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Samore, Theodore – 1977
This study examines and describes current statistical programs in the field of library and information science, identifies areas of the National Commission's program that are dependent on quantitative data, compares the current statistical programs with projected new needs, and specifies areas that must be developed in a future national…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Services, Library Science, Library Services
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Broadbent, Marianne – Australian Library Journal, 1986
Examines a number of issues facing the Australian library and information services community in the area of continuing education, including recommendations of the Library Association of Australia, the cost of continuing education activities, the role and responsibility of schools of library and information studies, and notions of coordination.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Science
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1978
This sixth annual report of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) covers the 15-month period between July 1, 1976 and September 30, 1977. Activities reported include preparations for the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (Public Law 93-568) as well as the ongoing implementation of the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Conferences
Cuadra, Carlos A.; And Others – 1982
This report presents the results of a project designed to assist the Department of Education, Office of Libraries and Learning Technologies (OLLT), and the wider community serves to identify research priorities for the 1980s in the field of library and information science. The rationale for establishing a national research agenda for the 1980s is…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Information Dissemination, Information Science, Information Services
1969
Testimony relative to the establishment of a National Commission on Library and Information Science as a continuing Federal planning agency is presented in the form of verbatim oral question and answers, prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials. List of witnesses include: (1) Grant Venn, (2) L. Quincy Mumford, (3) William S. Dix,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Information Centers, Information Needs
Yarborough, Ralph – 1969
This is the Senate summary on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act's background and on the role of the Commission. It provides a section-by-section analysis of S. 1519 which includes: (1) citation, (2) policy, (3) establishment, (4) contributions, (5) functions, (6) membership and (7) authorization of appropriations.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Information Centers, Information Needs
Dosa, Marta L., Ed.; Froehlich, Thomas J., Ed. – 1991
Fifty-five information science educators, administrators, and specialists from 22 countries assembled to discuss and debate the following themes: identification of characteristics of work done in the information sector; analysis of the educational needs of the information professional; the role of information professionals in national development;…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Employment Projections, Evaluation Methods
1969
Testimony relative to establishing a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as given in two committee sessions is presented in the form of verbatim oral questions and answers, prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials. Major prepared statements are by: (1) Joseph Becker, (2) Frederick Burkhardt, (3) Hugh L. Carey,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Information Centers, Information Needs
Perkins, Carl D. – 1970
This report provides text of the recommended wording for Bill S. 1519 to establish a National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Sections of the bill are: (1) citation, (2) statement of policy, (3) Commission established, (4) contributions, (5) functions, (6) membership, and (7) authorizations of appropriations. Also included is a…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Information Centers
Kolarova, Helena – 1980
As part of the Project of Further Development of the Czechoslovak Educational System, a program adopted in 1976, library education has been revised beginning in the secondary schools, extending through the university level, and providing continuing education opportunities for librarians, technicians, and researchers. Secondary school curriculums…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Stanford Univ., CA. ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. – 1975
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources at Stanford University presents a compilation of bibliographies, articles, and information about the Educational Resources Information Center in a bicentennial salute to United States libraries. Bibliographies include a list of subject guides to information in a variety of formats, a bicentennial…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bibliographies, Computers, Information Science
Carter, Yvonne B. – 1992
This directory provides a chronological and analytical history of the library and information science research projects funded by the Higher Education Act (HEA) Title II-B, Research and Demonstration Program, from 1976 through 1986. It is noted that this program authorizes grants and contracts to institutions of higher education and other public…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cultural Pluralism, Directories, Disabilities
Voigt, Melvin J. – 1975
Major themes in library science for 1975 are discussed in depth in a collection of nine writings by ten prominent library figures from the United States, Spain, and France. The articles are titled: (1) international information systems; (2) national planning for library and information services; (3) statistics that describe libraries and library…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, College Libraries