This twenty-seventh (1997-98) annual report of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) includes the following sections: (1) 1997-1998 Highlights; (2) 1997-1998 Commission Meetings; (3) Highlights of NCLIS Activities, 1970-1998; (4) NCLIS Action Plan, 1998-2000; (5) Advice to the Government, including advice to the…

The University Network Publishing Corporation (UNP), a new company that promises to print alumni magazines at "no cost" to the parent institution, is discussed. UNP will furnish a magazine shell with national advertising and the participating institution will fill in with its own material. (MLW)

Europe's need for multiethnic education results both from its multiplicity of historical ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups and from the more recent immigration of foreign workers. While national and supranational programs have been developed, relatively little money has been invested in them and multicultural curriculums have not been…

Discusses elements of the National Institute for the Advancement of Career Education: the need for such an institute, areas of concentration (instruction, leadership, development, research), and how interested persons can cooperate in the institute. (CT)

Describes the cooperative nature and content of Greek agricultural education and training activities and the efforts made to integrate cooperative studies into the national educational system. (CT)

Examining literacy and adult education in the United Kingdom (U.K.), this issue is divided into four parts: (1) Introductory Survey, which discusses the U.K. experience in adult literacy; (2) The Provider, which presents agencies involved in adult education; (3) Resources, which describes the Adult Literacy Resource Agency; and (4) Learning…

The Courses by Newspaper program provides a vehicle for scholars to present critical issues to an audience of nearly 5,000,000 newspaper readers. The program also links with educational television and radio to serve as a catalyst in the development of noncredit courses. (SK)

Discusses the controversy surrounding the initial decision to establish, and the current decision to phase out, the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC), a computational chemistry center jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. (CS)

Describes the endeavor by the Chinese Communist Party to construct a community-based, urban welfare system that would cater to the needs of urban dwellers who were not under the protection of the workers' social assistance system or whose needs could not be met entirely by it. (CT)

The National Inservice Network projects are concerned with the multiple facets of delivering in-service education and training of regular educators to teach handicapped students. (Author/SBH)

Explains the structure and operation of the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), whose primary role is to disseminate the findings and research results of Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) programs to rehabilitation service personnel, handicapped individuals, researchers, and educators. (CWM)

Eleven higher education institutions were involved in planning, and six in implementing a national project on experiential education sponsored by NISS during the years 1974 to 1976. The developmental work, purposes of the research intended to be accomplished, and reasons for termination of the project are described. (Author/LBH)

Reviews definitions, purposes, objectives, and the timetable for executing the National Literacy Programme through a conversation with its director. (TB)

Includes 6 articles that discuss the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program at the Library of Congress; metadata in digital libraries; integrated reference services on the Web. (LRW)

Over four years Florida State University has assisted the People's Republic of China in developing a national system of college/university career services. The national career services delivery model includes delivery of career guidance, information, and assessment; application of theories of career guidance to delivery services; delivery of an…