This article provides the background and describes the processes involved in establishing a national approach to benchmarking the way universities engage with their local and regional communities in Australia. Local and regional community engagement is a rapidly expanding activity in Australian public universities and is increasingly being seen as…

For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been instrumental in developing an analytical model for understanding the relationships between educational policy (the intended curriculum), classroom and instructional practices (the implemented curriculum), and educational learning…

In March 1975, a new act established the Tanzania Library Services Board with extended powers and functions which are in accordance with the national information systems (NATIS) concept. (Author/PF)

Coordinated planning is needed to preserve all varieties of children's literature for future research. (PF)

Greek school children are forced to learn an artificial form of their language, Katharevousa, in which textbooks and scholarly treatises are written; this conflicts with everyday spoken Demotic Greek and makes learning extremely confusing. (CK)

A capsule review of Israel's educational and facilities program since 1948. (Author/MLF)

An examination of what film libraries can do in advancing film study. (CH)

Information is supplied on new editions and on annuals which began or ceased publication during 1973. (Author)

This report documents progress made toward the implementation of 55 of the 64 resolutions adopted by the delegates to the first White House Conference on Library and Information Services in 1979. It is noted that implementation of the resolutions has been occurring and continues to occur at various levels: some resolutions were implemented simply…

Some recently established national programs for serials automation are evaluated from the point of view of the practicing librarian. (Author/PF)

The basic trouble in Jamaica is that the schools do not yet succeed in cutting off the problem of adult illiteracy at the root. (Author/AG)

Authors suggest some of the key areas of disagreement between the communist block and the members of INTELSAT, concluding that accommodation is unlikely. (Author)

An interview with Geoffrey Hubbard, Director, British Council for Educational Technology, on the trends of educational technology in Great Britain. (HB)

Describes the duties assigned to the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; also outlines the roles to be played by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Energy Administration (FEA). (Author/EB)

Reports on a conference held in Paris, September 23-27, 1974. (PF)