A study was conducted to determine the relationship of changes in business letter writing in organizations utilizing word processing to selected characteristics of the organization. One of the study conclusions was that there was a greater use of direct telephone dictation and a decrease in the use of personal handwriting. (JH)

The type and frequency of a variety of clerical errors were investigated in protocols from the 1949 and 1974 editions of the WISC. Potential consequences of such errors and a discussion of ways to lower the rate are presented. (Author)

Gives a schedule of training programs held at 18 institutes in Great Britain to provide "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2" updating workshops for practicing catalogers. The schedule lists name of institution, date, location, type of course (nonbook media is emphasized), length, and desired clientele. (SW)

Surveys library technology in India, and describes the various documentation, bibliographic, and information retrieval services currently in operation, including those programs which train information professionals. A bibliography, appendix of definitions, and list of computer programs are given. (FM)

Investigates performance of 8, 10, 12 year olds and adults on cognitive tasks in terms of several processing-speed measures, each of which may change independently with age. Results underscore the complexity of developmental change in processing efficiency. (Author/RH)

Defines a "communicate"--the objectification of a subject's internal model of the object of reality by means of a certain set of physical signs--and examines its information value with relation to intelligent systems. (CWM)

Considers the implications of possible policy initiatives in the United States in light of Swedish experience in dealing with the privacy of computerized records. (CWM)

It is suggested that most of the things people learn are not taught; they are learned by induction. Learning and teaching theories are analyzed with a focus on the induction theory and its implications. The symbol processing carried out by computers is used as a point for comparison. (JMD)

Describes a grass-roots organization open to all educational administrators, however junior, in the member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. (Editor/RK)

Assesses the effect of an additional year of institutionalization on the dichotic listening performance of paranoid schizophrenics. (Author/RK)

To determine whether perceptual asymmetries for faces occur at early or late stages of stimulus analysis, subjects compared the members of a pair of faces which appeared in the right or left visual field, either to each other or to a previously presented sample. (Editor)

When shown a pair of digits and asked to select the larger of the two, subjects make their choice more quickly as the numerical difference between the digits increases. Presents and tests a semantic coding model that can explain this and all previous results. (Editor)

Pictures generally show superior recognition relative to their verbal labels. This experiment was designed to link this pictorial superiority effect to sensory or meaning codes associated with the two types of symbols. (Editor)

An information processing model, Memory-Aided Pattern Perceiver (MAPP), that simulates the recall of briefly presented chess positions, was subjected to a test of its assumption that such positions are encoded and stored as chunks in short-term memory. (Editor)

Looks at the processes by which information from individual input events combines to form a mentally represented linear order. (Author/RK)