Discusses the impact of fellowship programs that send scientists and engineers to work in United States congressional offices. (SL)

Reports that total research and development (R&D) spending for the United States is expected to reach $40.8 billion in 1977, up 9 percent from 1976, according to National Science Foundation (NSF) figures. Employment opportunities for scientists and engineers should be improving. (SL)

Provides the syllabus for a course which examines the role of creative thinking with the scientific method and the interrelationship of science and society. (CP)

In determining how to allocate resources, focus must be placed on the tradeoffs between utilization of already-established courses within a college of pharmacy (or the university) and the design of a totally new group of courses for the training of clinical scientists. Most necessary courses are already available. (Author/LBH)

The Special Libraries Association 1987 conference had the theme "Global Information Access--Expanding Our World." Topics discussed included: information access in the Third World, the value of information professionals, copyright fees and fair use, CD-ROM technology, and military libraries. (EM)

Introduces the concept of state-forbidden research terrains and examines one such terrain in detail: post-revolutionary Cuba. Examines how U.S. decision makers create and maintain forbidden research terrain and explores the consequences of Cuba's closure to social science investigation. Suggests actions that social scientists might take to open up…

Describes the reduced employment opportunities for library and information science professionals in the United Kingdom as a result of financial constraints and restructuring in the public and private sectors. The need to train students in skills required by employers to meet employment demands is discussed. (40 references) (CLB)

Poses several questions about some of the factors that contribute to creativity in humans. Provides a variety of possible psychological, cultural, and biological reasons for creative discoveries. Offers testimonies by several renowned artists, scientists, and psychologists. (TW)

Previous studies of scientists' movements in academic jobs found no evidence that research activity affects attainments. This study found a significant effect of productivity on the prestige of the destination department during job moves. Influential factors were prestige of prior job, prestige of doctoral department, and number of articles…

Reports findings of study of information brokers in Victoria, Australia, which identified services offered by individual brokers and information brokerage businesses, resources used to provide those services, their clientele and pricing strategies, the attributes needed for a successful broker, and relationships between brokers and traditional…

Reviews literature on the relationship of gender and science. Identifies four basic approaches: (1) the recovery of forgotten scientific achievements by women; (2) analysis of the history of women's participation in scientific institutions; (3) examination of how science has defined the nature of women; and (4) analysis of the masculinist nature…

All articles by Whites about Black Americans published in two top sociological journals from their founding through 1979 were analyzed. Correlations drawn between author's birthplace and methodology, topic, and decade of publication. White researchers generally react to current racial discord and reflect predominant cultural definitions of race…

Maintains that the myth that there is no politics of science is dangerous because the denial prevents the establishment of measures to democratically control the influence. Examines the role behavior of scientists, science as a social phenomenon, and the institutional context of science in the United States. (JDH)

Reviews legal requirements for use of social science expertise in environmental impact statements and reasons for the general failure to include such input. Explores possibilities for improving social science involvement including legal challenges, cooperation with environmental and public interest groups, objective research, and more adversarial…

Addresses these three questions: (1) What are the roles of analytical chemists in industry? (2) What training is needed to fill assignments which make up these roles? and (3) What are some of the major challenges facing analytical chemists during the next five years? Includes information about a workshop for students. (JN)