Suggests that in applied linguistics there has been a collective ignorance of the social constraints operating on exchanges between research interviews and informant interviewees. The article discusses literature from sociology and social psychology that has dealt with this aspect of research interviews. (Author/CK)

Discusses the effect of extreme trauma on the ability of students to learn and ways for teachers to effectively help survivors. The article suggests some practical strategies and insights, using principles of effective language acquisition to inform a range of teaching and learning styles. (22 references) (Author/CK)

Explores two strategies for expanding learning opportunities for adult literacy learners that are not tied to formal instruction and unlimited finance. These strategies are the creative use of technology and reading circles which draw on the adult's capacity for independent learning and the bilingualism of the learners. (18 references) (Author/CK)

In 1991, a partnership of three public schools in Hawaii received an Elementary and Secondary Education Act grant to develop a K-12 information skills curriculum and purchase electronic resources. Discusses installing the hardware and software, creating the information search framework, and developing the K-12 guide. Evaluates the two year project…

Discusses the potential loss of Catholic historical documents in weeding library collections in closing parishes, schools, religious residences, and colleges. Suggests ranking weedable materials; assigning responsibility for categories of material by format and subject area; contributing discarded periodicals to the Center for Research Libraries;…

Analyzes a survey of Irish librarians and discusses the development of librarianship in Ireland. Highlights include historical background, Library Association of Ireland, Library Council, Department of Library and Information Studies at University College Dublin (Ireland), National Library of Ireland, and Trinity College Library (Ireland).…

Because of space and staff constraints, the Vatican Library can issue only 2,000 reader cards a year. Describes IBM's Vatican Library Project: converting the library catalog records (prior to 1985) into machine readable form and digitally scanning 20,000 manuscript pages, print pages, and art works in gray scale and color, creating a database…

Established in 1986 under the Fulbright-Hayes Act and funded by the United States Information Agency with a grant to the American Library Association which administers the program, the Library Fellows Program places American librarians in foreign institutions and sponsors foreign librarians in American institutions. Describes the experiences of a…

Considers four principal topics from the perspective of faculty/librarian relations: (1) the library's enhanced capacity to identify and acquire information; (2) the librarian's role in the teaching/learning process; (3) library staffing as it affects services and collections; and (4) a well-planned library building that includes librarian/faculty…

OhioLINK (Ohio Library and Information Network) is transforming library and information access at 35 universities and colleges in Ohio. Document delivery, resource sharing, collection development, and reference and research database access are all undergoing rapid evolution and expansion. This model can be put into operation at other consortia.…

Describes the value of defunct newspaper morgues, with a focus on the E. H. Butler Library at Buffalo State University (New York), and provides the historical background of two Buffalo newspapers. Discusses challenges facing the special collections librarian: storage facilities, requests for information by patrons from all over the world,…

Describes sources for cataloging and authority work in Catholic literature, for both English and foreign language publications. Provides sources for names of persons, corporate institutions, divisions within the church, and religious orders and congregations. Also notes sources for biographies, Mariology, and uniform title work. (AEF)

Describes advertising sales strategies to help faculty advisers of community college newspapers increase revenues. Argues that sales representatives should know their product well and maintain demographic information on the paper's readership. Includes strategies for organizing advertising staff, searching for potential clients, and taking charge…

Presents findings related to the characteristics of program advisers from a 1995-96 survey of the status of community college media programs, updating surveys conducted in 1984, 1987, and 1991. Provides information related to advisers' demographic and employment characteristics, educational background, typical work assignments, and hours and…

Presents findings related to program characteristics from a 1995-96 survey of community college media programs and their advisers. Provides information on the number of colleges that fund student newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, and television and radio stations. Describes budgets and funding patterns for each type of publication. (AJL)