Counselor Educators' Gatekeeping Responsibilities and Students' First Amendment Rights

In 2 recent legal cases, graduate counselor education students challenged the imposition of remediation plans as violating their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and religion. With special emphasis on this recent litigation, the article examines the legal standards governing the authority of counselor educators at public colleges and universities, including professionalism and ethical rules as a part of curricular requirements to prohibit client discrimination based on sexual orientation.     

Writing Apprehension,Computer Anxiety and Telecomputing: a pilot study

ABSTRACT

The current state of the teaching of information technology competency within postgraduate teacher training is summarised from existing literature and weaknesses are identified. Development work in the Loughborough University Primary Postgraduate Certificate of Education course over three successive years is examined and discussed, focusing on the apparent gap between student achievement in the institution and application in classrooms while on school placements. It is argued from qualitative and quantitative evidence that a major factor is the failure of some school placement teachers to provide encouragement to their teaching practice students, and that this is a feature not of schools but of individuals. The conclusion attempts to analyse further that gap and suggests some ways forward.     

Peer Education in the Commons: A New Approach to Reference Services

In planning for a new library construction project for the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, graduate students enrolled in the University of Oklahoma (OU) School of Library and Information Studies collaborated in an innovative effort to develop a commons-based reference service. By first considering a philosophical approach to the need for a commons, blending in the experiences of other libraries that have created similar spaces, and focusing on the workflow issues likely to be encountered by the graduate assistants staffing the commons itself, this planning team developed an uncommon peer-to-peer approach to reference and education services, one focused on the patron as student.     

Library-Led Faculty Workshops: Helping Distance Educators Meet Information Literacy Goals in the Online Classroom

ABSTRACT

At University of Maryland University College (UMUC), librarians have designed and led a number of multiday, asynchronous online workshops for faculty. The workshops teach faculty how to meet information literacy goals in the virtual classroom. Through hands-on activities and discussion among their colleagues, participants in the faculty workshops learn about the university's information literacy standards, library resources and services, free Web tools, and how best to design class assignments involving library research. Library-led faculty workshops at UMUC have increased library visibility and furthered collaboration between faculty and librarians. This article discusses 5 workshops, detailing workshop content and logistics and demonstrating how librarians can help distance faculty further information literacy goals for students.     

RLG and OCLC: Combined for the Future

On July 1, 2006, The Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG) and the Online Computer Library System (OCLC) combined their organizations and resources. RLG's products and services were integrated with OCLC's, and RLG's program initiatives went forward within an expanded OCLC Research division. This was a historic moment for libraries and research institutions consonant with the incredible changes in the information environment that had been underway during the previous decade. The expansion of WorldCat that resulted and the renewed attention given to research libraries by OCLC in the merger has positively impacted libraries around the globe.     

Common Carrier

50 TEARS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORTS (Telecommunications Reports, 1036 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045—$100)

THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ERA AFTER THE AT&T DIVESTITURE: THE TRANSITION TO FULL COMPETITION (Practising Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave, New York 10019—$40.00, paper)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS & PUBLIC POLICY by Alan Bauchcum and Gerald Faulhaber (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984—price not given)

BILINGUAL DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 2. TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT by Andy Lauriston and Jocelyne Le Neal (Teleglobe Canada, Language Service, 680 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2S4—$70.00 in Canadian funds)

CELLULAR TELEPHONES: A LAYMAN'S GUIDE by Stuart Crump, Jr. (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1985—$9.95, paper)

COMPUTER CRIME, ABUSE, LIABILITY AND SECURITY: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 1970-1984 compiled by Reba A. Best and D. Cheryn Picquet (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1985—$33.00, paper)