Important events and information about the PLATO system featured in this document include a short history of the development of the PLATO system, a list of the PLATO project's financial supporters, a chronological rundown of highlights in PLATO's history, and an extensive bibliography of resources about PLATO published between 1961 and 1979. A map…

Reasons for continuing to allow the charitable deduction for income tax purposes rather than changing to a tax credit equal to 30 percent of a person's charitable donations are presented. It is projected that support for certain charities, primarily colleges and universities, would decline after implementation of a tax credit system. The current…

Library Financial Problems can be traced to world problems such as inflation and the emergence of a highly educated welfare state. While the demand for information is increasing, library materials are becoming more costly to acquire, store, and retrieve, and services are limited by the unavailability of materials resulting from restrictions on…

The data presented in this report come from the Bureau of the Census in the annual Survey of Industrial Research and Development. Information includes: (1) R&D expenditures by U.S. firms rose 12% between 1977 and 1978 to a total of $33.4 billion; (2) the increases in U.S. industrial R&D activity reflected in R&D funding were confirmed in…

This document describes the public relations strategies employed by the Lakewood (Ohio) City School district to obtain voter support for a school levy. Various aspects of this successful campaign are described, including the formation of administrative committees to oversee campaign activities, steering and citizens' committees, the use of…

This guide covers programs funded by Title VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act for the fiscal year 1979-80. Sections are devoted to bilingual education basic programs, network centers (dissemination and assessment centers, training resource centers, and materials development centers), fellowship programs, state education agencies, and…

THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO DETERMINE WHAT PROPORTION OF PARENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE COLLEGE EDUCATION EXPENSES OF THEIR CHILDREN, THE AMOUNT THEY CONTRIBUTE, AND HOW CONTRIBUTING PARENTS BUDGET AND PLAN FOR THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN. OVER 2,700 INTERVIEWS WERE TAKEN IN 2 SURVEYS IN 1959-60. THE INTERVIEWS OBTAINED INFORMATION ON THE AMOUNT PARENTS…

PARKING FACILITIES WERE SURVEYED AT 83 REPRESENTATIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND THE METHODS USED IN ADMINISTERING, CONTROLLING AND FINANCING WERE EVALUTED. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE CONCERNING (1) THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES, (2) THE PRACTICE OF CURB PARKING ON CAMPUS, AND (3) THE FINANCING OF PARKING…

The document results from part of the Policy Options Project which identified and analyzed policy issues related to the delivery of appropriate services to preschool handicapped children and their families in terms of the need for assuring appropriate services, the factors affecting such policies, and policy approaches for the implementation of…

This paper discusses the financial support of libraries in general, and encourages information professionals to do more to communicate the value of libraries and library services to politicians and others involved in the distribution of public funds. Nineteen references are cited. (FM)

This paper focuses on a system of recurrent education in which individuals would have the opportunities to undertake educational and training activities in alternation with periods of work. Underlying the paper is the assumption that the financing approach to such a system would have to encompass most forms of postcompulsory education and…

These notes for overseas students intending to attend university in Canada contain information on admission requirements and application and registration procedures. A sample budget for a 1967-68 undergraduate as well as a discussion of medical and other insurance are included in the summary of possible financial expenditures. Although there are…

The Z39 Committee develops voluntary consensus standards in library work, documentation, and related publishing practices. This report discusses its history, financing, activities, administration, and recommendations on future courses of action. The Task Force recommends that (1) the committee name be changed and the scope of interest restated;…

This report summarized briefly some of the federal legislation now pending or recently enacted that has implications for library service and for librarians. It covers the first six months of the first session of the 94th Congress, which convened January 14, 1975. The first section of the report discusses appropriations bills, without which funds…

Established by Congressional Act in 1950, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is charged with a variety of responsibilities in the areas of education, research, applications of research, data gathering, and information dissemination. The foundation is governed by an appointed director and a national board and is primarily funded by the federal…