Judges' use of case specific data in determining child custody arrangements was examined. Information collected on 60 contested initial disposition or disposition modification cases was used to model judicial decision-making. The sample was not representative of the full population of divorcing families in that it was disproportionately comprised of high conflict cases in which there were few unequivocally safe placement options.Our results indicated that judges generally followed the legal statutes, attended to the nature of family relationships, and did not rely on a general preference for one parent. Moreover, they demonstrated a strong reliance on the impressions and recommendations of Erik Sorensen, PhD, is on the staff,

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The desirability of applying uniform standards to international documentation is well recognized. The need to “identify and consider adoption of established, relevant standards aimed at improving retrieval” was expressed by Helen Seymour at the 1972 International Symposium on the Documentation of the United Nations and Other Intergovernmental Organizations. Among the final recommendations emanating from that meeting were Number 31, which calls for application of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) system, and Number 33, which calls for adoption of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD). In line with this thinking, I would like to suggest the development and adoption of a standard for the bibliographic citation of international documents.

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This paper describes contemporary Turkish libraries and librarianship. It is based principally on information gleaned during the 1995 conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The meeting was convened in Istanbul, more than 25% of the delegates were from Turkey, and approximately 15% of the papers were on topics relating to Turkish librarianship. It was a unique opportunity to learn about the library scene in Turkey firsthand, and to explore my special interest in academic libraries, with particular emphasis on the four universities whose language of instruction is English. A short history of library development and education for librarianship is given, followed by descriptions of problems facing Turkish librarianship and programs which address them. The national level projects which are underway, especially in the area of access to information in electronic form, hold promise for working around, if not overcoming, some of the constraints which exist in the library sector of modern-day Turkey.