This notebook accompanies a videotape series produced by Project BEST (Basic Education Skills through Technology), a federally funded cooperative effort involving federal, state, and local governments and the private sector in planning and using information technologies to improve basic skills instruction. Intended for state and local personnel…

Provided is the appendix material from a study which examined and evaluated in detail all the existing sources of economic data on the arts and conducted a needs survey of arts councils, arts-producing organizations, and people concerned with the arts to find out which economic data sources, if any, they found useful. The study was conducted to…

Prepared to help small towns assess community population and economic trends, this publication provides a step-by-step guide for establishing an on-going local data collection system, which is based on four local indicators and will provide accurate, up-to-date estimates of population, family income, and gross sales within a town's trade area. The…

Intended to provide a basic overview of the facilities and resources of the library on the Allentown Campus of Pennsylvania State University, this student workbook is designed to familiarize students with what is available to them in the library; to introduce them to skills likely to be used in varying degrees throughout life, regardless of what…

This introduction to the library system at the College of Wooster in Ohio provides pertinent advice and information that is designed to enable the student with a specific learning disability to become an effective library user. Following the introductory chapter, which includes descriptions of the audience for whom the manual is written and how it…

Designed to introduce students to some of the basic bibliographic tools in American history available in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine, this guide begins by listing examples of relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings and providing brief explanations of the call numbers and classification systems (Library of Congress and Dewey…

Psychometric and ethnographic frameworks were used to explore the relationships among adults' uses for reading and their demonstrated competencies with related domains of tasks. Information regarding frequently occurring reading tasks was gathered from 42 adults in both work and leisure settings by means of questionnaires, interviews, and…

A general list of suggestions for effective library instruction and library instruction projects in a variety of disciplines are presented in this guide. Developed for a faculty and academic staff development seminar, the Library Instruction within the Curriculum Project, these projects illustrate diverse approaches to library instruction with the…

This reader is intended to supplement existing textbooks and instructional materials in both introductory and advanced courses for archivists, records managers, and other information specialists. Although the articles and reports selected for inclusion necessarily reflect various international concepts emerging from administrative traditions and…

This compilation provides an overall view of the state of national bibliographic services in 101 countries. The document includes data gathered via a questionnaire that was sent to 160 countries of whom 101 replied. Introductory materials include a list of the countries listed in the document; a brief discussion of the survey and how the results…

A collection of papers on the use of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines for instruction and testing in less commonly taught languages includes: the 1986 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines; "Testing Speaking Proficiency: The Oral Interview" (Pardee Lowe, Jr., Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro); a…

This report presents the results and recommendations of a study undertaken to aid the Republic of Kenya's National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) in the development of a National Documentation and Information Centre to coordinate existing research and development (R&D) information services. The background of the NCST and its…

Intended for personnel in local school districts and state departments of education, this handbook presents suggested procedures and resources for the initial screening and diagnostic assessment of the English language skills of students whose dominant language is other than English. The handbook deals with the initial screening for placement and…

The attitudes of current and former Alabama legislators and educators toward higher education were surveyed. Attention was directed to current attitudes about higher education and changes in attitudes in the last 10 years, along with views on the influence of information sources. Questionnaire respondents were asked how accurate and responsive…

Based on a survey covering 56 countries, this report lists internationally relevant instructional materials and research aimed at familiarizing school children with information concepts and skills, and also discusses the creation of new instructional materials in this area. The study's aims, methods, and rationale are briefly described, as well as…