This document outlines the Alaska State Plan for 1998-2002 prepared in accordance with the Library Services and Technology Act. The overall goal of the State Library program is to assure access for all Alaskans to the library resources necessary to meet informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs. Population characteristics…

By identifying the best and most current sites for educators on the World Wide Web, this award-winning and internationally acclaimed guide is designed to help educators and their students find the information they need quickly and easily. The book also allows educators to integrate the Internet into the curriculum and build valuable online…

Guidelines are provided for identifying and integrating the context of ethnic and minority group history, sources of information are reviewed, and the use of local history is discussed. Examples of ideas and techniques for classroom instruction are provided. (MSE)

Developmental students have special needs that challenge a faculty advising program. Faculty advisors should avail themselves of all sources of data, including students, instructors, and the university counseling center and/or student assessment center to provide necessary support for successful student assimilation. (MSE)

Provides an overview and rationale for critical television viewing skills projects funded by the United States Department of Education (USDE) in 1978, describing in detail the development of a curriculum package for high school students. Addresses of four USDE projects in critical television viewing are included. (JJD)

Presents the social indicators approach (which infers needs from currently existing descriptive data) and the key informants technique (which secures information from individuals with insight into community needs) as alternatives to the community needs assessment survey. Considers both approaches more cost-effective and successful for diagnosing…

Conducted a survey of 288 adolescents to see how their sources of sexual information, sexual interests, and actual knowledge were related to their sex, age, urban or rural residence, and ethnicity. Findings suggest that demographic characteristics of students should be considered by persons interested in adolescent sexual knowledge. (Author)

Although most two-year colleges engage only in a search for funding, two other federal activities--laws, and rules and regulations--can have a profound effect on funds available, circumstances of distribution, and even on college operations. Examples and information sources are cited. (MSE)

The role of faculty evaluation in the instructional and course improvement phase of faculty development is addressed from the perspectives of both the instructor and the institution. An approach involving multiple sources and methods of collecting evaluation information is presented and the advantages and disadvantages of the different information…

Counselors should be aware of a need for career counseling in dealing with client problems that appear unrelated. Career counseling is a continuing process and involves many facets. Several good sources of information are cited as available for both counselor and client. (JAC)

Presents findings of a survey of 63 ALA-accredited library education programs asked to list specific titles presented in their reference courses. Tables provide data from 31 schools: total number presented at each; total number by category; specific titles by category; and distribution by number and by category. (JD)

Two approaches to informing engineering students of library resources are described. The first discusses the activities involved in presenting an overview of the library resources, and the second describes how to plan for student projects involving current topics of their choice. (SA)

An astronomer gives teachers tips on learning how to look at the night sky then on passing along personal instruction to students. Presents ideas for finding information through astronomers at colleges, science museums, planetariums, research observatories, and on the World Wide Web. Contains a resource list and foldout poster of galaxies with…

Describes "The Electric Library" (TM), a database (which can be searched via an Internet connection) designed to assist schools, librarians, and parents with information retrieval. Discusses technical and logistical benefits, the problem of selected and limited resources, and cost issues. Provides a sample debate topic exercise using "The Electric…

Discusses environmental information needs of business professionals and provides an annotated list of Web sites serving as information sources. Highlights include "meta sites", government, health, law, engineering, education, organizations, and environmental news, as well as selected environmental "hot topics." (AEF)