Presents survey of two groups of databases covering patent literature: patent literature only and general literature that includes patents relevant to subject area of database. Description of databases and comparison tables for patent and general databases (cost, country coverage, years covered, update frequency, file size, and searchable data…

Study presents data based on American Association of University Professors (AAUP) tabulations for salary comparisons between instructional faculty and academic librarians. Eleven references are provided. (EJS)

Using information obtained from the Educational Research Service, this report briefly summarizes in table form the current salary schedules for principals and assistant principals. Section 1 compares 1979-80 minimum and maximum salary schedule summaries by school district enrollment size. Section 2 makes the comparison by using a per pupil…

This comparison of characteristics of directors of Association of Research Libraries' member libraries in 1966 and 1981 indicates that, in both years, directors were predominantly middle-aged male graduates of liberal arts programs. Significant differences were observed in directors' regions of origin, library education, additional graduate…

Reports on an annual national survey of state-level school library officials. Data are presented for 1990-91 on the number of children enrolled in public schools, the number of certified school library media specialists employed, and students per media specialist. A graph compares data for selected years from 1969 to the present. (KRN)

This report examines student charges at public, four-year institutions throughout the United States based on the responses from a survey of 513 responding institutions. Statistical data are presented in the appendix comprising nearly the entire report. Major findings include the following items: (1) the overall fall 1992 resident undergraduate…

This book discusses constructing variables and making measures. It begins by outlining the qualities a number must meet before it qualifies as a measure of something. The basis is the measurement philosophy of G. Rasch. The first requirement for making good measures is good raw material. To achieve the possibility of comparisons, the data must…

This volume (the third of three), displaying statistical tables (98 percent of the report) on enrollment trends for the State University of New York (SUNY), is divided into three parts. Part 1 displays trends from 1959 through 1991, and provides data by individual institution and institutional type regarding the percent of the institution's…

This volume (second of three) contains statistical tables displaying origin or origin grouping of credit course students attending the State University of New York System. The volume contains six parts: Part 1 contains separate tables for each New York State county; Part 2 displays the permanent residence of students from outside of New York State…

These six bulletins examine various aspects of women's employment in the European Union (EU). In the first bulletin, the different positions of women in the labor markets of the individual EU member countries are demonstrated to mirror the roles of women in each country's family and welfare system. The problems of unemployment and underemployment…