A change to the metric system -- the International System of Units -- in the building construction industry would require a federal agency to administer a nationally coordinated program with representation of the various building construction industries. The program should include a carefully planned sequence of events for transition and a…

Using the examples of the national system of centers for deaf blind children in the U.S. and the programs for the education of the deaf in Denmark, a macro-solution for the provision of services to all exceptional children in the U.S. is proposed. (Author)

We cannot hope to keep the peace unless we also build it." Peace building involves economic stability and growth, making a reality of human rights, and the social discipline of science and technology for the common good. (EB)

Reviews programs sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, a private operating foundation, to combat deterioration of library materials. Research grants, assistance to conservation laboratories, and support for new equipment and tests are supplemented by efforts to establish cooperative programs and establish a national strategy for…

This final Bulletin of the National Institute reviews the activities it has sponsored since June 1966. Major articles report the four Student/Beginning Teacher Conferences to evolve recommendations for new conceptual models of teacher education; the Conference on New Curriculum Materials and the Teaching of the Disadvantaged; the Professors in the…

Identifies basic elements that must be in place to establish a national preservation microfilming program: accessible technology; commitment from librarians, archivists, administrators; adequate funding; accepted standards and procedures; access to bibliographic data on what has been filmed; cooperative structures to organize work; trained…

This document announces the winners of the 2000 National Award for Museum Service. The award winners demonstrate the kind of influence and impact museums can bring to community life. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York) enjoys an international reputation for its collection of modern and contemporary art and its innovative special…

A look at the major objectives of a project which is to provide a facility which will allow the active co-operation of research workers throughout Canada in the development and evaluation of computer-aided learning systems to meet Canadian requirements. (Author)

Outlines the purposes of the National Institute of Education (NIE), the political and financial problems it has encountered, and a re-organization that may allow NIE to fulfill its purposes in the future. (GS)

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)

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)

The paradox of the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service lies in the fact that it has made rural America economically and technologically wealthy while at the same time its human services have declined relative to the rest of the nation. The growth of an urban industrial society has resulted in a new view of agriculture as a business rather…

SCHOLARS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA MET TO DISCUSS INTELLECTUAL COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS (N 76) PLACED EMPHASIS ON THE UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNIVERSALIZATION OF DISCIPLINES. MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE--(1) MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON OBJECTIVES, ON THE APPROACH, AND ON THE…

Comprehensive manpower planning at the national level to meet manpower needs is impossible because there is no single agency authorized to affect such a planning effort. (SB)

Describes four library resource sharing projects in (1) New Zealand, (2) Papua New Guinea, (3) Australia, and (4) Fiji. Numerous shared services are discussed, including national bibliographies, publications exchanges, staff exchanges, clearing centers for duplicates, library planning, and national collections. (LLS)