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Presents a program preview of the Annual Conference and COMMTEX International Exposition of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology in Dallas, Texas on January 21-24, 1984. General sessions; Presidential sessions; Concurrent sessions; Special events.

Presents the 1982 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Convention for school library media specialists from May 3 to 7 in Dallas, Texas. Theme of the convention; Activities scheduled for the convention; Conference programs of the Division of School Media Specialists, a division of AECT.

Reports that Houston Public Library in Texas signed a deal with Xerox Corp. to install smart card technology to its branches in the United States as of August 2001. Amount invested by Xerox Corp. to install servers for the technology; Conditions of the deal on revenue; Features of the technology.

Focuses on the laptop program of the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. Details on what inspired the school to create the program; Concerns aired by parents upon proposing the program; Benefits gained by students. INSETS: TECH SPECS, by Walter Minkel;WHAT SHOULD A LIBRARIAN CONSIDER WHEN THINKING ABOUT A LAPTOP....

Retells the author's disastrous venture into reading for prizes at the Lamar Elementary School, El Paso, Texas. Campus Improvement Committee's assignment that the librarian hold monthly motivational reading activities and contests; The disastrous October contest in which students traded orange construction-paper pumpkins for candy; The successful perpetual riddle contest; Thoughts on reading for prizes.

Announces that there will be a newspaper published by the American Library Association during their Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas. The paper will be published for three days; Inclusion of author interviews, restaurant reviews, and on-site reports.

This article describes how puppetry is an important aspect of children's programming at the Austin Public Library in Austin, Texas, and examines its impact among all library patrons. The library is distinguished by its extraordinarily active puppetry program with many skilled and experienced puppeteers. Fifteen to 20 shows are performed annually; multiple performances are presented at each showing. Until the mid-1970s, children's librarians in the system developed and performed their own puppet shows according to their individual interests and talents; in general, materials and ideas were not shared among librarians in other branches. This all changed in the late 1970s, when the office of Program Development was formed. at that time the library compromised a Central Library, 13 branches, and a single bookmobile. The library decided to develop a new puppet show for each month. Individual librarians choose mascot puppets to participate in conventional story hours. A mascot puppet develops a unique personality. The more elaborate shows, performed on a stage, require a considerable investment of staff time. New puppet shows continue to be developed at the library. The audience reaction is the key to success every story.

Reports on the highlights of the 98th Annual Conference of the American Library Association which was held on June 23-28, 1979, in Dallas, Texas. Discussion of the nature of the American Library Association's (ALA) support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in states that have not yet ratified it; Validity of the 1979 ALA election; Proposal to raise the association's basic membership dues.

Presents letters to the editor. Reaction of the Children's Librarians Committee of the Ottawa Public Library to an article by Ray Nicolle; Plans by a library in Gisborne, New Zealand to start a reading club modeled after a program at the Nicholson Memorial Library in Garland, Texas; Apology from Deborah Taylor for an error in one of her articles about the County Public Library in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reports on the development of the Read-In reading program at the North Branch Library in Forth Worth, Texas. Effect of the reading program on children; Implications of the reading program's success for similar ventures.

Focuses on `Read to Me,' a program in San Angelo, Texas where children marches to a courthouse to be able to attract public attention about the importance of reading. Information about the origin of the program; Author's recommendation to those people who want to promote reading using the `Born to Read' program.