Provides background reading and sources of current practice/ideas relative to instituting programs for older adults. Annotations of selected materials, published since 1972, are grouped under five headings: "Background Materials,""Model Programs,""Information and Referral Services,""Audiovisual Programs," and "Services to the Handicapped and the…

Project Communicate began to set up an educational information system to introduce new instructional practices in Kansas public schools. Twelve school districts started the project. A project director, several education specialists, and an information specialist were part of this program. Field agents were sent to instruct educators to use the…

This bibliography and review has been compiled to offer starting points for an individual who is interested in exploring the interdisciplinary nature of information counseling (IC) and to discern differences and common features between IC and its counterparts in social work, adult education, and library service. An introductory essay enumerates…

Computer based information services available to the Australian community as of June 1977 are listed and described in this directory. The main section is a subject list providing information on 81 data bases, 26 of which are presently operating in Australia. The list is divided into 19 broad subject categories with a brief description, name, year…

This selective 72-item annotated bibliography presents references on information management, executive information needs, and marketing library services which were published in the late 1970s through 1982. (EJS)

This directory of American bibliographic publications and services is an expansion of the United States' 1980 contribution to UNESCO's annual Supplement on Bibliographic Services Throughout the World. It lists items which began or ceased publication during 1980, as well as some items not on hand during the preparation of earlier lists. (JL)

Lists current bibliographies of special subjects according to both form and field. Sources cited were issued in the United States in 1979. (FM)

Lists bibliographic information and prices of six general interest and six special interest directories of education dissemination sources which are not available through commercial publishers and have not received wide publicity in the information community. (CHC)

Reports on efforts of three institutions in response to need for consumer health information: Health Education Center (promotes health in southwestern Pennsylvania), Tulsa City-County Library (Oklahoma), and Wellness Council of the Midlands (WELCOM) (promotes wellness at work site in Omaha, Nebraska, area). WELCOM's 62-item reference list is…

This directory lists resources on productivity in the following major areas: (1) sources on productivity and worklife information; (2) information resources for productivity research; and (3) publications of the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life. (Author/JLL)

This annotated bibliography of documents on family planning is divided into nine sections: (1) family planning and bio-medical science; (2) social sciences related to family planning; (3) international conferences; (4) Africa; (5) Americas: (6) Asia; (7) Europe; (8) the Middle East; and (9) Oceania. Also included is a list of general reference…

Reports of 1,335 research efforts, books, and monographs in innovative activities involving library and information services throughout the world are gathered here. Projects listed are varied and represent government, academic, industrial, research, and association-sponsored efforts as well as individual projects. Project descriptions are arranged…

This handbook provides a reference listing of the acronyms and abbreviations encountered in the British literature of librarianship and documentation, and selectively in the fields of commercial book trade, management, education, and computing. The coverage includes projects, organizations, associations, information services, and technical terms.…

Describes services offered by the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERIC/TM) in the area of minimum competency testing; identifies the ERIC descriptors to use when searching documents on that subject; notes relevant services offered by other ERIC clearinghouses; and lists some applicable…

Reviews recent federal publications on government information, particularly in the area of general informational services, public access to government information and privacy issues, coordination of government information systems, and congressional information needs. (Author)