The Virginia Planning Conference for Solar Technology Information Transfer was held in Richmond in February 1978 to elicit suggestions on how to make Virginians aware of libraries as sources of energy information and how Virginia libraries can keep their energy materials and reference services up to date. A summary of this planning session and a…

The report examines the major activities, input, and results of the Illinois Office of Education's Area Learning Resource Center Project, a program through which state and national resources and services are transmitted to special education programs and personnel at the local level. It is reported that the project accomplished its goals by…

This document is a compilation of the data gathering instruments used for a study exploring the feasibility of establishing archive services in ERIC/IR (ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources) for researchers in library and information sciences and instructional technology. Raw data are displayed on the questionnaires. (JAB)

This collection of technical studies concerning the European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED) presents the problems of educational information, documentation, and dissemination in Europe. In the first report, transmitter-receiver relationships and the understanding of each other's roles and needs are discussed. The…

Owen G. Leach & Associates, under professional contract to the New Mexico State Library, conducted an opinion research study of New Mexico citizens. This study determined that 52.5 percent of adults needed and wanted information available from library networks, but did not realize that this information could be obtained through libraries. A…

The Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) is a multifaceted planning organization, broadly concerned with the overall welfare of the residents in seven Oklahoma counties. One of its goals is to assure adequate library services to all persons desiring to use them. To assure these services, a plan was initiated to coordinate the library…

The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) met on May 7, 1976, to hear reports on copyrights as they apply to computers and the information industry. The first spokesman was the president of Educational Communications (EDUCOM), a consortium of colleges and universities collaborating on the distribution and use…

A seminar was held in March, 1976, at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Annual Convention to discuss the problems of nonprint media selection. The major question raised in the seminar was the extent to which an economical information system to provide qualitative as well as purely technical descriptions of…

When planning or assessing formal scientific and technical information (STI) systems for research and development (R&D) laboratories, it is distorting and unhelpful to think in terms of "users" and "non-users." It is accurate and helpful to think in terms of services to informal groups--groups composed of both direct and indirect users. These…

There are several research areas basic to the long-range future of human communications. Telecommunication and transportation offer the possiblity of two worldwide communications networks whose interrelationships need to be explored in terms of the needs of the individual, the community, and the world at large. Expanding possibilities of…

Described and evaluated is Ohio's Special Education Regional Resource Center Network. Discussed are background information, funding structure and goals of the two major components (Program Planning and Development Centers and Instructional Resource Centers) as well as such other components as research and development projects. Reported is a 1974…

When one engages in organizational diagnosis, it has been suggested that greater understanding of the organization can come through: (1) an identification of all the channels conveying material and information, and (2) a description of the means by which this communication influences the behavior of the organization. A networks/system approach is…

All facilities of the Ministry of Communications of Korea, which monopolizes telecommunications services in the country, are listed and described. Both domestic facilities, including long-distance telephone and telegraph circuits, and international connections are included. Computer facilities are also listed. The nation's regulatory policies are…

A plan is presented for a long-range research program, the objective of which will be to identify technical information problems and policies relating to Federal libraries and information services, to determine priorities among those issues requiring attention, and to develop research designs for each project recommended. The program is presented…

This publication is a sample issue of a new reference publication "designed to meet the growing demand for substantial, timely coverage of the literature dealing with the interfaces of linguistics, computation, information science, and related fields." Prepared by the Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System (LINCS) at the Center for…