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This paper describes a successful cross-training and reference librarian exchange experience involving two librarians at UCLA, one based at the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library and the other based at the College Library, which primarily serves undergraduates. The experience has increased the reference skills and expertise of both librarians by introducing them to new sets of reference tools and databases, and has broadened their network of colleagues within the UCLA Library system. The participating libraries have also benefited from the exchange, and the program is expanding to include other UCLA libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Describes the University of California's (UCLA) interdisciplinary, research and training program focusing on urban poverty and social welfare policy in the United States. Structure and organization of the program; Assessment of students' reactions and experiences; Significant role of major research universities in the development of social intervention and mitigation strategies; Future plans of the program.

This article provides information on the Ethnomusicology Archive at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). The Archive was established by Mantle Hood in 1960. It holds over 150,000 audiovisual recordings that includes art music from Asia, Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands. An interview with Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of Ethnomusicology and director of the Archive, about UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is presented.

An interview with Lyle F. Bachman, professor of the Department of Applied Linguistics at University of California, Los Angeles, is presented. When asked about the areas of linguistics he is interested in, he mentions his love of philosophy and his study of German language at Methodist College in Iowa. He also states how he used his skills as a member of the Peace Corps during his English teaching in the Philippines. Bachman states his insights on language teaching in China.

Eiko & Koma harnessed their training in butoh and Neue Tanz to develop their own style, Delicious Movement, which employs images of nature and everyday life. Eiko & Koma's workshops are built upon image prompts that are meant to generate movement. Guided by Eiko & Koma's 'Delicious Movement Workshop Manifesto' and drawing from my participation in and written documentation of an unprecedented 10-week course taught by the choreographers at the University of California, Los Angeles in autumn 2006, I outline this unique image based training method, provide examples of specific exercises, and place these in the context of particular workshops. Finally, I suggest ways that the training is manifested on stage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A master narrative exists that operates to preclude Mexican migrant students from college access. By ethnographically examining the experiences of Mexican migrant students in the UCLA Migrant Student Leadership Institute, I describe counterstories that show how Mexican migrant students disrupt the assumptions of the master narrative. Findings suggest that attending to the social organization of learning in college outreach programmes can afford transformative learning opportunities that fracture the master narrative, and provide for new potentialities to emerge in Mexican migrant students' struggles for educational opportunity. The UCLA Migrant Student Leadership Institute is used as an exemplary case showing how pedagogical interventions, such as college outreach programmes, can mediate college access for underrepresented students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an interview with Los Angeles, California-based University of California's Interim Assistant University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services Robert Bellanti. When asked about the significant trends in his academic business librarianship, Bellanti refers to the Internet and the Web which has increased expectations of library users. Bellanti thinks that the librarians are required to evaluate their role so as to make themselves useful and valuable to the organization. When asked about the principal influences that shaped his career, Bellanti recalls his high school library that has the most impact on his career graph. Bellanti mentions the New York Public Library where he used to go in college years. When asked about the transformational changes Bellanti has experienced and whether the academic business librarianship of the past 20 years will differ with that of the next 20 years, Bellanti comments on the online technology which is a profound transformational change. Librarians, including B-School library managers are required to develop their marketing skills in order to convey their value to the organization.

Presents an autobiographical essay on the life of four undergraduate years of professors at teh University of California in Los Angeles, California.

Summary Cognitive-behavioral techniques, inherent in the UCLA Social & Independent Living Skills Modules, were evaluated in a small group of French, hospitalized schizophrenic individuals using the French translation of the modules. Acquisition, durability and generalization of skills were found in the group members who were exposed to seven months of four sessions per week of skills training. However, there were no measurable effects on quality of life, either in the group trained in social skills or in two comparison groups of patients. Neither were changes noted in self-reported self-efficacy or self-esteem. Lengthier and multifaceted rehabilitation programs may be necessary to improve the more slowly-changing subjective qualities in the self-perception of individuals with schizophrenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We describe some of Merl's more subtle contributions that extended beyond his own prodigious scholarly record, his high-quality teaching, and his mentoring of students. The context of our remarks on Programmatic R&D focuses on his contribution to the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Education. Merl was the first director of the Center for the Study of Evaluation. When leadership passed to his then associate director, Marvin C. Alkin, Merl focused on his greater interest in the area of learning. His work on generative theory, referenced throughout this issue, was adapted with our own interests in complex learning and measurement. His work influenced the research agenda of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. A great debt is owed to Merl Wittrock for helping to articulate and model the kinds of research that took theory into usable practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the asbestos substitute developed by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. Materials used in the manufacture of the substitute; Properties of the asbestos substitute; Industrial applications of the asbestos substitute.