Vendor Training

The article explores the role of vendor training in the long-term relationshio that exists between libraries that ~urchase an integrated online library system and vendors that market ind support such svsterns. Ernohasis is eiven to the res~onsibilitv vendors have to proierly train library so as to'insure successful imple- mentation and use of their online system. Analysis and evaluation of vendor training programs is stressed and suggestions are given for how vendors can possibly improve the training provided to their users.     

An International Collaboration: Establishing an Education Collection in a Library in Qatar

ABSTRACT

Texas A&M University has a history of international collaboration, cooperation and global outreach. Texas A&M University at Qatar provides engineering students in the Middle East with an education, and ultimately, a degree comparable to that found on our home campus in College Station. The Texas A&M University Libraries have provided curricular and research support in all of these endeavors, and currently maintain library facilities in Santa Chiara, Bodrum, and Doha, Qatar. In 2004, a noteworthy collaboration between the Colleges of Education at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Qatar University (QU) in the development of a primary teacher preparation program at Qatar University offered another opportunity for the TAMU Libraries to support our campus community. As the education librarian at the Texas A&M University Libraries, I participated in this collaboration by recommending materials, equipment and supplies for a resource library collection and an instructional materials preparation room. This article describes the collection development involved in the establishment of the resource library, the trips to Qatar to set up the library, and the cultural and logistical challenges encountered in the endeavor.     

Methods of Delivery and Consortium Analysis

Abstract

Searching tips for locating serial titles on OCLC are presented. Inmost cases, actual examples of interlibrary loan requests are used to illustrate search strategies. A limerick, outlining a search strategy for a requested serial title, introduces the article.     

Hey,Look Who Took This Out!-Privacy in the Electronic Library

ABSTRACT

No one can predict what document delivery will look like in the future, but librarians must guard patron confidentiality even in an electronic environment. This time it isn't an easily solved problem like finding another way of recording circulation than handwriting patron names onto circulation cards, it is instead the tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers that is a potential violator of patron privacy. Unmonitored in their efforts to protect their intellectual property without considering the rights of their customers, publishers could pose a threat to their customers' privacy, thus limiting their legal right of free access to information. Although encryption technology would appear to provide an answer to the confidentiality problem, it is not a panacea and that must be considered as the National Information Infrastructure is developed. Librarians need to stay alert to the developments in electronic publishing to be sure their concerns for patron privacy continue to be heard.     

Electronic Document Delivery in Pakistan: A Case Study

SUMMARY

Describing her experience of establishing an Electronic Document Delivery Service at the library of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the author discusses the various issues, which significantly effect the net cost, delivery time and management process of providing such a service by a library in Pakistan. While presenting multiple options leading to an effective solution, the advantages and disadvantages of each option have been highlighted, and their implications, with particular reference to Pakistani libraries, have been discussed. The various points to be considered by Pakistani Librarians, while selecting a commercial Document Provider, have also been discussed. In the end, the author discusses the potential of using the Electronic Document Delivery facility as a time-saving and cost-effective tool for Resource Sharing among libraries in Pakistan.     

EDUCATION AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

BIOGRAPHY: Alexander Hamilton by Nathan Schachner. D. Appleton-Century Company, 488 pp., 35 pp. of copious notes, 8 pp. of references to original and secondary sources. $4.00.

On the Edge of Evening by Cornelius Weygandt. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 217 pp. $3.00.

Democratic Education In Practice by Rose Schneideman, Harper and Brothers. 534 pp. Price 3.00.

Developing The Secondary School Curriculum by J. Paul Leonard. Rinehart &; Company, Inc. 552 pp. $3.50.

Educating America's Children by Fay Adams. The Ronald Press Company. 490 PP. $3.75.

State Programs For The Improvement of Teacher Education by Charles E. Prall. American Council on Education. 379 pp. $3.00.

The Elementary School Subjects by Luella Cole. Rinehart and Company, 455 PP. $3.25.

Toward Improving Ph.D Programs by Ernest V. Hollis. XII + 204 pp. American Council on Education; Washington, D.C. 1945. $2.50.

GENERAL LITERATURE: Many Mexicos by Lesley Byrd Simpson. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 322 pages. $3.50.

My Africa by Mbonu Ojike. The John Day Company. 345 PP- $3.75.

MATHEMATICS: Making Sure of Arithmetic by Robert L. Morton, Merle Gray, Elizabeth Springstun, and William L. Schaaf. Silver Burdett Company. 348 pp. $1.04.

PSYCHOLOGY: Psychology For Nurses by Bess V. Cunningham. D. Appleton-Century Company. 322 pp. $3.00.

The Psychology of Teaching by Asahel D. Woodruff. Longmans, Green &; Co., Inc. 175 pp. $1.75.

SCIENCE: Fishes and Shells of The Pacific World by John T. Nichols and Paul Bartsch. The Macmillan Company, 196 pp. $2.50.

The Story of The Helicopter by Devon Francis. Coward-McCann, Inc. Pp. X+ 175. $3.00.

SOCIAL STUDIES: A Negro's Faith In America by Spencer Logan. The Macmillan Company. 88 PP. $1.75.

Democratic Human Relations, edited by Hilda Taba and William Van Til. The National Council for the Social Studies, a department of the N.E.A. Washington, 366 pages. $2.00.

Learn and Live by Clara M. Olson and Norman D. Fletcher. Pp. 101. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 101 pp. $1.50.     

Effects of metacognitive and elaborative activity on cooperative learning and transfer

The effects of instructing pairs of students to engage in metacognitive activities (error correcting and key idea detection), elaborative activities (use of imagery, analogies, etc.), or neither during cooperative learning were examined for both initial cooperative learning and transfer to an individual learning task. The results suggest that metacognitive activity facilitates cooperative learning and elaborative activity facilitates transfer to individual learning. These findings have strong implications for the tailoring of cooperative learning strategies to instructional goals.     

The effectiveness of classroom-based instructional assessments for progress monitoring purposes in Texas Reading First schools

The purpose of this article was twofold. First, the assessment materials from four core reading programs were informally reviewed for their adherence to Texas Reading First progress monitoring guidelines for kindergarten and the beginning of Grade 1. Conclusions support existing concerns regarding the variability in the quality and quantity of assessment materials within and across programs as well as concerns about whether the materials lend themselves to progress monitoring purposes at 2-week intervals for students who are struggling readers. Second, recommendations are made for the development of progress monitoring tools that are concise, easy for teachers to use, and that provide clear guidelines regarding the use of progress monitoring data to drive instruction. Accordingly the recent development of a progress monitoring tool that parallels the Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI), which is an assessment tool used in approximately 95% of Texas Reading First schools was discussed.     

Assessing Digital Reference and Online Instructional Services in an Integrated Public/University Library

Abstract

In spite of the explosion of interest in virtual reference and instruction, assessment of digital reference remains relatively uncharted territory in the library literature. What standards exist for online reference and instruction and how can they be used to assess the innovative new merged online reference environment at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library? Led by co-unit heads from the former San Jose Public Library Main Branch and the San Jose State University Clark Library, the merged reference unit is a unique testing ground for perceived differences between public and academic reference service. Evaluation of both the online and the live merged reference environment is crucial and will be necessary to determine what is working and what is not. This paper will discuss plans for current and future assessment of digital reference including e-mail, live online reference, and online instruction.     

美国北德克萨斯大学体育教育专业建设与启示

该文采用文献资料法、实地考察法、专家咨询法和逻辑分析法等,从培养理念、课程设置、本科生实习、师资队伍、教师资格证考核等方面,对美国北德克萨斯大学的体育教育专业进行分析。结果:北德克萨斯大学体育教育专业培养理念注重学生兴趣培养;本科生实习贯穿大学课程始终;师资队伍精简,学术和教学水平齐高,研究生授课;教师资格证的考核具有较强的困难性。教育启示:以学生兴趣为出发点的教育是突破口;增设通识课,且为学生提供其他专业的学习机会;注重培养学生的教学教法,强调学生的团队合作;合适地聘用本校的在读研究生进行专业课教学;提高获取教师资格证的门槛。