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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
This Congressional report found that today's social and economic conditions harm large numbers of American families in ways that the child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems were not created and are ill-prepared to address. The following findings are reported: (1) the number of children placed outside of their homes during the…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
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Rubin, Richard – Library Quarterly, 1987
Describes the 1927 American Library Association's job classification and compensation plan, which attempted to identify job duties and minimum qualifications for the entire library profession. The development of the plan, problems with the research methodology used, and the relevance of the plan to current problems in librarianship are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Compensation (Remuneration), Federal Government, Government Employees
Coyle, Patrick – 1988
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) flyer/kit addresses some of the needs of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members regarding library building use and the aesthetics and well-being of the materials and people in the building. The kit draws upon documents gathered as part of a 1986 Quick-SPEC survey that dealt with food and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Aesthetic Values, Behavior Problems, Design Requirements