A study undertaken among commercial strawberry growers in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada, sought to define the network of personal contacts as used by the farmers in obtaining information relevant to growing practices. Growers were divided into four adopter categories: laggards, late majority, early majority, and innovator-early…

This study analyzed data gathered in a Canada Land Inventory project in British Columbia; the purpose was to measure the degree of communication between farmers and the agricultural extension service by analyzing the nature and extent of contacts, and the relationship of the contacts to socioeconomic characteristics. The farmers tended to be an…

The author's purpose in this paper is to survey what has been done in 1969 in the field of TESL as it shows itself in published and unpublished literature, research activities and other information sources, and to identify educationally significant trends, topics and needs. Not intended to be bibliographical (although it concludes with an 86-item…

Assumptions, rationale, structure, personnel and physical requirements for a state-wide educational information system are investigated. The existing needs and resource status of educational information in Michigan are determined, and a physical and organizational network which should provide needed information services to educators is specified.…

The study is concerned with scientific (i.e., professional) recognition and communication behavior in theoretical high energy physics. The sample consists of 977 respondents working in thirty-eight countries. The conferral of two components of professional recognition, research leadership and advisorship, as they are affected by geopolitical and…

A study was conducted to determine the most advantageous method of acquiring selected bibliographic data collections specializing in highway safety literature in order to provide the National Highway Safety Documentation Center (NHSDC) with a significant data base. This data base is necessary for NHSDC to accomplish its objective of being a…

The purpose of this book is to present the problems of documentation and scientific information from an analytical and synthetic point of view. The first section of the book, after an introduction to terminology and a description of the origin of documentation, discusses forms and methods of documentation and information work. The second part…

The problem encountered by Mexican Americans in finding and obtaining sources of financial aid to enter and continue in higher education is reviewed. Financial assistance provided by the Federal Government is described and discussed. Programs such as Talent Search, Upward Bound, Educational Opportunity Grants Program, National Defense Student Loan…

The purpose of this document is to summarize the scope and characteristics of more than 50 programs of data collection, compilation, analysis, and dissemination operated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using a tabular format accompanied by a brief description, programs are presented under the headings of: (1) Manpower and Employment, (2) Prices…

This document is one of a series describing the background, functions, and utilization of the Regional Information System (RIS) developed by the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The purpose of this manual is to detail a procedure for performing a productive search of information resources which can satisfy the informational…

The main sections of the text treat philosophy, religion, visual arts, performing arts, and language and literature, using the following pattern for each of these five area: (1) trends, (2) accessing information, and (3) principal information sources. Background information about the history and development of the field is presented in each…

The purpose of this study was to discover what teaching aids the eleventh and twelfth grade English teacher may expect to find if he depends upon the textbook and manual for questions and information about an assigned poem or if he turns to general high school journals and methods books for information and what critical information the English…

This bibliographical guide to the resources for advanced study and research in the libraries of the United Kingdom and Ireland provides a record of all published library catalogs, all checklists of specialized collections in libraries; calendars of manuscripts and archives; exhibition catalogs; articles descriptive of library collections; guides…

This bibliography lists selected titles bearing directly or indirectly upon educational programs and activities designed for the primary purpose of developing skills, knowledge, habits, or attitudes appropriate and necessary for vital, purposeful living during the years of later maturity. The references are arranged in sections reflecting the…

This selective review of the library science literature of the five-year period 1965-1969 aims to provide library science teachers and libraries with a checklist of material pinpointing the more significant works in each major area. The selection has been limited to 150 works from various parts of the world in order to keep the review within…