Reviews the mandate and mission of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) and describes its successful initiatives supporting library issues and community library programs. Excerpts from a letter written by Marilyn L. Miller, president of the American Library Association, in support of NCLIS are included. (EA)

The problems and objectives of contemporary consortial endeavors are the subject of this report. After introducing material outlining the 1980-1985 goals for consortial development established by the National Training System (NTS), the report provides examples of consortial activities among institutions of higher education and illustrates ventures…

This document consists of sixteen "mini-documents," each of which represents a set of suggestions for education practitioners at the state and local levels, to use in entering into "community partnerships" with a state or local unit of a national organization for the purpose of providing career education to elementary/high school students.…

These final notes are the record of the activities which took place in a series of nineteen conferences held for state coordinators of career education and representatives of national community-based organizations. In the sessions, representatives of the national organizations and educators discussed how the organizations could cooperate with the…

These proceedings contain presentations, dialogue/questions and answers, reflective evaluations, and a sampling of model outreach programs from a forum on the process of becoming a New Age leader--a part of the process of transformation. The proceedings are divided into four sections that correspond to the four phases of the transformation…