Thirty-five representatives of local, state, and federal youth-work programs attended a workshop which focused on issues related to planning a youth-work program, identifying the target population, designing a comprehensive program, and recruiting, screening, and selecting youth. Its agenda was established following field visits to a dozen…

The need to develop in children a desire to read and an appreciation of worthwhile reading materials is discussed. Each chapter is written by an authority and covers a different aspect of children's library book reading. Topics discussed include: the courage and valor of characters in books and the importance of these to children; the authors of…

To demonstrate the value of employing "indigenous" adults as semi-professional workers in youth employment programs or agencies, this program was conducted between November 1964 and December 1965 in New York City. Sixty male and female adults aged 22 or older were carefully selected, to participate in 12 weeks of training with no guarantee of…

An investigation of three phases of the high school occupational home economics program was conducted to provide guidelines for strengthening vocational programs. Questionnaires were sent to 110 randomly selected teachers of occupational home economics in 47 states, with 76.4 percent response to phase I, 79 percent response to phase II, 73.6…

Does where one goes to college depend upon the kind of high school attended? And, what are the consequences of attending a more or less academically selective college or university? These questions are evaluated separately for college men and women using longitudinal data from a national sample of youth who were high school sophomores in 1955. For…

The five papers in this collection were presented to a group of Directors and Coordinators of Children's Work representing large, medium, and county public libraries, as well as representatives from state libraries and library schools, who attended the President's Preconference. Topics presented include (1) a review of the development of…

This paper chronicles the development of a materials selection policy for the library and audio/visual software components of Austin Community College's (ACC) Learning Resource System. The policy would establish authority for selection decisions, the intellectual framework within which decisions are made, and selection criteria and guidelines. It…

Data are presented on four important aspects of the St. Louis education system's professional employee situation: (1) the pattern of movement from one part of the metropolitan area to another; (2) the survival behavior among the area's certified personnel; (3) the shift of personnel towards positions in administration as opposed to teaching; and…

A cooperative effort between the National Institute of Education and the Clark County (Nevada) School District demonstrated the practical use of available computer-assisted techniques for helping local communities allocate students to schools and for solving other problems that occur during districting efforts. By using available computer…

The author reviews recent legislation concerning sex discrimination and examines the courts' views of discriminatory employment practices and discriminatory practices against students. The legislation covered includes the following: Executive Order 11246 as amended by Executive Order 11375; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by…

To operate effectively, libraries must develop methods by which to identify literatures of high utility to their clientele and must acquire and organize these literatures in such a way as to optimize their usefulness. One such method, the bibliometric approach, is based on the assumption of certain regularities in patterns of authorship,…

A manual, designed to define the materials of local history and to tell how to deal with them, provides step-by-step instructions for setting up such collections. The collecting and selecting process is described, as are the organizational problems and possibilities in handling books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, photographs, pictures, tape…

Assessment programs like the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) continue to play an important role in the admission decisions of many colleges. In many cases, they also serve a meaningful counseling and guidance function for high schools and colleges. The data reported in this paper suggest that the two programs can…

Research which resulted in the development of the United States Employment Service Specific Aptitude Test Battery for use in selecting inexperienced and untrained individuals for training as nurse aids is described. Occupational norms were established in terms of each significant aptitude measure which when combined, predict job performance.…

This paper describes a study of the criteria children's book editors and elementary classroom teachers use to select fiction books for children in grades four, five, and six. A questionnaire was sent to all members of the Children's Book Council and to elementary classroom teachers of grades four, five, and six in each elementary school in…