This description of the National Diffusion Network, a nationwide system of trained educators working together to help school districts adopt tested exemplary educational programs, includes a brief history of the NDN and discussions of how programs are identified, how exemplary programs are chosen, and how school districts adopt NDN programs. The…

One major unit of the National Institute of Education (NIE), the Dissemination and Resources Group, is specifically charged with the responsibility of facilitating dissemination and use of the entire corps of knowledge about education: the outcomes of research and development supported not only by NIE but by other organizations and agencies as…

This report describes the National Diffusion/Adoption Network, who is involved with it (developer/demonstrators, state facilitators, state education agencies, the U.S. Office of Education, and local school districts), and what happened during the first year of its operaton. (DS)

Traces the history of the ERIC Clearinghouse at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) headquarters from 1967 (Clearinghouse on the Teaching of English) to 1979 (Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills). (DD)

Originally established with the aid of federal grants, the continuing state dissemination program--designed to place the results of educational research and other educational resources at the disposal of Montana educator users--is described from its inception in 1976 through 1980. The dissemination capacity of the state educational system is…

This narrative report on a 5-year project summarizes the major objectives and accomplishments of a federally supported dissemination program designed to place the results of educational research and other educational resources at the disposal of Illinois users. The report includes highlights of the first four years of the project, entitled…

This report reviews the dissemination of information on educational programs and information services through a combined literature synthesis focusing on the total dissemination context, configurations, and capacity of major agencies and networks of agencies in the United States. Relevant literature is reviewed as it relates to national and state…

The National Diffusion Network was established by the United States Department of Education to disseminate information about effective educational practices and programs. Nine Network-approved programs for gifted education are described, such as "Public and Private School Collaboration,""Critical Analysis and Thinking Skills,"…

Following a brief description of the role of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) as a provider of bibliographic control over the fugitive research and development literature in education, this paper reports on a number of studies evaluating various aspects of the effectiveness of the ERIC system. The function of ERIC as a vehicle…

This paper describes some of the systematic efforts used in the last decade for disseminating the products of research and development in vocational education and provides suggestions for dealing with problems and issues to facilitate the movement of information resources from producers to consumers. The paper: (1) Traces the history and role of…

This paper reports on a study examining what critical information in the Hazardous Materials Information eXchange (HMIX), a national electronic bulletin board sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is of value to local government officials who have a need for the information. HMIX has two…

This discussion of the progress made in the fields of technology and communications in India describes a number of government projects, leading manufacturers and industries, advances made in various areas, and the current status of information technologies in India. (CLB)

The eleventh conference of state education agency (SEA) dissemination representatives on state and federal education dissemination programs was held in Arlington, Virginia, in June 1978. Dissemination efforts of selected federal education programs were discussed, including the Office of Education's (OE) Teacher Center program, Title IV, a state…

The Title I Support System had two major functions: to provide technical assistance to Title I and migrant education projects specially selected for targeted dissemination to Title I schools through the Title I/National Diffusion Network (NDN); and to document, analyze, and report on the technical assistance activities and transactions between the…

The Committee on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI) of the Federal Council for Science and Technology has responsibility for the discussion of federal issues and problems relating to scientific and technical communication within the Government sector. Consideration of information problems on a national level began in 1958 and led to the…