This book is a hands-on guide to the philosophy and practice of young adult services in the public libraries. The following chapters are included: (1) "Young Adult Services Philosophy," including reasons to serve teens, why teens are the way they are, who serves young adults, and how to interact with teens; (2) "Youth Participation," including…

A method of organization of self-instructional units into tiers corresponding to different levels of advancement is described. This arrangement offers greatly increased flexibility in course design, determination of rate and depth of study by both student and teacher, and a resource for continuing education. (Editor)

Author believes that universities are failing their responsibilities for filling the demand for leaders in continuing education programs. This failure results in part from institutions of higher learning that purport to provide leadership training but actually are inadequately staffed with faculty competent to teach leadership. (Author/CB)

Describes the presentation of two design programs in the 1971-72 academic year. Indicates that faculty member participants could keep up-to-date and expand their teaching skill by making use of these activities. (CC)

Predicts that extension education services will be part of the university curriculum and a responsibility of the university administration. Paper presented at the NUEA Joint Regional Conference on November 30, 1972, in San Francisco. (DS)

Recommends a new conception of "educational personnel, which would reveal the irrelevance of such traditional dualisms as instructional-noninstructional, professional-nonprofessional, and preservice-inservice and would free educators to concentrate on more vital issues, several of which are discussed. (JES)

A response to Theodore Hipple's The English Teacher Should Major in Education" ( English Education," vol. 2, no. 1 (Fall 1970), pp. 35-9). (RD)

Describes an audit checklist developed by the Mahoning Shenango Area Health Education Network to identify continuing education needs of nurses. This checklist was then piloted in four community hospitals, and data collected will be used in planning future programs. (NRJ)

As a result of a survey of 580 top human services organization executives in six New York State metropolitan areas, it is recommended that agency management personnel improve the breadth and depth of their management, leadership, and administrative skills. Few major curriculum changes were recommended, and time and financial constraints were seen…

Thirty physicians' perceptions of their rates of prescribing an antianxiety drug were found to differ from their actual rates. When informed of this discrepancy, significant changes in prescribing behavior occurred. Implications for continuing medical education are discussed. (MSE)

The acceptability and effectiveness of a professional continuing education course using independent study of professional journal articles to fulfill mandatory continuing education requirements is examined. Results show the course to be a satisfactory method of independent study and acceptable to pharmacists of all practices, experience, or…

Summarizes a study conducted on a group of bibliographic instruction librarians from academic libraries in Pennsylvania to determine their backgrounds, their perceptions regarding the adequacy of their training for bibliographic instruction, and their needs for additional training. Data are summarized in 12 tables and a 9-item reference list is…

Discusses a meeting which provided administrators and faculty with experiences in analyzing problems teacher education faculty members experience in research universities. A case study approach was used to examine common organizational problems in secondary education and to propose solutions. Case study tasks, procedures, and results of the…

Reviews the new communications technologies, both linking and self-contained, and offers guidelines for their application to continuing medical education. (SK)