Notes that the influential periodical has shifted its emphasis from informative articles to theoretical ones and has become more parochial and less cosmopolitan. (FL)

The Fall River Institute for Leadership was established in 1984 to aid administrators in learning about recent studies, programs, and practices in the field of leadership development and to help Fall River's 102 administrators refine their leadership skills. This article provides an overview of the institute's program. (MT)

This examination of agency fee waiver guidelines for public interest groups within the context of the Freedom of Information Act found that the lack of consistent guidelines inhibited the use of the act by public interest requesters. Efforts to limit types of information available under the act are described. (CLB)

Suggests ways for instructional design consultants to develop people skills and foster successful client relationships: take win-win approach; match consulting models; study clients as you study problems; build common ground; study organizations as you study clients; be respectful, trustworthy, informative, slow to judge; express your needs, and…

The overabundance of information resources and the inadequacy of current information retrieval methods are considered with special reference to the scholarly record of the health sciences. Both formal and informal means for finding information and for keeping abreast of new knowledge are reviewed, with practical suggestions for lightening the…

Provides an annotated bibliography of texts, periodicals, and tradebooks that focus on adolescent literature. (HOD)

Provides names and addresses of information centers around the world that work in the area of primary education. (FL)

Provides overall picture of growth of librarianship and information science literature (academic research and practitioner's literature) and various outlets available for reporting research findings, with special emphasis on United States and Great Britain. Discussion covers ways in which research may be undertaken and dissemination of research…

Discusses different cultural and mass media, types of ownership, and organizational goals and strategies. Suggests that the "profit or perish" motive in the book publishing industry and the rise of communications conglomerates have not necessarily diminished the vitality or number of ideas in the marketplace. (PD)

Examines the implications of electronic networking and database services for adult learners. Explores the feasibility and ramifications of electronic networking and communication with other students and with faculty in a computer network and the implications of being able to access elaborate databases in conducting research, writing essays, or…

Reveals that while the accessibility to information of influential members of a community was high and generally similar for all sources, certain types of information were more accessible through some sources than were others. (FL)

Defines mobilizing information (MI) as any information that allows people to act on the attitudes and desires they already have. Concludes that MI is missing in news of political controversy at least in part because journalists decided to withhold it. (FL)

Analysis of eight magazine articles on tropical rain deforestation indicates that almost half the pertinent information concerning the subject is missing. (FL)

Attempts to define the information needs of earth science engineers: mining, engineering, geology, soil and rock mechanics. (Author)

This brief document provides the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) mission statement, information about AACC as an organization, AACC departments, contacts, projected revenues and expenditures 2004-2005. It also includes a section on community college facts "at a glance," which provides statistics on the number and type of…