This booklet outlines the activities of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal funding for libraries and museums. IMLS grants support all types of museums from art and history to science and zoos, and all types of libraries, from public and academic to research and school. IMLS enables libraries and…

This book gives step-by-step instructions on how to design, implement, and present an evaluation study for a museum or other settings for informal education, and it presents guidelines for studying the experiences of visitors in informal educational settings. The chapters are: (1) "Planning an Evaluation Project"; (2) "Informal…

The use of community resources during the orientation component of the Portland, Maine Work incentive Program is described. The company or agency representative (from Community Mental Health Clinic, State Employment Services, local businesses, etc.) is introduced to the group by the Counselor. He then discusses his organization (its services,…

Career concepts should be an integral part of teaching, viewed as the organizing theme for all education. Reliance on human resources is at the heart of the program, while emerging technology and career education materials should be used as supplements. The author's suggestions to teachers will help them locate resources. (Author/AJ)

Suggests that a new type of intensive interdependence among nation-States has emerged, centered on the generation and application of knowledge. The implications of this interdependence for the nation-States are considered, with the European Common Market as illustration. (Author)

Discusses the role of the resource person and ways to coordinate school and community resource programs. (GB)

Describes the work of the Children's Art Carnival'', an arts center in Harlem for children four through fourteen. (SP)

Argues that the problem with education centers around the fact that large numbers of people are being forced to learn that which other people have decided will be good for them. Contends that the only legitimate educational framework is one that helps people learn whatever it is they may happen to want to find out. (Author/JF)

All of the resources of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are being used in the remarkable new Minnesota Metropolitan State College. (Editor)

Military training programs involve some of the most advanced and sophisticated techniques. Many can be meshed with those of the civilian education community at significant savings of d

Community resource sites in Maine were utilized by junior high school students participating in Operation EPIC, an ESEA Title III experimental program in curriculum. The program attempts to develop student awareness and appreciation of the urban complex: social, cultural, industrial, and recreational phenomena. Systematic evaluation of the field…

Assistance in planning peace education curriculum is available to educators from war/peace study organizations, community sources, television programs. An interdisciplinary subject approach can be given, involving mathematics, physical education, religion, science and ecology, as well as social studies and historical inquiry. (JB)

In his efforts to obtain community commitment, the mental health professional must be aware that idiosyncratic expectancies of what the center will accomplish are held by the sponsoring agencies. (Author)