Reports the results of a survey that examined educational media usage and preference by teachers. Reasons for the increasing use of computers and videotape cassette recorders over traditional media are identified, and the need for media courses in teacher education curricula is discussed. (CLB)

Presents a model that calculates the conditions under which a library may adopt a highly service-oriented online catalog access policy at minimum additional cost. The use of arrival rates, service rates, and queueing calculations to arrive at a cost-effective policy is explained. (Author/CLB)

The first article describes SPORT, a database providing international coverage of athletics and physical education, and compares it to other online services in terms of coverage, thesauri, possible search strategies, and actual usage. The second article reviews available online information on sports medicine. (CLB)

Describes the results of a study of computer usage at school and at home by 1,747 students between 14 and 18 years old in the United Kingdom. Highlights include gender differences and issues related to the developmental sequence in usage from computer games to more complete uses of computer facilities. (Author/LRW)

Results of a national survey of 14,000 microcomputer owners provide a profile of the typical microcomputer owner as well as information on software and peripheral spending patterns and brand ownership, owner system and software satisfaction, and owner spending plans. Future market and ownership trends are discussed. (MBR)

Examines contributions which instructional television offers to the educational process: inspires teachers and students with new ideas and approaches; encourages techers who may lack confidence to tackle new subject areas; and provides instructional support material for new subject areas at no cost. Illustrative examples of these contributions are…

Describes development and utilization of microcomputer center at Nyack Hospital which decentralized information processing and implemented small-scale automation. Highlights include microcenter's role in: (1) training hospital staff in using database management; (2) providing advice, software/hardware evaluations, and purchasing assistance; and…

Differences between Anglos and Mexican Americans were examined for three measures of social support--organizational membership, contact with friends and relatives, and sources of socioemotional and instrumental aid. Most initial ethnic differences disappeared when the effects of age, gender, education, income, and marital status were controlled.…

Describes a case study which used the Agency for Instructional Television instructional development model to develop a television series on economics. Findings show how the model guided the series, its advantages, and its strengths and limitations, and identifies discrepancies between ideal use of instructional development and actual application.…

Reports that coders were able to judge adequately the difference between immediate reward and delayed reward in news stories but not the difference between subcategories. (FL)

Describes a collection of techniques used to increase use of skills learned in a training program for the staff of a motor freight common carrier company; briefly summarizes nature of the training program, its rationale, target population, content and delivery methods; and summarizes the training program's effects on employee performance. (MBR)

A survey of University of Sydney library users shows the library holds 90 percent of the items sought, but more than a quarter of the catalog searches and almost half the shelf searches fail. Overall, 36 percent of users seeking a known item will leave without finding it. (MSE)

Review of research on online public access catalogs sponsored by Council on Library Resources notes the scope and method (questionnaires administered to catalog users and nonusers in 29 participating institutions) and findings and applications (including organizational setting and computer system, catalog use and satisfaction, and implications).…

Concludes that researchers cannot predict subjects' reactions to television programs from a knowledge of their viewing orientations. (FL)

Concludes that television viewers seek and obtain more personal, entertaining, and humanistic elements from "Good Morning America" than from "Today." (FL)