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Osipova, I. P. – 1979
An objective description of the programs and outline of the problems of the Lenin State Library are presented by I.P. Osipova of the Lenin State Library of the USSR, and a comparison between that library and the Library of Congress (LC) is presented by Frank M. McGowan. The Lenin Library serves as national library of the USSR, state repository of…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Prochazkova, Hana – 1980
The European Information Centre for Further Education of Teachers (EIC-FET), located in Prague, Czechoslovakia, was set up in 1973 to acquire and organize information on professional growth of teachers. The information is collected to serve as a basis for in-house administrative needs and for the program implementation, innovation, and integration…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Services
Serov, V. V. – 1979
The mechanics of the Soviet library system, the availability of libraries to the citizenry, organizational components, and the development and planning principles of librarianship as they follow Leninist national policy are discussed in this paper by V.V. Serov, Head of the Main Library Directorate, USSR Ministry of Culture. A program of library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Tmej, Karel – 1980
A long-term plan to improve the training of teachers was formulated in the fifteenth Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. The concept behind this new plan emphasizes equal proportions of qualities desired of teachers, including some ideological, political, moral, and psychological components. There has been a shift in the role of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBarboza, Nathalie – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2000
Examines population and environmental issues in sub-Saharan Africa and efforts to heighten awareness of the need for sustainable development and behavioral changes. Describes national initiatives in Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria, Benin, and Burkina Faso to incorporate education for sustainability into the schools, teacher education programs, and public…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Fiser, Jiri – 1980
Education in Czechoslovakia is compulsory for all children from the ages of six to sixteen and is founded on Marxist-Leninist principles. Teachers are required to exhibit undivided ideological and political influence, guide the young toward moral standards advocated by the communist government, and be fully prepared to teach in a specialized…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Kirpicheva, I. K. – 1979
In describing the role of Soviet libraries in the satisfaction of information needs of specialists, I.K. Kirpicheva has provided a comprehensive picture of the extensive system for the State System Scientific and Technical Information (SSSTI) in support of the accelerated development of Soviet science and technology. Information needs arising at…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
