Offers advice from library professionals to help library school graduates make good impressions at their first professional job interviews. Based on personal interviewing practices and the preferences of library professionals, suggestions are made to help job candidates with interview behavior, dress, and conversation. A sidebar lists seven tips…

An autobiography of a female ecologist working in the Costa Rican rainforest is provided as an inspiration for girls. The scientist briefly tells her life story and describes her research activities. (LZ)

Vocational interests of librarians and information scientists were studied using the American College Testing (ACT) Interest Inventory and a job activity questionnaire. A significant difference was found between the past and present placement of libraries on the ACT World-of-Work Map, but the ACT indicated that the two groups share essentially…

Scientist William J. Dreyer has hypothesized that the cell surface proteins in the nose that detect odors also help assemble embryos. These olfactory receptors and related proteins act as identifiers, much like the last few digits of a telephone number, that help cells to find their intended neighbors in a developing embryo. Discusses the research…

Proposes a formula for the ranking of scientists based on diachronous citation counts. Generalizes the fact that the citation-generation potential is not the same for all papers, and states that the proposed method of ranking does not replace peer review, but rather acts as an aid for them. (Author/LRW)

As part of a longitudinal study, 40 high-achieving scientists in Germany were identified and compared with a nationally representative sample. Among predictor variables were high academic achievement, curricular and extracurricular involvement in the natural sciences and mathematics during adolescence, and an inclination toward intellectual…

This tribute to Robert Fairthorne, a pioneer of information science, who died May 24, 2000. Honors his achievements, awards, years spent at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, theoretical papers published over twenty years, and his Canfield research in the United States. Highlights his transition from Aeronautical Research to Information Science.…

Describes the major contributions to optics of Ibn al-Haytham, prolific Arab scientist. Recent partial translation of his "Book of Optics" enables an accounting of his work and provides the opportunity to connect this historical personage and his contributions to the current debates on multicultural science teaching. Contains 18 references. (DDR)

Presents an abstract of a planned session on teaching knowledge management, including knowledge management for information professionals; differences between teaching knowledge management in library schools and in business schools; knowledge practices for small groups; and current research. (LRW)

Presents an opportunity for students to become better acquainted with inventors and their work, examine past discoveries, and pursue new ideas. (ASK)

Uses excerpts from writings of great scientists and philosophers as handouts to supplement text and lectures on environmental science for nonscience majors requiring a laboratory course. (Author/YDS)

Explores how science and scientists were produced and reproduced within the setting of a university biology department. Explores the reflexive questions of whether increased female representation in science changed science practice and whether changing science practice increased women's representation in science. (Contains 54 references.)…

Describes economic and professional difficulties experienced by scientists in Russia today and reports on efforts to reverse these trends in places such as Akademgorodok, a community with 35 research institutes, academies of agriculture and medicine, and a state university. Reports such positive trends as declining numbers of scientists departing…

Stresses a different non-traditional model of science: the looseness of the knowledge held, the idiosyncratic methods by which it is obtained, and the personal way in which it is used to solve problems. Further stresses the importance of tacit knowledge and the affective driving force. Argues for the inclusion of authentic science in school…

Provides several tips for scientists who work with children. Points out the differences between audiences of adults and children and includes a chart of some general characteristics of children by grade levels. (DDR)