This comprehensive treatment of the state of the publishing industry in Tanzania provides a general description of the book trade in Africa, including discussions of the types of publishers active in Africa and of the recording of African publishing output, and a review of publishing activities in Tanzania, which covers the history of Tanzanian…

This paper discusses the utility, versatility, and pros and cons of the formal performance appraisal as one of the tools of management by objectives (MBO). Rather than rating the traits of an employee, performance appraisal based on MBO rates an employee's achievements toward both his professional goals and institutional goals. The paper outlines…

Questionnaires were sent to the office of academic affairs or its equivalent in each of the 89 U.S. academic members of the Association of Research Libraries to elicit the opinions of non-library university administrators on the issue of faculty status for academic librarians. Data gathered from 32 state institutions and 15 private institutions…

Gives employment opportunity information in the following fields where foreign language can be used as an auxiliary skill: 1) Business, Industry, Commerce; 2) Civil Service; 3) Education; 4) Law; 5) Library Science; 6) Media; 7) Science; 8) Service; 9) Social Sciences; 10) Travel, Tourism. The fields of foreign language teaching and interpretation…

Eighty-four children's science books are rated and reviewed by children's librarians and science specialists. Price and age level are given for each book. Included is an essay on the need for making children's books interesting to children. (SL)

This publication identifies those media specialist services present in exemplary media center programs, listed separately as they are directed toward students, teachers, or administrators. A monthly plan for media center activities and suggestions for compiling media statistics are included. Also provided are an evaluation instrument for use by…

This is the expanded third edition of a book that lists research, organizations, and publications in the field of communications. The book's first three sections are guides to research, listing universities with communications research programs, nonacademic institutions that conduct communications research, and organizations that support…

Censorship of books and learning materials is a growing trend nationwide, according to responses from a 1980 survey of 1,891 public elementary and secondary school administrators and library personnel from across the country and of state administrators overseeing evaluation and adoption of textbooks in 21 states. This summary and interpretation of…

This full report of a nationwide survey provides data on the range of procedures and policies currently followed in selecting textbooks and other instructional materials, the extent to which these materials have been challenged, and the resolution of such challenges. The survey sample comprised school administrators and library personnel from…

Designed to help librarians identify Appalachian novels in an existing school library collection (grades 5-12), the 291 books included in this checklist have been chosen from 7 commonly available bibliographic tools, were published between 1902 and 1979, and contain subject matter dealing with the area of southern Appalachia which encompasses…

Eight teams of Indiana secondary school librarians and social studies teachers participating in a 5-week workshop produced summaries of curriculum units and teaching aids to be used in their schools during 1981-82. Designed to maximize the use of available library resources, the cooperative projects are reported to serve as a stimulus and a guide…

This bulletin prepared by the Media and Library Advisory Committee to the State Board of Education of Illinois provides descriptions of task competencies and responsibilities for library and media staff members. The first of three sections delineates the professional responsibilities of media specialists in areas of administrative and curricular…

This module, Community Resources, is one of five from Project DECIDE, which was created to design, develop, write, and implement materials to provide adult basic education administrators, instructors, para-professionals, and other personnel with curriculum to accompany the Indiana Adult Basic Education Curriculum Guide, "Learning for Everyday…