INFORMATION continued from page 10 B.C. Alternative c/o Alternative Community Group 1520 West 6th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada An outgrowth of the B.C. Access Catalogue, preserving much of that good catalog's format and range of information for B.C. (like 63 food coops). Good how-to: how to organize a small school, community centers, tree planting, community credit unions (also an interesting excerpt from a talk by Murray Bookshin). ACCESS POEM Caretaker of these parts, I am an immigrant Lost between home and everywhere, Needing a native to tell me the way. What are your customs? Do you have families? How do your children grow? What work is done By the people who live here? What is it like inside your houses? How does your food gro~? Tell me the things known to everyone. The names of the insects, The trees, the mountains, the rivers, And the roads. what are the names of the villages? What is the word for a man? For a woman? For friend? For love? -Fitch Cady from: B.C. Alternative Madness Network News 2150 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. 94114 $4 for 6 issues. With a wonderful sense of humor, though sometimes scary or sad, reports on definitions of insanity and societies' and professional psychiatrists' reactions, procedures and therapeutic methods. Subtitled "all the fits that's news to print." Archeologists finding this might feel they had found the concluding clue to our age (maybe along with a TV guide and Sears catalog?). Glide Publications has recently published a "Best of ..."volume. $5.95. Environment Improvement Case History Report Service Freed Publishing Co. P.O. Box 1144 FDR Station New York, N.Y. 10022 This seems to be one of the more interesting moderate to expensive abstracting services ($35/yr.), reporting on environmental enhancement projects being carried out by industries, communities, governments. With a for-more-information-contact-format, I would think it would be especially useful for urban, regional planners, though there is also a focus on environmental education programs, especially those with emphasis on community work studies approach. Our Corner of the Earth (A New Mexican's Guide for Environmental Living) New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air & Water P.O. Box 4524 Albuquerque, N. M. 87106 This is a well-conceived/executed booklet (150 plus pages), giving an overall view of environmental problems, with both individual and group responsibilities and possible actions-though mostly individual. A good how to keep your house clean (environmental Hints from Heloise) section. Might serve well as a model for the kind of project other local groups could work on. Eco-Leaflets $2 for 5 leaflets air mail from: Daniel Fargas Vingrau Village 66600 Riversaltes France "Eco-Leaves" on everything from agrobiology, biodynamic "Steiner agriculture, to hammocks, soap recipes, solar electric car, "do-it-yourself" xylophone. True, decentralized information sharing. Directory of Oregon Manufacturers Dept. of Economic Development 317 S.W. Alder St. Portland,Or.97205 $7.50. 5,000 manufacturing concerns. In~ormation includes brief description of products, number of employees. Uses, I suppose, are obvious: hard to find products, indication of Oregon economy, a lesson or several about economic systems. Index by subject, name, geographic location and product makes it really nice. Modern Filter Theory and Design Ternes and Mitra john Wiley & Sons, Inc., $27.50 From basic principles through design the subject material of this book is clearly and succinctly presented. Modern concepts are emphasized throughout, making this a valuable textbook which can lead the practicing EE student to an in-depth understanding of state-of-theart techniques. Although an advanced level text (familiarity with complex functions and linear algebra is almost essential), necessary fundamental concepts are reviewed, giving a continuity between theory and practice which is a delight to the analytically minded EE. (Vernon Chi) Page 11 National Referral Center Science and Technology Division Library of Congress 10 First St., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540 (202) 426-5670 The center has three basic tasks: (1) to inventory all significant U.S. information resources in science and technology; (2) to provide any organization or individual working in science and technology, on request, with information regarding these resources and ( 3) to compile and publish directories and other listings of scientific and technical information resources. In future Rains we will describe in detail these services, especially, though, now we'd like to point to their series of excellent "resource guides": LC Science Tracer Bullet Bibliographies and Selected Sources of Information Lists. Both cover wide areas and, I suppose, are prepared in response to request overload. The sources of information lists include: Nutrition (sl 74-4); Energy (sl 73-7); Environmental Education Materials (sl 72-20) ; Population (sl 72-15); Petroleum and Natural Gas (sl ? 3-5); Solid Wastes (sl 72-6) ; Air Pollution (sl 72-9). Each one describes governmental and private agencies, groups that can provide information in special areas. (Free) The LC Science Tracer Bullet series is really admirable: using a format adapted from the MIT pathfinder series, information includes basic texts, conference proceedings, journal article citation, other bibliographies library subject headings where other materi~l may be found. Subjects include: Acupuncture (tb 72-1); Aquaculture (tb 74-10); Wind Power (tb 73-17); Algae (tb 72-14); Dolphins (tb 72-15); Optical Illusions (tb 73-5); Telecommunication (tb 73-9) ... (free). Write for publication list. Spectrum, An Alternative Technology Equipment Directory. Prepared by: Alternative Sources of Energy Rt. 2, Box 90A Milaca, Mn. 56353 $2.00 A catalog style source book of products available from manufacturers: wind generators, wood stoves, flat plate collectors, photovoltaics, insulation, heat exchangers, hydro power units, waste disposal equipment. Very simple to review because nothing else like it exists and because it is one outcome of the ASE network which has existed for several years. For sure it is incomplete, but they hope to update it periodically. (And how nice-only $2.00) Applied.Research on Energy Storage and Conversion: program solicitation. National Science Foundation. $1 million for research on energy storage applied to three c~tegories: photovoltaic energy converSIOn, solar thermal energy conversion and wi.nd ~nergy conversion. Deadline for applications May 22. Write to National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 20550. ..
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