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Roth, Helga – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1989
This article identifies potential users of disability-related information, lists categories of information need, considers information management at the national and local levels, offers an eight-step series of questions to guide in the provision of information services, and discusses sources of funding. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Financial Support, Information Management, Information Needs

Lemlech, Johanna Kasin – Journal of Teacher Education, 1979
Teachers should develop a communication system in order to gather performance information on handicapped students entering a regular classroom. (JD)
Descriptors: Handicapped Students, Individualized Instruction, Information Needs, Mainstreaming
Winstead, Philip C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1987
Key steps in deciding on a new career program include having a program planning model, identifying a planning officer, gathering the necessary planning data, conducting a feasibility study, and understanding the institution's program approval process. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Higher Education, Information Needs, Liberal Arts
McClure, Charles R. – Online, 1980
Presents a planning guide for implementation of online services at a public library, consisting of: (1) identification of public service goals and online reference objectives, (2) needs assessment, (3) manipulating the political environment, (4) project description, (5) time schedule, (6) preliminary budget, and (7) evaluation. (SW)
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Planning, Library Services, Needs Assessment

Lolli, Anthony – College and University, 1984
A model is presented for the development of effective, flexible student information systems that are directed by users' needs rather than other forces. The conceptual design, detail design, and policy consideration are discussed. Focus is on the development process rather than the final product. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Utilization

Simpson, William A.; Sperber, William A. – Planning for Higher Education, 1984
An approach to cost analysis that begins in the department, the lowest organizational level, is discussed, using tables designed to outline the distribution of instructional staff resources and academic program characteristics such as enrollment, student characteristics, curricula requiring the course, and staff cost data, by course. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Departments
McClure, Charles R. – EDUCOM Review, 1991
Discusses the accessibility of networked information services, i.e., NREN (National Research and Education Network), and suggests a focus on research in two particular areas to identify and meet the information needs of network users: (1) a conceptual description of the academic networked environment, particularly from a user perspective; and (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education

Lundeberg, Mary; Svien, Kaia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The paper describes an inservice workshop on learning disabilities for college faculty including the processes used to assess needs and promote inservice involvement. Positive inservice evaluations suggested attainment of program goals of providing information about learning disabilities and discussing ethical and pedagogical issues concerning…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Methods, Ethics, Faculty Development

Greene, Jennifer; McClintock, Charles – Evaluation Review, 1985
A mixed-method program evaluation, concurrently using both qualitative interview data and quantitative questionnaire data, was conducted. It illustrated significant design and analysis issues related to integrating quantitative and qualitative methods, specifically between-method and cross-paradigm triangulation. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Information Needs, Interviews

Kraft, Donald H.; Liesener, James W. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Presents an analysis of problems of resource allocation in the school library and a practical operations research approach toward accountability. Four planning instruments are included in the solution procedure: inventory of services; preference form; data collection guide; and program costing matrix. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Costs, Information Needs, Information Services
Schein, Jerome D. – ACEHI Journal, 1990
Government and private agencies in Alberta, Canada, have voluntarily joined to establish the Alberta Disability Database, to bring statistical order out of the numerical chaos of disability data. This paper discusses the program's financing, confidentiality, definitions, access, archiving, consultation, and coordination. (JDD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Bomar, Horace I., III; Hirsch, Arthur F. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1981
Energy cost-avoidance programs are seen as providing the unique opportunity to involve the entire campus in an effort that has an impact not only on the campus but also on broader national problems. Several aspects of the comprehensive energy management program at the University of Pennsylvania are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Campuses, College Administration, College Buildings, Cost Effectiveness

Yarrington, Roger – Community and Junior College Journal, 1980
Underscores growing interest in community college occupational education. Discusses challenges and problems resulting from imitation and competition by industries and professional associations. Considers problems related to specialized accreditation, contact-hour regulations, policies impeding community colleges from meeting lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Competition, Cooperative Programs

Haviland, Mark G.; Gohn, Lyle A. – NASPA Journal, 1983
Conducted a needs assessment of 261 students to assess career planning needs by class and to make program recommendations. Results showed 68 percent of the students reported little chance of changing majors. Freshmen and sophomores had more career planning needs. Career programs developed in response to these needs are described. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Choice, Career Planning, College Students
Floyd, Bianca P. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
While Internet content relating to black culture is burgeoning, and scholars want to make more available, the cost of selecting and organizing materials is hindering their efforts. Some innovative approaches are being used, including an online course on media, technology, and diversity and a compact-disk collection of research on slave trading.…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Studies, Costs, Higher Education