Facts about the work programs, organization, government, finances, and relationships with other associations and agencies of six state and six regional library associations are contained in this report of the Goals Award Project. The report also contains opinions that 231 state association members have of their associations -- how democratic they…

The thesis of this paper is that efficient functioning of a network is dependent upon the organization of bibliographic services so that the basic record for each bibliographic item is created once. This record must be minimally capable of serving the needs of libraries, information centers, abstracting and indexing services, and national and…

The national park guide for handicapped persons describes the accessibility of national battlefields, national historic parks, national lakeshores, national monuments, and national recreational areas to handicapped persons including deaf, blind, or physically handicapped individuals and persons with heart or respiratory ailments. Tips on numbers…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the draft of a law for the preservation of Mexican national heritage, particularly for the protection, conservation, and recuperation of cultural objects. The document consists of twelve chapters and six articles. Chapter 1 declares the protection, conservation,…

Included in this report on the development of national documentation/information centers in Indonesia are: (1) The identification of present documentation and information agencies, particularly those which have the capability of being developed into national centers for specific scientific fields; (2) The identification of the duties and functions…

An action plan (including personnel training and community education procedures) for the control of white grubs in the endemic areas of India is presented. (EC)

The author asserts that the mildly retarded individual in a developing nation like the People's Republic of China is much better able to cope with daily demands than in a complex and technologically sophisticated society. (Author)

Discusses documentation and information in the social sciences in Austria, including the demand for information, information systems and information services, social research and main institutions of documentation and information, and a survey of institutions/organizations. (VT)

Assesses the present situation of information and documentation services in the social sciences in Belgium, including information and documentation on social science literature, research, and science data; services and technical tools used; existing international cooperation; and possibilities and areas of European collaboration. (VT)

Describes information and documentation in the social sciences (SSID) in Canada, and outlines SSID activities in literature, research, and data. SSID is characterized as highly dispersed, and underdeveloped, having few national foci, and no clear national center. (VT)

Briefly surveys social science documentation in Switzerland. (VT)

This brief description of the system of social science information in Yugoslavia includes size, scope, and publications. (VT)

The new leadership in China wants to move toward higher educational efficiency, excellence, and merit. (Author/IRT)

Lessons that the U.K.'s National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning (NDPCAL) has learned from the U.S.A. (Author)

A narrative account of the symposium proceedings. (DAG)