This paper was commissioned in part to provide an institutional memory for the Network Advisory Committee, not only for its new members but for the entire library and information service community. The deliberations of this committee, which has been the catalyst for a number of significant efforts in networking, are presented in this detailed…

Because information handling applies to all forms of learning, one Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) INSET strategy is devoted to a discussion of the generation, storage, retrieval, communication, and use of information in all subject areas. Discusses the nature of information; MEP and the information domain; information gathering, use,…

Testimony relative to the establishment of a National Commission on Library and Information Science as a continuing Federal planning agency is presented in the form of verbatim oral question and answers, prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials. List of witnesses include: (1) Grant Venn, (2) L. Quincy Mumford, (3) William S. Dix,…

This is the Senate summary on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act's background and on the role of the Commission. It provides a section-by-section analysis of S. 1519 which includes: (1) citation, (2) policy, (3) establishment, (4) contributions, (5) functions, (6) membership and (7) authorization of appropriations.…

Testimony relative to establishing a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as given in two committee sessions is presented in the form of verbatim oral questions and answers, prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials. Major prepared statements are by: (1) Joseph Becker, (2) Frederick Burkhardt, (3) Hugh L. Carey,…

This report provides text of the recommended wording for Bill S. 1519 to establish a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Sections of the bill are: (1) citation, (2) statement of policy, (3) Commission established, (4) contributions, (5) functions, (6) membership, and (7) authorizations of appropriations. Also included is a…

Discusses new demands in education resulting from rapid advances in information technology and the role of the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) in meeting this need. The MEP-funded Consortium Information Project is meeting specific information technology challenges by offering a variety of skills and backgrounds to 9- to 13-year-old…

As part of the Project of Further Development of the Czechoslovak Educational System, a program adopted in 1976, library education has been revised beginning in the secondary schools, extending through the university level, and providing continuing education opportunities for librarians, technicians, and researchers. Secondary school curriculums…