A systems approach model was used to develop a multi-media instructional package for a three weeks unit on indexing in a graduate library science course. The instructional package consisted of various combinations of media determined by following a curriculum model. The specific media combinations were cassette tapes to guide students at their own…

The Ingham County, Michigan, Jail Rehabilitation Program is described. Attempting, as it does, to deal constructively with cell- and subsequent street-adjustment, the program is concerned with counseling and rehabilitation, and the provision of a bridge to the community. Efforts have been hindered by the brevity of sentences in a county jail, the…

Over 1300 publications are cited in this bibliography on the American Indians of Oregon. The citations represent the Oregon State Library collection of materials on Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Although the emphasis is on Indians of Oregon, materials about the Indians of California, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and British Columbia are cited…

User needs studies often present figures indicating that documentation services systems which rely on the mails are inherently incapable of effectively supporting more than half of all research and development tasks. In addition to investigating faster ways of transmitting information, DDC has also been developing and testing systems based on…

In Part I of the Session, Network members describe and compare their experiences in utilizing various aspects of the SUNY Retrieval System including "query" cycle, scan statements, author searches, and book files. Machine problems are discussed as well as options on charging for searches, how much information to retrieve, and serving…

Five brief articles provide librarians with information intended to enable them to serve the library needs of the physically handicapped. Presented are the results of a survey of the services and resources available to the physically handicapped in public libraries across Canada. Discussed are recommendations for libraries from national…

The appendices contained in this document are: (1) Elementary Student Information Needs Questionnaire, (2) Library-Information Needs Questionnaire (for secondary students), (3) Elementary Teacher Library Informational Needs Questionnaire, (4) Secondary Teacher Library Informational Needs Questionnaire, (5) Adult Information Needs Interview…

The first section of this precis summarizes the general nature of the present chemical information systems of the world. The discussion is presented in four parts: (1) the primary literature, (2) secondary sources and services, (3) libraries and information centers and (4) other elements categorized as informal communications. The second section…

This progress report covers Project activities and accomplishments during the first six months (June 15 - December 14, 1971) of Phase IV of the Philadelphia Student Library Resources Project. A selected group of Project materials - Demonstration Center plans, evaluation design, program outlines, Community Advisory Board materials, and information…

THE COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF A 5-DAY WORKSHOP CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND UNIVERSITIES WAS PRESENTED. THE PARTICIPANTS CONSISTED OF 54 REPRESENTATIVES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND COMPUTER-ASSOCIATED AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS. TOPICS LISTED ON THE CONFERENCE AGENDA WERE (1) "COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION, LEARNING ASPECTS," (2)…

Describes the teaching program for bibliographic retrieval systems at UCLA which provides for discussion and demonstration of online retrieval techniques in the basic courses and advanced search training in a separate course using a specially prepared training manual. (CWM)

A comparison of the Bradfordian ranking of journals by their production of papers in a subset of psychological literature with the same journals ranked by quality of papers judged by their frequency of citation shows no significant correlation. Quality is more closely related to journal circulation and rejection rates. (Author/MBR)

Presents some data on the relative significance of books, periodicals, and teaching staff, in supporting postgraduate work in the humanities and social sciences in Nigeria. (Author/VT)

The role of the library as an information agency is to buy and publicize the materials that will allow young people to make informed decisions about their own lives. (Author)

Reports experiments with a term weighting model incorporating relevance information in which it is assumed that index terms are distributed dependently. It is argued that, if high recall searches are required, relevance feedback based on the modified dependence model may be superior to the Boolean search. (Author/VT)