Learning Resources

Abstract: Subtitles: To begin; Enter the computers; How is it going?; Appraising the strategy. Pull quotes: "We had to create a new strategy for our periodicals." "The library decided to capitalize on Stevens Institute's distinctiveness." "Faculty and students want articles, not journals." "We have changed the nature of the library."

Abstract: Six major changes may alter the directions of collegiate planning in the next decade. Subtitles: Seismic shifts in society; The consequences of change; The big problem with truth. Pull quotes: "The U.S. population is becoming more polarized." "Electronic technology offers a new kind of book." "Some institutions now give back one-third of their tuition revenues." "We live in an age of disenchantment."

Abstract: Subtitles: Response to the cuts; Thinking anew; The knell and the new. Pull quotes: "Prospects for a return to robust state appropriations seem dim." "What formula should states use to fund their public institutions?" "Each institution would thus have different cost bases." "The time for across-the-board tuitions caps may have passed." "Tuitions in the state should be more variegated, not uniform as they are today."

Abstract: Book review: The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of COmmunity, edited by Peter Katz. McGraw-Hill, 1994.425 pages. ISBN 0-07-03388902. The New City, Volume 2: The American City, edited by Jean-Francois Le Jeune. University of Miami School of Architecture, Winter 1993-94. 151 pages. ISBN 1-878271-86-5.

Abstract: Book review: How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand. Viking press, 1994. 243 pages. ISBN 0670-83-5153

Abstract: Book Review: Water and Architecture, Charles Moore, with photographs by Jane Lidz. Harry Abrams, 1994. 244 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3975-4.

Abstract: While historic preservation of campus architecture has become widely supported within the last generation, it has at the same time become more complicated. Ehrenkrantz and Eckstut have suggested a three part planning strategy. Part one: planners should gather basic informationon each campus building. Next each part of the building should be rated for preservation. 1 might mean a detail or space of great importance which should be carefully restored, while 5 might be an unimportant space which should be modernized to suit current needs. Part two: A phased plan should be develop which spans the next decade with proirities established and a clear sequence including cost estimates. Flexibility should be built into renovations and new construction as anticipation of further renovation. Part three: The next step is to identify athe means and methods weighing such as availability of materials and suitablility of today's program. If a preservation campaign is well planned it can be done well at the same cost of even under the cost of new construction, and will demonstrate the respect for history and culture embodied in the institution.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Why the new callousness? Pull quotes: "Admissions directors have become more expendable than old newspapers or losing football coaches." "A top admissions dean can exert, at most, a 10 percent influence." "Professors fear cutbacks. So they press for a go-getter who can keep their classes full." "Academic chiefs have been reluctant to modernize their programs, and enforce better teaching." "Isn't it time that admissions deans sat on the president's cabinet?"

Abstract: Book Review: Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations, second edition, by Louis Di Berardinis et al. John Wiley Sons, 1993. 514 pages. ISBN 0-471-55463-4.

Abstract: Book review: The Electronic Word: Democracy, technology, and the Arts, by Richard Lanham. University of Chicago Press, 1993. 278 pages. ISBN 0-2326-46883-6. Also available in a hypertext edition.