The feasibility of using ticket dispensing machines to collect campground fees was tested in the California Region of the U. S. Forest Service during the summer of 1961 and described in this report. In addition, tests were made on the performance of tickets as a source of information. This part of the research was conducted with the belief that…

This directory lists, alphabetically by state and city, the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the organizations and people who are able to reach minority groups to tell them about affirmative action programs for job training and job opportunities. At the end of many of the state entries are listed organizations which have statewide or…

The purpose of this publication is to suggest ideas and resources that may help stimulate educational activities focusing on our environment. A cross-section of school programs, educational organizations and institutions, citizen and professional groups, and government agencies located in Massachusetts are described as well as bibliography…

The common description of television as an "image" is appropriate, because everything that appears on the screen reflects the image which government and big business want to present of our society. Thus, advertisers will not buy programs which have downbeat content, and the view their advertisements present is of people who are basically happy or…

A study sought to determine whether female innovative teens have mass media behavior similar to that of adult innovators. Research indicates that adult innovators (adult who are the first to adopt new ideas and products and who comprise 16% of the population) are more ventursome, better educated, more socially integrated, and have greater contact…

This booklet is a mimeographed listing of information and resources in environmental education. It is intended to be a tool for almost anyone with a general or specific interest in this subject. The foreword contains a rationale for environmental education which includes the U.S. Office of Education's basic characteristics of good environmental…

The role of educational evaluation in product development is part of a framework for discussing and organizing formative evaluation studies. This framework is two dimensional, with formative evaluation activity as one dimension and sources of information as the other dimension. Discussions are presented on the four categories of formative…

The third volume in a series designed to help school administrators to install new curriculum programs contains information about the selection process. It begins with a definition of just what a new curriculum program should be, then suggests the composition of the search/selections committee, and finally describes a search procedure that…

Discusses the history, objectives, sponsorship, and services of the Canadian Communications Research Information Centre. (JY)

Summarizes the major findings of the Gallup Survey and discusses their implications for public library planning. (PF)

Preparing poster-sized organizational charts forces students and reporters to develop detailed familiarity with their assigned news beats. (RL)

Describes all of the commercial and governmental micropublishers and the U.S. government documents now available in microform. A list is included of selected sources of Federal documents in microform. (CMV)

Discusses the developments that have made the Public Documents Department Microfiche Information Retrieval System, commonly known as the Publications Reference File (PRF), an essential tool for purchase and bibliographic information on government documents. The PRF is produced only on microfiche and updated frequently. (Author/CMV)

Describes the development and contents of a computer database which helps social studies educators identify available curriculum materials. Materials can be located by using one or a combination of the following elements: Acquisition number, publisher, institution or sponsor, author, title, grade level, copyright date, cost, number of pages, and…

Describes the operation and numerous capabilities of a British computerized data retrieval system named Prestel. It provides access, through the regular telephone network and a TV screen, to computer-based information supplied by many companies, agencies and commercial outlets. (GA)