This article explores the growth, origins, technological development, and current activities of bibliographic data bases, and examines the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science national program relative to these aspects. (Author)

Major research opportunities and needs are expected by the National Science Foundation in six areas of information science: models of adaptive information processing, learning, searching, and recognition; knowledge resource systems, particularly intelligent systems; user-system interaction; augmentation of human information processing tasks;…

Discusses the need for national information delivery systems and summarizes the responsibilities of the federal government as identified by the United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. (PF)

Careers guidance in Scotland is about to undergo major structural change with the creation of Careers Scotland which will provide a national, all-age careers guidance service. Among its aims, Careers Scotland seeks to establish national quality standards for careers provision. This briefing draws on a recently completed study of the effectiveness…

The outcome of the International Conference on National Bibliographic Services (ICNBS) held in November 1998 was a set of revised recommendations for the national bibliography, its basis, scope, and production. After a brief introduction to the concept of national bibliography and former recommendations for national bibliographic services, this…

Topics discussed in an interview with Jo Ann Cullen, youngest Federal appointee and member of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education; included problems felt by vocational student organizations caused by the lack of five factors: community involvement, teacher enthusiasm, administrative support, student participation, and sound…

Article provides an account of alternatives for solving energy shortage problems in future years. A national policy is needed. More concerted effort should be made to develop technologies for conversion of energy from conventional and non-conventional resources so that energy is cheaper, available for use and without environmental hazards. (PS)

Surveys of nutritional knowledge were made before and after a national nutrition education campaign in Czechoslovakia. The surveys were used as an integral part of the campaign as well as for evaluation of the campaign. (BL)

Describes the present needs in adult literacy education, including the coat of a national literacy program. (SP)

The seminar gave priority to the following: (1) the proper scope of educational documentation and information, (2) the levels of the education system which these services should cover, and (3) the problems generated by users. (2 references) (Author/SJ)

To assist acquisition and reference librarians and bibliographers in identifying specific titles and book production in the Arab world. (Author/NH)

The British have used the Industrial Training Act of 1964 to develop a dynamic training policy; and this is seen as a major factor in an economic growth strategy. (EB)

The factors which led to the National Educational Assessment Program are discussed, and the likelihood of its serving the purposes intended is evaluated. (DB)