Discusses the offering of a Science for Poets course at the General Science Department of State University College at Buffalo, involving objectives, methods, and grouping techniques. Included are lists of problems proposed by teachers and students in the course. (CC)

This report summarizes issues discussed at an invitational meeting on family day care associations sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board. Participants in the meeting included the presidents of six family day care associations from Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Also included were representatives from the Children's…

The findings of a study team on the preservation of library materials are presented in three sections. The first section, which is a general analysis of the factors which created the current situation, discusses the library in its institutional setting; external factors affecting preservation, including publishing trends, developments in the…

This report of an investigation of the legal, fiscal, and structural issues confronting New Jersey's public libraries contains 30 recommendations that address the various problems and needs revealed by the study. Chapters discuss the challenges facing libraries in New Jersey, the funding of local libraries, the delivery of local library services,…

Problems facing the Pacific Basin Territories' attempt to implement P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, include lack of felt need for services to mildly handicapped students, lack of accommodation for cultural values in the law, and confused communications concerning the development of special education. Further…

In this study full-time adult education program administrators were interviewed and taped to determine what they did on the job, how they felt about what they did, and how they prepared or felt they should be preparing to achieve the goals they identified as essential to doing those jobs well. Transcript responses from the interviews were divided…

Presented are a series of papers in which Mr. William C. Norris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Control Data Corporation, explores ways in which technology can be employed to solve many of society's problems. Papers included are: Technological Cooperation for Survival; Via Technology to a New Era in Education; A Policy for Export of…

Microcatalog use studies at the University of Oregon have demonstrated that users encounter access difficulties when confronted with a multiple file microfiche catalog. This research verifies theories by Mooers, Zipf, and others that the public minimizes search efforts and implies that closed catalogs with supplements such as add-on catalogs will…

Because previous studies that focus on undocumented aliens (those residing in the United States illegally) fail to define the barriers that inhibit use of mental health services, the proposed model considers these barriers and outlines ways in which social workers employed in mental health institutions can actively help undocumented Mexican…

This paper reports the results of a study that investigated factors constraining or encouraging the use of evaluation data by school administrators. It begins with a lengthy analogy about the use of a restaurant guide that is intended to illuminate how constraining or encouraging factors influence the use of evaluation data. The author defines a…

Computer abuse is examined as both a general issue and as a specific problem. A statistical profile of computer crime lists distribution by country of reported cases, by industry of occurrence, and by amount of monetary loss. The characteristics of computer abuse are described along with the important categories of such crimes. Factors inhibiting…

The lack of foreign exchange caused serious problems in the acquisition of foreign journals by libraries in Bangladesh during the first years of independence. Although the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States of America (under ODA and AID schemes) have provided financial and other assistance, few institutes have received the…

Drawn from the 15th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the nine papers presented in this volume deal with problems--or, in some cases, downright failures--in the automation of various facets of library service. They range from a general survey of failures or limitations…

Generated as the result of the deliberations of the COM Catalog Advisory Work Group, which depended heavily on a review of the available literature, individual analysis, and group discussion, this report is intended as a general planning document for Virginia Commonwealth university libraries concerning their possible implementation of a COM…