This is a general descriptive and comparative report on alternative forms of library catalogs. The specific problems and factors associated with library catalogs are introduced briefly and then treated with respect to the following physical forms: card catalogs, book catalogs, microforms, and on-line catalogs. Whenever possible, examples of…

The current treatment of student resources in the College Scholarship Service (CSS) need analysis procedures is reviewed, and suggestions for change in these procedures are offered. There is evidence to indicate that some increase in expected contribution from summer earnings should be made, but the amount of such an increase is difficult to…

Nine foundations are the focus of this study of the educational activities of major philanthropic foundations. The foundations are: (1) Ford; (2) Grant; (3) Russell Sage; (4) Carnegie; (5) Danforth; (6) Kellogg; (7) Lilly; (8) Mott; and (9) Rockefeller. After a brief overview of foundation activities, general themes, appropriations and projects,…

This text provides a statistical description of various academic libraries of North Dakota. Statistics are cited regarding: (1) size of collections of print and nonprint materials; (2) audiovisual resources; (3) utilization, including interlibrary transactions; (4) facilities; (5) finances; and (6) staff. (EMH)

This study examines federal aid to local school districts as it influences local priorities in relation to other sources of income. Sections deal with the basic theory of resource mobilization applied to questions of federal aid, factors influencing the latitude a school district will have in mobilizing funds, factors influencing use of federal…

Empirically and rationally derived bases for determining the costs for industrial libraries are suggested. Taken into consideration is the fact that recent accounting procedures and the advent of new technologies have introduced costs into the library budget so that literature and personnel costs may now account for only 75-80 percent of the…

A 1973 Illinois school finance reform program initiated a guaranteed tax yield system that can also be considered a district power equalization system. This paper evaluates this reform according to four criteria: permissable variance, fiscal neutrality, reward for effort, and aid to urban areas. Emphasis is given to a discussion of legal and…

Using a mailed questionnaire survey of administrators, this dissertation examined sources of income, proposed expenditures, and financial practices in publicly supported college and university residential continuing education centers. Data were gathered, organized, and interpreted in terms of well established principles of educational finance as…

The Thomson Foundation trains journalists and television producers and engineers from developing nations in order to help these nations use mass communication techniques in education. Applicants must be fluent in English; moreover, their employers must certify that the applicants merit overseas training and will return to their work after…

This study sought Fiscal Year 1969 data on Navy enlisted time and costs (including officer candidate training) from initial personnel procurement through appropriate basic training (Class A) for 80 general and/or service ratings, as well as in advanced and/or specialized training, for a sample of 1,067 Navy enlisted classifications (NECs). Such…

This was a study to determine if individual linear programs could be made for a heterogeneous group of farmers with varied organizational problems; if extension agents could be trained to interview farmers and collect data sufficiently accurate for linear programing; and whether the results would be logical and acceptable to farm managers. Area…

This annual report summarizes, in tabular form, the major aspects of tax-based support of the public schools in New York State. Material is presented under eight chapter headings, as follows: 1) Perspectives in financing public school expenditures during the period 1968-78, 2) State support of education in New York State, 3) budget defeats--1968,…

The ranked lists of South Carolina school district and county data contain information that may be useful to local school authorities in interpreting, comparing, and evaluating certain aspects of their educational programs. The tables were prepared from data entered in the records of public information. Data include school enrollment, attendance,…

A general methodology for cost effectiveness analysis was developed and applied to the Colorado State University library loan desk. The cost effectiveness of the existing semi-automated circulation system was compared with that of a fully manual one, based on the existing manual subsystem. Faculty users' time and computer operating costs were…

Like all capitalist nations which have gone through a development process, the United States has relied partly on the rural-to-urban transfer of resources for the growth of an industrialized urban complex. The existence of a market-dominated rural sector and a noncompetitive (administered-price) urban sector has resulted in a major transfer of…