One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a chef about her job. The following questions are answered: what the chef does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person found out about the job, what she does and doesn't like about it, what kind of training…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a man who has had a fruit shop and then his own heavy equipment earth-moving business. The following questions are answered: what the fruiterer and heavy-equipment operator does, why the person chose the field of employment, how…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a mechanical engineer, who works on offshore platforms for an oil company, about his job. The following questions are answered: what the engineer does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person found out about…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a veterinary nurse about her job. The following questions are answered: what the vet nurse does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person found the job, what she does and doesn't like about it, what kind of…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a self-employed plumber about his job. The following questions are answered: what the plumber does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person got the job, what he does and doesn't like about it, what kind of…

The language arts program presented in this volume evolved from work with at-risk students at an inner-city high school in Tucson (Arizona). The original computerized literacy program sponsored by International Business Machines, the Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), was expanded into a comprehensive 3-year program designed to meet…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents an interview with 13 young women police constables about their jobs. The following questions are answered: what police constables do, what they do on the job, how they handle job stress and relationships, what they do and don't like about it, what kind…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a customs officer about her job. The following questions are answered: what the customs officer does, what she likes about it, what kinds of things are smuggled, how various kinds of drugs and animals are smuggled, and how they…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a service station owner about his job. The following questions are answered: what the garage owner does, why he chose the field of employment, how the business has been run, goals for the future, what he does and doesn't like…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a franchise gardener (mostly a person who mows lawns) about his job. The following questions are answered: what the gardener does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person found out about the job, what he…

One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a computer salesman about his job. The following questions are answered: what a computer salesman does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person found out about the job, what he does and doesn't like about…

While the library is at the center of many campuses physically, it is often an overlooked and underused resource in improving the learning and success of first-year college students. Librarians, classroom faculty, administrators, and higher education researchers come together to explore the potential of the library in shaping the student…