The new media--including videodisks, microcomputers, and communication networks--are now becoming widely accepted in the world of education. It is predicted that as a result there will be many rapid changes in school education, both in content and in methods. In order to analyze rates, degree, and methods of utilizing the new media, the NHK Radio…

In October of the years 1984 through 1987, as part of the Annual School Program Survey, and primarily at the request of the Office of Instruction of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), all elementary, secondary, and adult school principals were asked to provide information concerning computer usage at their schools. Results of the…

A study investigated audience news comprehension, focusing on objective knowledge questions measuring "acquaintance with" as contrasted to "knowledge of" as indexed by cognitive complexity and the frames of cognitive structure. A single continuing story--the Tax Reform bill that was moving through the United States Congress at…

Asnuntuck, a small community college in north central Connecticut, has plans to expand its Learning Resource Center (LRC) not only physically, with the renovation of the entire building in which it is now housed, but also in terms of the materials and services it offers. As part of the planning process, the LRC conducted a user survey to solicit…

This study investigated whether a disabled person's predisposition to technology use can be assessed in order to optimize the match of person with technological aids. Subjects, most with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, or deafness, were assessed with newly developed instruments and interviewed. Subjects were determined to be either technology…

Use of computers at Brown University and attitudes toward computing were investigated in 1984. Major areas of interest were: frequency of weekly computer use, past experience using computers, when respondents first used a computer, their gender, student status, years at the university, major, and parental and familial influences on computer use.…

Through an examination of the transition process used by a representative sample of successfully employed handicapped individuals in Florida, specific transition strategies and the degree to which they were used were identified. Fifty successfully employed handicapped individuals participated. The high school experience was cited as essential in…

A study examined whether a relationship exists between childhood viewing habits and adult viewing behaviors. Questionnaires on childhood and adult viewing behaviors were completed by 557 students in a basic public speaking course, 86 residents of a university family housing unit, 74 vocational students, and 23 members of the local Jaycees…

To update a 1977 study of indirect cost rates in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions, the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) contacted several member libraries and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) in 1980 for current information and documents. A number of ARL members…

Research has consistently shown black clients to attend sessions less regularly and to completely drop out of treatment more often than their white counterparts. This study compared use of group, presenting concerns, reactions to other group members, and the service utilization patterns of group members in one all black and one all white women's…

This study tests the widely cited proposition that 20% of a library's books account for 80% of its circulation. Using data collected for a collection development survey, it was found that of the sample of 4,213 books, 799, or 19%, accounted for 79% of the circulation during 1987. In fact, 25% of the books accounted for all of the circulation that…

This paper highlights the findings of two studies conducted by Market Opinion Research for Data Courier Inc., both of which focused on textual or bibliographic business information. The first study consisted of interviews with 535 known searchers of the ABI/INFORM file, a product of Data Courier Inc. The purpose was to determine the habits, needs,…

The social role of the personal computer and its implications for familial health were investigated in a study of approximately 100 families with microcomputers in their homes. Data were collected through a written questionnaire and through diskettes programmed to monitor day-to-day computer usage. Analysis emphasized both patterns in family use…

Swedish consumer use of video recording equipment and software was surveyed through interviews with 10,700 people; the interviews were conducted by the field research staff of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation's Audience and Programme Research Department between December 1981 and April 1982. The study focused on possession (ownership, leasing,…

As a part of a larger research project intended to aid university planners, 2,027 faculty and staff at a large western university were questioned about their interest in telecommunications services. Of those surveyed, 366 faculty and 466 others--41%--returned the lengthy mail questionnaire, which included questions about computing, videotex, and…