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The six papers in this collection were presented at three sections of the Division of Regional Activities: (1) "A la recherche d'Approches adaptees aux Besoins en Documentation des Africains (In Search of an Approach Adapted to the Information Needs of Africans)" (Touria Temsamani Haji, Morocco); (2) "People's Libraries: An African Perspective" (Philip van Zijl, South Africa); (3) "Community Resource Centres and Their Contribution to the Development of an Alternative Public Library Model in South Africa" (Mary Nassimbeni); (4) "Growth of Libraries Since the Beginning of India's Civilization" (M. K. Jain); (5) "User Education in Chinese Academic Libraries: A Study of Current Programs in Taiwan" (Ellen F. Liu); and (6) "La biblioteca publica como centro de desarrollo cultural comunitario: una experiencia de conceptualizacion (The Public Library as a Cultural Center for the Community: An Experience of Conceptualization)" (Myriam Mejia, Colombia). (MAB)

Among 17 French and 63 English papers are the following: "Case Study of the Convergence Model in Program Evaluation" (Alexander); "Nowlen's Approach to Continuing Professional Education" (Blanchard); "Challenge for Indigenous Approaches to Adult Education (AE) and Development" (Bonson); "Cultural and Social Transformation in the 1990s" (Dyson et al.); "Graduate Students" (Chapman); "Potential and Pretensions of Critical Discoursing in Mainstream AE" (Collins); "Needs Assessment Survey" (Constantin); "University Extension" (Cruikshank); "AE and Working Life in Canada and Sweden" (Dawson); "Defining the Field of Community Development in Toronto" (Das Gupta, Fallis); "International Perspectives on Adult Literacy Education" (Draper et al.); "Understanding Program Success" (Dunlop et al.); "Cultural Politics and Mass Media" (Dyson); "Warp of One" (Gray); "Ontario Folk School Movement and Rural AE" (Gillies); "Learning as Relating" (Ingham); "AE in Study Groups of United Farmers of Alberta" (Jaques); "Popular Movements and AE" (Kastner); "Model of Coaching/Mentoring at the Workplace" (Kuban); "Effects of Cognitive Style and Type of Classroom Environment on Academic Achievement" (Leclair); "Workplace Literacy Models" (Lewe); "Linguistic Dimension in Critical Education" (Little); "Assessing for Retraining/Education" (Lohnes, Sinn); "Women's On-the-Job Procedural Knowing" (MacKeracher et al.); "Quality of AE" (Mahaffey, Turner); "Collaborative-Cooperative Learning" (Roy-Poirier); "Process/Conferencing Writing and Computers for Adult Basic Education Students" (Scane);"Micro-Teaching" (Schur); "'New Social Movements' and Citizenship Education in Canada" (Selman); "Enlightenment, Maturity, and the Role of AE" (Selman); "Missing Discourses from AE" (Sharpe); "Governance Issues in Regulation of Private Postsecondary Education Institutions" (Slade); "Theoretical Framework for Resource Allocation in AE" (Sork); "Private Vocational Training Schools in Canada" (Sweet); "AE in an Aging Society" (Thornton et al.); and "Participatory Research" (Titterington). An addendum contains abstracts of papers delivered at the conference. (YLB)

Eleven papers are presented from the International Round Table on Vocational Training and Employment. Introductory materials are the program and list of participants. The papers are as follows: "Evolution de la Formation Professionnelle en Afrique et Contribution du Ciadfor au Cours de la Derniere Decennie" (in French); "Educacion, Empleo y Formacion Profesional en Venezuela" (Rita Pucci de Liprandi, in Spanish with an English summary, "Vocational Education and Training in Venezuela"); "Labour Policies, Employment and Training: An Overview of the Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini" (Leonello Tronti); "Vocational Training and Employment in Czechoslovakia" (Jaromir Coufalik); "Review of Vocational Training Programmes of Selected Developing Economies of Asia-Pacific Region" (A. M. A. H. Siddiqui); "Country Paper--Arforghe (Tunisia)" (Abdessalem Ajmi); "Current Vocational Training in Latin America" (Joao Alexim); "Vocational and Technical School in China and Prospects of International Cooperation" (Y. N. Chen); "Interaction between Secondary Education and Productive Work in China" (Qian Tang); and "Education and Training for Employment in the United States of America" (Ray Ryan). (YLB)

These proceedings contain 38 papers--23 in French and 15 in English--that were presented in 15 sessions entitled: (1) Theory and Practice in Library and Information Science: The Context (Plenary Session 1); (2) Teaching Archives; (3) The Development of Library and Information Science Education in Developing Countries; (4) Research and Teaching in Library and Information Science; (5) Pedagogical Approaches in Library and Information Science; (6) Theory and Practice in Library and Information Science Education: The Debate (Plenary Session 2); (7) French-Speaking Experiences in Library and Information Science; (8) New Technologies and Library and Information Science Education; (9) Teaching Information Processing; (10) Teaching Systems Analysis; (11) Theory and Practice in Library and Information Science Education: The Future (Plenary Session 3); (12) The Actors in Library and Information Science Education; (13) Teaching Online Searching; (14) Continuing Education; and (15) New Developments in Library and Information Science Education in Arab Countries. Most of the papers include references. An introduction to the proceedings, the session titles in the table of contents, and brief abstracts of the papers are given in both French and English; individual papers appear in either French or English. (GL)

Among 8 French and 36 English papers are the following: "Confronting the Self in Research" (Baskett); "Learning Processes as They Occur in Groups" (Becker, Hill); "La pensee critique a-t-elle un sexe?" (Bedard, Ouellette); "The Effect of Literacy on Income and Duration of Employment" (Blunt); "Graduate Student Groups for Popular Education" (Briton et al.); "Working Knowledge" (Butterwick et al.); "Etude des liens entre l'autodirection et le rendement academique chez des etudiant(e)s d'une universite venezuelienne" (Cesljarevic et al.); "Developing the Text Together" (Collard et al.); "New Approaches to Social Activism" (Dyson et al.) "The Impact of a Collaborative Workshop Based on Feminist Pedagogy" (Elias et al.); "When Institutions Collaborate" (Geissinger); "Deterrents to Participation in Adult Education (AE)" (Gibson); "From the Inside Looking Out" (Gillen); "Reflections on Development" (Harris et al.); "Gender Differences in Caregiver Stress" (Hinds); "Multiple Role Women Studying AE" (Home, Lemaire); "The Museum as Popular and Mutual Enlightenment" (Hunt); "Adult Development through the Spectrum of Consciousness" (Karplak); "L'adulte au musee et ses souveniors" (Lapointe); "Integrating Computer-Based Instruction and Computer-Conferencing for Distance Delivery" (Lauzon, Moore); "Impossible de lire ce paragraphe sur le disque" (Lefebvre, Dufresne-Tasse); "Women in University" (Litner); "Conceptual Basis of Program Failure in Tanzanian Agricultural Extension" (Mlozi); "Interculturalism and Andragogy" (Ouellette); "An Exploration of Factors Affecting Student's Choice to Continue Postsecondary Studies at a Distance" (Ross); "Hospital Ethics Committees" (Rundle); "Teaching Ourselves To Read" (Schick); "Yesterday Speaks to Today" (Selman); "Understanding Social Education in Japan" (Thomas); "Apprenticing in a Thesis Support Group" (Van Daele et al.); "The Museum as Adult Educator" (Van Gent); "Death: The Adult Learner's Penumbra" (Wall); "Persistence and Participation Research" (Walsh); "The Hidden History of Women in Frontier College" and "'Mining' the Frontier College Archives" (Wigmore). (YLB)