatment groups of university graduate students were asked to evaluate a paragraph criticizing psychology's treatment of women. Each group was told the paragraph was written by one of four "authors": (1) radical feminist female professor; (2) female professor; (3) male professor; and (4) professor. Groups evinced no significant…

Presents responses of directors of five undergraduate and postgraduate children's literature programs to questions concerning whether their courses explore the work of living writers, whether students elect to study and write about these authors, and whether students prefer to write in areas where a body of criticism already exists. (RS)

States that 1998 marks the 70th anniversary of Wanda Gag's picture book, "Millions of Cats" and that Wanda considered herself an artist rather than a writer of children's books. Recounts events in her early life; discusses why her book became a classic. Lists seven classic elements in the book and seven questions for stimulating student response.…

Discusses using the Internet to bring together students from classrooms at opposite ends of the country, and with diverse ethnic makeup, to join in a discussion and examination of their responses to a text by an African-American author. Examines the successes and failures of this project. Discusses the technical and institutional support that made…

Researchers, journal editors, textbook authors, and those responsible for writing publication manuals must work together to enhance the thoughtful reporting of statistical results and to make clear the necessity for reporting effect sizes. (SLD)

Suggests that researchers should report the results of appropriate significance tests and the effect sizes associated with each test. Discusses the roles of textbook authors, publication manuals, and journal editors in leading the movement to better statistical reporting. (SLD)

Presents an interview with Jack Gantos, author of many award-winning books for children and young people. Talks about the sources of his stories, his early family life, and becoming a writer. (SR)

The lessons offered are in three groups: basic lessons related to social behaviors; lessons related to the basic mechanics of putting together a paper to submit to a journal; and lessons regarding matching the study to the substantive and stylistic preferences of a particular journal. (SM)

Studies the authorship patterns since the 1970s of the "Journal of College Student Development," and the "NASPA Journal." Results reveal a trend toward an increased incidence of collaborative authorship as well as a relative decrease in authorship by professional administrators and an increase in authorship by graduate…

Explores the issues surrounding the creation and publishing of electronic texts. Highlights include electronic scholarly monograph publishing in the United Kingdom; the role of the publisher, including university presses and publishers in North America; author responsibilities; and users. (Contains 25 references.) (LRW)

Examines writers' growing awareness of the voices if the victims, exploring the representation of characters who resist subjugating colonial powers and tracing how various past and present authors have represented colonized peoples. By refocusing postmodern readers' consciousness on the violation of rights, authors reeducate and sensitize them to…