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Berry, John – Library Journal, 1988
This summary of the 1988 Conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) focuses on faculty participation in academic policy formation. Association politics, the ALISE research awards program, and special interest group programs on the role of catalogers and student participation in policy formation are also…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education, Library Associations
Download full textBrooks, Douglas C. – 1988
This booklet summarizes the proceedings of a forum on the state of federal information policies as they relate to aiding American competitiveness in industrial and information markets at home and abroad. Speakers whose remarks are summarized include Librarian of Congress James H. Billington; New York Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, the keynote…
Descriptors: Business, Competition, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Institute for Information Studies, Falls Church, VA. – 1980
These 15 conference papers discuss exemplary practices and key issues faced by local human services managers and elected officials. The issues include understanding the local government role in managing human services, coordinating human service delivery, non-service approaches to governing human services, public-private sector cooperation, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Government Role, Local Government
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. National Center on Fathers and Families. – 1999
The policy series reported on in these briefs engages policymakers from executive and state government in discussion with researchers and practitioners serving fathers and families. Each meeting of the series brings together a regional cluster or cohort of states. Discussion topics include: (1) coordination of fatherhood activities between federal…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Support, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia. National Center on Fathers and Families. – 2000
The policy series reported on in this brief engages policymakers from executive and state government in discussion with researchers and practitioners serving fathers and families. Each meeting of the series brings together a regional cluster or cohort of states. Discussion topics include: (1) coordination of fatherhood activities between federal…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Support, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1987
An introduction lists the council members and observers present at the meeting, and a summary is provided of the following meeting business: (1) opening of the session by the director-general, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow; (2) election of the bureau; (3) adoption of the agenda; (4) examination of the General Information Programme's current activities in…
Descriptors: Archives, Documentation, Financial Support, International Cooperation
Bruin, Klaas, Ed.; And Others – 1979
The 21 papers in this volume were presented at the 1979 conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association. Concerned with new simulation and gaming models and research findings, they emphasize the use of simulation and gaming techniques for analytical as well as communicative purposes. Specific topics covered include…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Game Theory, International Organizations
California State Library, Sacramento. – 1986
Introductory materials for these proceedings list acknowledgements and roundtable participants, provide the roundtable agenda, and present both the roundtable goal--to improve the quality of community information services in California public libraries through the development of a plan and program focus for the California State Library--and four…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Library Planning, Library Role, Needs Assessment
National Issues Forums, Dayton, OH. – 1989
This publication presents reports from National Forums '89, the culminating event of the National Issues Forums (NIF) 1988-89 cycle. A brief overview of this event is followed by a summary of the session entitled Executive Branch Conference: Reports from the Forums, in which policymakers were briefed on the outcomes of each of the 1988-89 issues.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Discussion Groups
Hord, Shirley M. Ed.; And Others – 1985
Participants in the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference established a set of objectives for each of the three teacher education constituencies: practice, policy, and research. The teacher education continuum of preservice, induction, and inservice served as one dimension of a framework for structuring dialogue, discussion, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation, Preservice Teacher Education
American Assembly, New York, NY. – 1990
The proceedings of a 3-day conference, discussing the relationship between government and the arts in the United States, are presented. Issues that will confront the arts in the 1990s were identified and policy recommendations were suggested. Six basic principles were reflected in many of the discussions: (1) a flourishing artistic life is in the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Federal Government, Financial Support, Fine Arts
Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. – 1985
More than 60 papers in this conference proceedings address telecommunications issues in the Pacific region, specifically focusing on the development, use, implementation, and management of new digital communications channels. Following a keynote address on the political and economic realities in the Pacific, entitled "Progress Report on the…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Development, Distance Education
White, Leigh Cree, Ed. – 1981
The proceedings of a conference designed to promote local planning and implementation of energy programs are summarized. The objectives of the program were to: (1) create a consciousness for local energy planning; (2) provide frameworks, tools, and techniques for local energy planning; and (3) define and clarify energy goals for the implementation…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Action, Community Planning, Community Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1979
This report of the UNISIST II conference presents the general proceedings of the conference and makes recommendations on the future activities at national, regional, and international levels in the field of scientific and technical information. The opening section reports the welcoming addresses to the delegates and the administrative business of…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Systems
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1978
To guide future work, to provide an overall view of the program of technical cooperation in regional planning, and to form a basis for a Conference Ministerial Resolution, the report outlines the activities of the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) of the Council of Europe's Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning during…
Descriptors: Activities, Agency Cooperation, Conferences, Cooperation
