The Denver Public Library (DPL) conducted a market analysis of its success in meeting the information needs of three segments of the population of Denver, Colorado: households, business firms, and city government and quasi-government agencies. Information was sought on current DPL usage and nonusage practices of these three groups, their levels of…

This study describes and evaluates the first year of a 2-year masters degree urban teacher education program. The first year consists of four separate components, each of which is evaluated separately on the basis of previously stated objectives. The first component, Community Orientation and Study, involves a 6-week living experience in the inner…

Research on District Decentralized Title I ESEA programs reveals conflict among school officials, community representatives, and community agencies. School officials mistrust and poorly communicate with community representatives. Community agencies compete for the economic resources brought by decentralization, while overlooking the main objective…

A conference on conservation education brought together leaders in college and university sponsored continuing education, professionals in conservation, planning, and design, and representatives of public and private organizations; discussion centered on the acceleration of application of now-known and feasible methods to the management of land,…

The Second National Workshop in Community Resource Development (CRD) was planned to provide training for extension personnel; representatives came from Canada and Puerto Rico as well as from the United States. It emphasized the development of a comprehensive framework for CRD and operation materials for carrying out programs in the states and…

The document considers several unfortunate cycles: (1) belligerent students cause desperate teachers, who cause more belligerent students; (2) ineffective parents cause bewildered youth who never take advantage of existing opportunities and who create, in turn, more bewildered children; (3) browbeaten tenants cause callous landlords to neglect…

Standards and principles for library facilities, programs and equipment services for the visually handicapped are outlined. The duties of federal, state, regional and community libraries are overviewed. Large library and school library requirements are defined along with data on library materials, personnel and equipment needs. Appendices contain…

The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) is a community organization on the south side of Chicago which grew out of cooperative efforts of clergymen in the area, members of the Greater Woodlawn Pastor's Alliance, in 1959. TWO's approach to community problems, influenced by the thinking of Saul Alinsky, was directly to confront unfair business practices,…

This is a critical review of adult education facilities in the realm of formal education (elementary and high schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities), as well as in business and industry, churches and synagogues, community organizations, government agencies at all levels, the armed forces, and proprietary schools (correspondence and…

The 1973-74 Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs Annual Report provides information on the conditions and problems confronting Arizona Indians. The Commission recognizes its responsibility to provide solutions to such problems as attaining a status of social, economic, and political equality with other citizens of the State and nation. Commission…

This pamphlet presents methods by which a library may survey its community to determine local information needs, especially those of disadvantaged adults. Data may be collected from public agencies or from community residents, by telephone, interview or questionnaire. All of these procedures are discussed in terms of advantages, methods, and…

This thesis focuses on the feasibility of using community school councils as tools for increasing lay participation in school planning. The report describes community school councils as either those lay groups recognized and encouraged by the school, or the independent committees spawned by conditions in the community. Guidelines are provided for…

This short booklet contains questions and answers concerning aspects of vocational-technical education, including (1) information needed when curriculum for a new occupation is initiated, (2) importance of cooperating with business and industry in program development, (3) making education responsive to emerging job requirements, and (4) examples…

This compilation of symposium papers on community power structure research focuses on the theme that community power structure research must shift away from case study methods and move toward aggregate data analysis. Advocating comparative analysis, seven authors present their views under the following topics: (1) Charles R. Adrian, "Several Loose…

This document contains the supplementary and supportive material on which the final report (Volume I) is based. Statistical reports of staff studies, summaries of testimony presented at public hearings, profiles and reports of regional committees, reports of technical committees, and reports of radio, television and newspaper coverage are…