This is a second report of a study of the use of scientific and technical information in industrial and nonprofit settings. It focuses on mapping the information-communication behavior of the engineering division of the Southwest Research Institute. Data include questionnaires, library records, travel records, telephone records, and contractual…

The San Francisco Bay Area Social Responsibilities Round Table presents an annotated bibliography on grants and fund raising for libraries. The document is compiled in three sections--directories, resource centers, and books. The directories section covers both nationwide and California state publications and services and includes title, editor,…

The guide is designed for use by agricultural instructors, administrators, supervisors, school boards, and others who are involved in planning instructional programs for vocational agriculture/agribusiness education in high schools and adult education. Part 1 details information pertaining to the administrative aspects of program development,…

An interlibrary loan telephone loop system operated by the Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education libraries is briefly described. Chronological steps in establishing the loop are delineated, and early problems are identified. Expansion of the loop and special uses also are discussed. Conclusions about the operation and tips for others…

This bibliography contains annotations of reports, reviews, and other documents on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) derived from a search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system. It covers 1973 to May 1976 and serves as an update to an earlier paper, "The Best of ERIC: Recent Trends in Computer Assisted…

Defining basic concepts re: the New Federalism Acts, this monograph presents the following: (1) survey results of a study of 21 small cities in the California Sacramento Valley designed to determine why local administrative and elected officials had or had not taken advantage of the Housing and Community Development Act (H/CD) of 1974; (2) survey…

A central source of information on the key organizations concerned with energy in the United States has been compiled. Chapter 2 covers organizations involved with broad questions of energy policy; Chapters 2-6 describe organizations having to do with sources of energy: oil, natural gas, coal, water power, nuclear fission, and alternate sources;…

The contents of this list are organized into nine sections. These sections include games developed by gamers at the University of Michigan; games developed by Academic Games Associates Inc.; games developed by Berkeley Gaming Project; games distributed through Instructional Simulations, Inc.; games distributed through Psychology Today; games…

In order to determine the information services provided by state information agencies, a telephone survey was conducted with representatives from 50 state agencies, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The survey solicited data regarding: (1) the comprehensiveness of each agency's Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) microfiche…

Prepared by Control Data Corporation to help meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture's need for an assessment of rural health care services research and knowledge, this study constructed an inventory of rural health care services research; identified problem-oriented research of depth and quality for use in decision-making; and evaluated a…

The annotated bibliography provides abstracts of 30 research and conference reports and program proposals, and of eight journal articles, all published since 1966, of guidance, counseling, placement, and followup in vocational education. The citations listed were selected from the printout of a computer-assisted search of Research in Education…

Using a mailed questionnaire survey of administrators, this dissertation examined sources of income, proposed expenditures, and financial practices in publicly supported college and university residential continuing education centers. Data were gathered, organized, and interpreted in terms of well established principles of educational finance as…

In planning a reorganization of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service by re-grouping counties, a statewide study of home economics education was made to determine the audience for the programs, methods by which audiences were reached, and differences between members of homemakers clubs and nonmembers. Interviews were held with a 5% random…

A selection of six conference papers deals with aspects of research in elementary schools. Albert H. Yee traces teacher attitude toward research since the late 19th century, citing the opposition to new methods which may be encountered, and raising the question of how much real influence the school has on a child's development. The need for…

This study sought to determine the stage (awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, or adoption) reached by homemakers in adopting the water blanching of vegetables for freezing; to identify information sources (mass media, agencies, experts, informal personal contacts, and organizations); and to assess the relationship of certain personal, social,…