A skilled and flexible workforce is increasingly identified by governments as key to economic development. With the emergence of a global market in both educational services and labour, agreements on mutual recognition and transparency of skills and qualifications have become important elements of international co-operation. They are often…

This article has been compiled from materials produced and collected by UNESCO and partner organisations committed to advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Due to the great diversity in the implementation of the DESD at regional, national and local levels, this report highlights trends and developments that have emerged during the…

This report describes the 5-year plan of the Documentary Heritage Program (DHP), which is charged with ensuring that historical records important for documenting Western New York are preserved and are used effectively by researchers. The report is divided into four sections. In the first section the background and structure of the DHP is…

The report describes a regionalized system of community based child health centers developed in Iowa to provide coordinated secondary level health services for children with chronic illness and handicapping conditions. The system is based on two principles: (1) Communities will be given the responsibility for determining which health services are…

Initiated in 1981 to provide an update and to reaffirm the status of educational needs of a seven-state region, a revalidation study by Appalachia Educational Laboratory was conducted. Results indicated some variations from the needs expressed at state conferences in 1980, but the revalidation showed that the importance of educational needs had…

This report describes a series of workshops and a forum held to identify and assess existing collections in Northern Virginia institutions (libraries, universities, agencies, etc.) in the following subject areas: non-print materials, children's literature, consumer education, health sciences, library and information science, local history and…

This issue of "Illinois Libraries" is a report of the Illinois White House Conference on Library and Information Services, held in Springfield, November 12-14, 1978. After a brief introduction, the planning process for the conference is described, including committee work, timetables established, the efforts of state agencies, delegate…

The International Bureau of Education (IBE) is focusing its program activity on the adaptation of the content of education to the challenges of the 21st century. IBE's program has two components: integrating the concern of living together into the content of education; and adapting the content of education to cope with some of the challenges…

Describes functions and activities of UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC) Documentation and Information Centre, highlighting collections and acquisitions, publications, dissemination of information, regional network of education information, collaboration with International Bureau of Education,…

The use of networking in the continuing education of nurses is examined as it applies to a federally funded, maternal-child health project. Aspects of the Project that are discussed include: project implementation, needs assessment, barriers, use of consultants, project participants, and evaluation of project success. (CT)

The Tri-County Regional Library in Rome, Georgia, operates a full-time cable television program schedule. The library is thus able to bring information, entertainment, and community services to hard-to-reach areas, expanding the concept of the role of libraries and of public access television. (SK)

Examines the factors that lead to the success of one regional education organization and the failure of a comparable one. The study demonstrates that organizational arrangements and leadership within the centers themselves were much more critical to survival or death than were environmental conditions. (Author/IRT)

Texas provides computer service to public school districts through 20 Regional Education Service Centers. (Author/MLF)

Utah is one of the few states in the nation to provide statewide educational computer services from a centralized data processing installation. (Author)

Describes the American Association of Community and Junior College's Advancing the Humanities Project, which is developing Regional Humanities Networks to assist humanities faculty in communicating with their colleagues throughout the region and revitalizing their own teaching via conferences, mentoring components, and various networking…