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The papers (from a symposium held at the Fern Universitat) included in this collection focus on distance education in theory and practice. Contributions are written in English or in German, with summaries available for each in the language not used for the paper concerned. Contributions are: (1) "Distance Education as Communication: The Impact of Research and the Requirements of Practitioners" (Borje Holmberg); (2) "Educational Theory and Its Application to Distance Education" (Borje Holmberg); (3) "The Study of Distance Education: Terminology, Definition and the Field of Study" (Desmond Keegan); (4) "Towards a Better Understanding of Distance Education: Analysing Designations and Catchwords" (Otto Peters); (5) "Distance Education as a Multi-Dimensional System of Communication and Production" (R. Manfred Delling); (6) "Distance Education and Communication Culture: Continuous Counselling and Two-Way Communication" (Gerhard E. Ortner); (7) "Distance Education in the Society of the Future" (Erling Ljosa); (8) "Communication in Distance Education: A Pre-Requisite of Democracy" (Gerhard Stroh); (9) "Independence and Interaction: Getting the Mixture Right for Institutions" (John S. Daniel); (10) "Group Studies and Course Incorporation: The Concept of a Multi-Campus Institution of Distance Education" (Nehemia Levtzion); (11) "Distance Education Research for Distance School Work: Requirements of Practitioners" (Heinrich Dieckmann and Bernd Schachtsiek); (12) "Testing Distance Education Programs: What Administration Expects from Theory" (Michael Vennemann); (13) "The Feasibility of a Predictive Theory of Distance Education: What Are We Allowed To Expect?" (Borje Holmberg); (14) "Autonomous Learning in Distance Education: Methodology and Results" (Helmut Lehner); (15) "Contract Learning: A Contribution To Promoting Autonomous Learning?" (Monika Weingartz); (16) "Drop In and Drop Out: The Need of Definition" (Helmut Fritsch); and (17) "Diagnosis and Therapy: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Drop-Out Research" (Rudolf Schuemer and Herhard Strohlein). Each paper contains its own bibliography. The volume includes a list of the authors and their affiliations. (DB)

This collection of 12 papers commemorates the retirement of Bernhard Adams. Adams had a 30-year career at the Bochum University Library (Germany) and advocated innovation and automation in libraries. The papers are: (1) "Gemeinsame Wegstrecken: Bernhard Adams zur Ehre" ("Common Milestones: In Honor of Bernhard Adams") (Harro Heim); (2) "Die Anfange der Bibliotheksautomatisierung in Deutschland" ("The Beginning of Library Automation in Germany") (Gunther Pflug); (3) Katalogisierung mit Hilfe der elektronischen Datenverarbeitung: ein Erfahrungs--und Situationsbericht" ("Cataloging by Means of Electronic Data Processing: Experiences and Current Situation") (Ingeborg Sobottke); (4) "Vom Bandkatalog zum OPAC" ("From Card Catalog to OPAC") (Heinz-Werner Hoffmann); (5) "Automatisierung der Erwerbung--eine Frage intergrierter Bibliotheksautomatisierung" ("Acquisition Automation--A Question of Integrated Library Automation") (Ronald Michael Schmidt); (6) "Virtuelle Bibliothek--Resource Sharing ohne Bibliotheksbestande?" ("Virtual Library--Resource Sharing without Actual Library Holdings?") (Karl Wilhelm Neubauer and Wolfgang Binder); (7) "OSI-Anwendungen in Bibliotheken oder Was ein Bibliothekar von OSI wissen sollte" ("OSI-Applications in Libraries or What Any Librarian Ought To Know About OSI") (Christine Bossmeyer); (8) "Die Essener Symposien--mit einem Ruckblick auf den Bochumer Ursprung" ("The Essen Symposia--With Retrospection on their Beginning in Bochum") (Ahmed Helmi Helal); (9) "Die Funktion des Buroleitenden Beamten in Bibliotheken" ("The Role of the Library Manager in Libraries") (Eberhard Herf); (10) "Wie man in Bochum die rechtlich fixierte Zweigleisigkeit mit bibliothekarischem Leben fullt" ("How the Bochum University Library System Moved From a Model of Coexistence to Coordination") (Horst Rohling); (11) "Uber Namen von Bibliotheken: Aktuelle und historische Betrachtungen zur Umbenennung der Universitatsbibliotheken Bonn, Munster und Dusseldorf in Universitats--und Landesbibliotheken" ("About University Libraries of Bonn, Muenster, and Dusseldorf--and Lohse); and (12) "Bibliotheksgrundung in West and Ost: Nordrhein-Westfalen und Brandenburg im Vergleich" ("Library Foundations in the West and East: Comparing Nordrhein-Westfalen and Brandenburg") (Ulrike Eich). (UJ/DGM)

This publication contains the following essays: (1) "Das Bibliothekssystem der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum: hochschul-und stazungsrechtliche Grundlagen" (Bernhard Adams); (2) "On Appropriate Librarianship: The Genesis of the Library of Today, and Its Possible Exodus Tomorrow" (Maurice B. Line); (3) "The Challenge to Library and Information Professionals in the Visual Information Age" (Ching-chih Chen); (4) "Paradigm Lost: Research Libraries in an Era of Change" (Richard De Gennaro); (5) "Die wissenschaftliche Bibliothek auf dem Weg zur Mediothek" (Sigrid Reinitzer); (6) "Accessing Information: The Future" (Frederick G. Kilgour); (7) "International Issues in Education for Library and Information Professionals" (Mohammed M. Aman); (8) "The Use of New Technologies in the Library to Foster Literacy among Minorities" (Shmuel and Irene Sever); (9) "Serving the Users: On Our Constant Work to Make Better Libraries" (Morten Hein); (10) "Von der Benutzerschulung zur Information Literacy:' ein Uberblick" (Dieter Schmidmaier); (11) "Der lange Weg zu SOKRATES: Geschichte des EDV-Einsatzes an der Universitatsbibliothek Augsburg" (Rudolf Frankenberger); (12) "CD-ROM Networking Developments amongst the Oxford Libraries" (David J. Price); (13) "Library Automation in the Institute Libraries of the Technical University of Denmark: Introduction of the ALIS Compatible Microcomputer Online Cataloguing and Retrieval System PC-INFO" (Bent Barnholdt); (14) "Probleme der Bibliographie-Herstellung durch angeblich automationsgerechte Regelwerke" (Karl F. Stock); (15) "The Bibliographic Utility: The Next Decade" (David Buckle); (16) "Der dritte mittelfristige Plan der UNESCO und die Bibliotheken" (Gunther Pflug); (17) "IFLA's Long Term Policy" (Hans-Peter Geh); (18) "Das schone Madchen ohne Mitgift: ein kurzer Streifzug am Rand der Agyptologie" (Harro Heim); (19) "Bibliotheca Alexandrina" (Jean-Pierre Clavel--in French); (20) "The Way to Alexandrina" (Salem Hasan--in Arabic). (KRN)