Designed to provide assistance to countries in developing centralized services to their libraries for nonbook materials, this pamphlet contains examples from five countries that have succeeded in establishing such services. Those examples include: (1) "The Central Library Service for AV-Materials in Denmark" (Suzanne Hemmeth…

Describes a national project on computer and information literacy in the Netherlands for all students in lower secondary education, i.e., the 12- to 16-year-old age group. Curriculum development is discussed with emphasis on equal participation by female students and teachers, and hardware and software specifications are noted. (LRW)

Preventive services, treatment services, and community health planning for the potentially and actually handicapped young child in Switzerland, Holland, and Israel are surveyed through visits and interviews with government, public and private agencies and institutions. Regarding preventive services, maintenance and/or integration of the natural…

Reviews findings of a national survey to see how information and computer literacy (ICL) is being introduced in Dutch secondary schools. Factors influencing the successful implementation of innovations are discussed, and strategies for future implementation of ICL courses, which are part of the national policy towards computer literacy, are…