Three papers and a brief report on audiovisual services and the agencies providing them in three countries of western Europe include: (1) "National Service to Public Libraries in the Field of Audiovisual Media: The Situation in the Netherlands," by Ed Spruit, who discusses problems concerned with the inclusion of audiovisual media in…

The four papers in a symposium on the cost effectiveness of community schools are presented here, with a brief introduction. The first paper outlines the procedures necessary for an analysis of cost-effectiveness and identifies the problems in applying this analysis to community schools, including variable selection and measurement and value…

The objectives of the reported conference were: 1) to determine what significant changes are occurring in campground management; 2) to view demonstration campground areas and discuss related information dissemination efforts; 3) to determine what campground research is presently underway, and whether more is needed; and, 4) to determine possible…

Proceedings from the Minnesota Roundtable Conference on Assessment of Learning Disabled children include two major presentations reviewing research and reactions to those presentations from conference participants. J. Ysseldyke's presentation "Psychoeducational Assessment and Decision Making" reviews basic considerations underlying his…

A 2-day symposium of historians and archivists prepared a series of 11 specific recommendations for the development of a comprehensive national inventory of historical materials in American education. A pilot project, recommended as the initial step, will focus on three aspects of education: community, formal, and higher education, possibly…

The monograph offers three papers presented at a 1978 symposium in Arizona entitled "Foundations of Rehabilitation Planning with Deaf Persons who are Severely Handicapped." The keynote address by Ralph White presents an overview of what can and should be happening with the severely handicapped deaf population, considering such questions as who the…

This book contains the formal papers that were presented at the 1968 convention of the International Reading Association. The papers discuss aspects of the following reading areas: reading instruction and materials, the curriculum in reading, reading organization, teacher education, research evaluation and reports, and issues in reading on the…

Complete texts of presentations and discussions at a 1975 UNESCO symposium on information systems in ongoing scientific and technical research are included in this volume. Forty-five papers were presented in four sessions: (1) ongoing research information in the service of science and science policy; (2) problems in developing and operating…

Automatic image pattern recognition techniques have been successfully applied to improving productivity and quality in both manufacturing and service applications. Automatic Image Pattern Recognition Algorithms are often developed and tested using unique data bases for each specific application. Quantitative comparison of different approaches and…

The data center and the user offices at a public university have a responsibility to maintain security and to protect the privacy of the individuals whose data they process. This persists even though much personal data are accessible in libraries. How to identify "private" data, what security precautions to take to protect these data…

This report of an international conference deals with problems concerning the development and implementation of science curriculum, particularly physics. Papers and discussions of participants are included and are categorized into the following groups: (1) The Motivation and the structure of science curricula; (2) Strategies and dispositions for…

The 1975 Federation Internationale de Documentation (FID) Symposium was held to generate critical analysis of information sources as a contribution to socioeconomic development. Five opening addresses serve to explore the general conference theme and welcome the 170 participants from 30 countries. Nine papers are presented which address the role…

Presented are the proceedings from the National Conference on Arts and Humanities/Gifted and Talented. Included are reports and presentations with the following titles: "A Temporary Community" (the development of the conference); "The Arts and the Gifted: A Stereoscopic View" (identification of the gifted/talented population); "What's To Be Done?"…

Focusing on the gifted pupil as a challenge to teachers and parents, this volume indicates both the nature of children with traits of giftedness and creativity and the necessary comprehensive procedures in teaching them. Chapters in part one concern the characteristics of gifted and creative children and the scope of a creative reading program.…

This is a report from a conference of selected black educators, professionals, and citizens that was convened to provide an outline of the kinds of educational concerns and problems affecting blacks in America which the National Institute of Education (NIE) might use as a basis for formulating its research and development (R&D) efforts. The…