Transcribed and edited from tape recordings and prepared papers, these proceedings present the topics covered in the four sessions of the Second Seminar on Freelance Indexing: (1) how to get started as an indexer--making contracts, setting up the office, billing and bookkeeping, reference tools, filing for trade-name, and indexing apprenticeship;…

Criteria for software resource centers drafted by the International Council for Computers in Education focus on the responsibilities of: (1) centers, which should serve as links between publishers and educators; (2) software publishers, who should assist educators in previewing instructional software before purchase; and (3) schools, which should…

Describes characteristics of structured text design; benefits of its use in training; benefits for developers of training materials and steps in preparing training materials. A case study illustrating how the structured text design process solved the sales training needs of the Mercedes-Benz Truck Company is presented. (MBR)

Contends that a telecommunication approach to the broadcasting curriculum helps schools keep abreast of changing technologies, new research approaches, and students' professional needs. (PD)

The lack of "Canadian content" in Canadian public school textbooks can be more easily explained by changing national educational goals than by foreign ownership of the publishing industry. Science textbooks are used to illustrate. (SB)

Tips for teachers who want to get their writing published, lists of resources with information on publications, and annotated list of journals for English educators. (RL)

Describes the steps in writing a textbook and this task's associated problems and rewards. (WB)

Suggests that industry and universities open more channels for communication and cooperatively develop strategies that will be of benefit. (Author/MLF)

Suggests advertising as a strategy to increase school publication budgets. Offers rules for student publication advertising. (MS)

Presents three commentaries--by a teacher, a textbook author, and a textbook publisher--examining issues associated with elementary and secondary school textbooks. (MM)

To cultivate companies for fund raising, the college development officer should focus on appropriate people, understand giving trends, follow mergers and acquisitions, and note corporate differences in giving patterns. Annual reports can reveal company self-image, help identify individuals, and illuminate the company's fiscal situation. However,…

Describes how to find accurate, current information about telecommunications industries, products and services, rates and tariffs, and regulatory information using electronic information resources available from the private and public sectors. A sidebar article provides contact information for producers and service providers. (KRN)

The final article in a series that provided advice to instructional technology researchers describes how to publish research studies in a professional journal. Highlights include guidelines for writing and submitting manuscripts, including selecting the appropriate journal and using the correct writing style, and format guidelines for the…

Presents a critique of recent trends and changes within the children's book publishing industry, especially nonliterary factors, tensions between commerce and culture, and the impact of mergers. Suggests that changes are dramatically altering the underlying culture of the publishing industry and radically altering the publishing people have come…

Considers how lift-the-flap books attract very little critical attention. Attempts to redress this imbalance by suggesting that lift-the-flap books provide useful lessons in reading both literature and pictures for the young reader, that a grammar of lift-the-flap books can be postulated to facilitate their description and discussion, and that the…