This paper describes the CEDAR Project, which is designed to encourage and facilitate the development and effective use of educational computing within Imperial College, the University of London, and elsewhere. The project supports teaching staff by providing an information service and demonstration facilities, by developing and implementing…

THIS STUDY OF THE RESOURCES AND NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE 4 COUNTIES OF THE LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN AREA, AS WELL AS A LIMITED STUDY OF OTHER TYPES OF LIBRARIES IN THE SAME AREA, WAS CONDUCTED TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM UNDER THE PUBLIC LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT ACT. SURVEY METHODS INCLUDED AN…

This annotated bibliography of statewide surveys and development plans lists 132 items published between 1956 and 1967. Criteria for selection included: (1) all surveys and separately published development plans with statewide coverage including, but not restricted to, public libraries and (2) all such surveys and plans covering less than an…

Four elements of the planning by objectives system (purposes, long- and short-term objectives, and planning details) are explained in this manual for people who work with high school or college student volunteer programs which provide experiential learning through community service. Following an introduction on the fundamentals of the system, a…

One of the significant results of the 92nd and 93rd Congresses was the statement in the Conference Report: H.R. 8395 clarifying the roles to be played by the federal state grant-in-aid program for vocational rehabilitation. The Conference Report states that the order of selection be modified to require serving first those individuals with the most…

Guidelines are presented by the National Association for Retarded Citizens to help state and local associations develop citizen advocacy programs. The manual's first section contains an overview of preparing for and conducting workshop training sessions, including a discussion of needed materials and equipment. The bulk of the document is composed…

The report deals with the needs of all children as well as emotionally disturbed children. It outlines problem areas and makes some recommendations. Criteria and guidelines for proposals dealing with services for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents also appear. Symptoms often seen in children and adolescents are described in…

This report presents a brief review of the development of methods and programs for treatment of drug abusers in the United States. In order to limit the scope of the report, discussion of the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism is excluded. The report focuses primarily on the treatment of opiate dependence, since most of the experience on…

This document presents the appendix to the final report on the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start-affiliated program designed to promote community and family involvement in fostering optimum development of preschool children. (The final report was contained in a series of documents, which included program descriptions from each…

This paper speaks to the need for a methodology for planning indirect services of a mental health nature in schools. For indirect services to be relevant, plans for intervention need to be based on: (1) comprehensive information about the school; (2) systematic procedures for estimating the relative salience of various problems identified in the…

Intended for individuals and/or agencies who provide or require evaluation services, this paper attempts to deal with the lack of standards and procedures for evaluation contracts. The first section of the report, Summary and Overview of Standards and Procedures for Evaluation Contracting, contains a brief discussion of the use of the proposed…

The basic thesis of the larger paper from which this condensation is drawn is that the use of evaluation contracts is advisable when evaluations are to be conducted by persons external to the institution responsible for the program to be evaluated (or, in larger institutions such as large universities, by persons external to the unit or department…

This Technical Assistance Document offers assistance in contacting media representatives in your State or area on writing press releases or public service announcements, appearing on television shows, and conducting a public hearing on your annual plan. Although the material was prepared especially for State and area agencies on aging, it can be…

The efforts of the University of Nebraska to build a new educational program based on community service are described. NOVA combined traditional instruction with a year-long field experience for undergraduate students in Nebraska communities. Emphasis was on problems related to poverty. The planning phase of the project is reviewed, along with an…

Two one-week Life/Career Guidance, Counseling, and Placement Planning Seminars were held for South Dakota school counselors. These seminars were sponsored by SDCE and planned in conjunction with SDSU, Pupil Personnel, and the Division of Vocational-Technical Education. The major thrust of the workshops involved the planning of well-rounded…