This paper discusses a number of factors that an editor should consider when publishing a state library/media journal, using examples from the production process of the Ohio Media Spectrum (OMS), the official journal of the Ohio Educational Library/Media Association. These examples have been selected to illustrate the various points: (1) selecting…

Steel doors in schools provide security and fire safety. Information on factors to consider in selecting doors is provided. (Author/MLF)

Small publishers expect to make a profit with hundreds rather than thousands of products; they do not have to strive to please the broad middle of the consumer population. However, limitations plague small publishers, e.g., they cannot afford giveaways and discounts or to print a teacher's guide in full color. (RM)

The 1997 Regional Consultation for Asia-Pacific Cooperative Programme for Reading Promotion and Book Development (APPREB) held at Japan Publishers Building, Tokyo, Japan, on November 20-21, 1997, highlighted the vital areas where more intensive regional cooperation is required to promote books and reading in this time of drastic changes. Included…

Interest groups gain access to social education through the resource materials produced for classroom use, which range from free aids to sophisticated multimedia programs. The expenditure by industry is even more difficult to document than that of government. (RM)

Maryland has passed legislation requiring school districts to structure their purchasing procedures to attempt to reach a goal of purchasing at least 10 percent of the dollar value of goods and/or services from minority enterprises when funds are provided through the Public School Construction Program (PSCP). (Author/MLF)

Summarizes research aiming to identify factors that motivate service and manufacturing businesses to become partners with K-12 public schools. Uses telephone interview data gathered from 154 (out of 1,000) randomly selected Los Angeles County school-business partners. Top motivating factors were community support, business promotion, and support…

Examines the complex public debate over the risks of passive smoking that includes the issues of individual choice, personal space, community, social norms, and morality. Discusses the composition of ETS (gases and particulates that disperse into the air when a smoker smokes) and the efforts of tobacco lobbies. (LZ)

Discusses solvent abuse, or the inhalation of chemically intoxicating vapors from consumer products that are otherwise safe when used as intended. Presents a list of products typically abused by children, the statistics which indicate that this problem is on the rise, and the physical warning signs that parents and teachers should not overlook.…

Argues that reading teachers ought to pay as much attention to what students read as to how they read. Illustrates the state of children's publishing with the heavily revised and simplified Hardy Boys series and with sloppy books about dinosaurs. (RS)

Discusses the use of electronic books (E-books), digitized versions of books that can be read on a desktop, laptop, handheld device, or a dedicated e-book reader, in education. Highlights include use in elementary and secondary schools; available content suitable for education; standards; pertinent Web sites; and the role of textbook companies and…

Kram has proposed that mentoring relationships develop and mature over time, providing different levels of mentoring functions as they progress through a sequence of four distinct phases: initiation, cultivation, separation, and redefinition. However, the influence of these mentoring phases on the dynamics and functions of mentoring has received…

This digest of key science and engineering indicators draws primarily from the National Science Board's two-volume "Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008" report. The digest serves two purposes: (1) to draw attention to important trends and data points from across the chapters and volumes of "Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008," and (2)…

This bibliography contains an extensive list of works of literature for the children of Micronesia. The bibliography is divided into the following categories: (1) "Micronesia" (including 41 citations); (2) "Primary: Picture Books" (378 citations); (3) "Primary" (83 citations); "Intermediate" (88 citations);…

Chapter I of this master's thesis examines aspects of the changing lifestyle that was inaugerated by the Industrial and Scientific Revolutions. Chapter II picks up the transition in general schooling that accompanied the revolutions. Chapter III traces the role of the evolving science curricula in this transition. Chapter IV presents proposals…