This document includes five reports originally presented at two meetings of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) held respecively in 1985 and 1987. In "Public Policy on LIbraries," Hector Wynter, a member of the Jamaican Parliament, describes the role of the legislator in the development of libraries in Jamaica.…

Designed to provide information for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges' review of the state's Master Plan for Higher Education, this two-part report presents background on recent research on the community college mission and describes processes currently available to the Board to establish priorities within the mission.…

Data gathered in a study of news coverage of the parttime Indiana and fulltime Michigan state legislatures were used to determine if source use in stories, portrayals of lawmakers and of the legislature as a whole, and topic coverage varied with the length of the legislative session. A content analysis was conducted of the 111 stories written by…

To replicate previous studies indicating a consistent pattern of unequal treatment of women in newspaper coverage, a study examined how 21 Michigan newspapers treated stories involving male and female state officials over an eight-week period. In particular, the study focused on the amount of coverage, the context of the coverage, the length of…

This guide for changing public opinion concerning physical education is divided into four sections: The first, "Setting the Stage" tells how the various governments are organized, and the processes which turn public opinion into public policy. Future trends in the federal, state, and local role in funding public education are discussed. An…

A member of the Illinois House of Representatives expresses her reasons for believing that most of the goals of Women's Rights advocates are not only reasonable and desirable, but necessary for the survival of the family, and that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) means equal opportunity and recognition for all. (Author/AJ)

The testimony of ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) officials and the Governors of Appalachian states at Congressional hearings constitutes a report on ARC's current status and program plans. (JC)

To better serve the diverse and complex needs of the parliamentarian, parliamentary libraries are transferring the emphasis of their activities from collection building to the provision of increasingly more costly library services. Parliamentary libraries must accept that information prepared for members of parliament is more differentiated and…

Expressing the concern of the Parliamentary Libraries Section of International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) about the need of legislators for access to up-to-date, reliable, adequate libraries and dissemination facilities, this paper offers a general review of requirements necessary for the initiation and development of legislative…

An overview of energy emergency legislation in the fifty states, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico is given in this report. Descriptions of specific provisions of state legislation are included to illustrate the many methods by which authority to deal with an energy emergency may be incorporated into the general body of state law. The information…

A survey was conducted to ascertain the reactions of viewers and legislators to a public television series, "Today in the Legislature," which presented videotaped segments of a nine-week session of both the Florida House of Representatives and Senate. The results showed that viewers felt the program was informative, that their…

This publication is the result of a study authorized by the Washington State Legislature to identify and isolate factors that contribute to higher costs of building. The committee charged with this study combined existing research and information on the subject with its own suggestions. It developed recommendations to assist the school…

The California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights met on January 21-22, 1971, to discuss the political participation of Mexican Americans. This paper presents the committee's discussion and recommendations. Matters that are pertinent to the participation of Mexican Americans in the Political life of California are…

The purpose of this study was to investigate communication similarities and differences between the male and female representatives in the present session of the Michigan House of Representatives, in four aspects of communication behavior: allocation of communication time, floor debate, committee deliberation, and constituent communication. The…

A program description, including historical development, of the congressional intern program on Capitol Hill, which in the summer of 1974 involved 1800 college students and teenagers, 15 or 20 in the offices of some Senators. The program includes formal speaker and seminar programs as well as work experience. (JT)