Reviews Peru's efforts to bring about the planned development of scientific, technological, social, educational, and cultural information, including information organized by libraries, documentation centers, and other nonconventional agencies. Central to this concept are actions planned for a national information policy to be coordinated with…

Reviews 10 steps which serve as guidelines to simplify the creative process of producing a video training program: (1) audience analysis, (2) task analysis, (3) definition of objective, (4) conceptualization, (5) visualization, (6) storyboard, (7) video storyboard, (8) evaluation, (9) revision, and (10) production. (LRA)

Sources of information on the topic of academic planning are presented. (Author/MLW)

Describes the planning and organization of an annual book festival held at Tennessee Technological University that introduces children to literature through stage presentations, displays, storytellers, and a wide selection of inexpensive books. (ET)

Announces a project for national bibliographic control under the sponsorship of the Council on Library Resources. Areas explored will be the possibility of linking various bibliographic utilities and networks, cooperative planning, review of the Library of Congress' Network Development Office project as a potential nationwide database, and the…

The traditional view that an activity's comparative impact on collective welfare ought to guide resource allocation is refuted. A paradigm of a multisystem society with the non-fungibility of investment resources an essential issue in project appraisal is presented. (SLD)

Five indicators of failure suggest mistakes in program design or delivery: aborted planning, insufficient enrollment, negative reactions, unattained objectives, and incomplete transfer of learning. Learning from these mistakes requires deliberate reflection and systematic analysis. (SK)

Interviews with 32 adult education practitioners elicited success/failure factors. Practice-related observations included (1) reflecting on success/failure helps clarify values and assumptions; (2) new ways of perceiving, planning, and evaluating are stimulated; (3) integrating past experiences with changing demands promotes flexibility; (4)…

Guidelines for eliciting useful feedback focus on planned opportunities, collection during programs, multiple methods, descriptive information, feasible changes, clarification from learners, investigation of prompt response to learner concerns, staff discussion, receptivity to change, and commitment of resources. (SK)

Setting organizational or program objectives is seen as requiring three steps (brainstorming goals for the year, prioritizing them, and visualizing them as smaller, discrete tasks) and six principles (making goals group-specific, setting deadlines, being realistic and explicit, writing down goals, defining measurable steps, and creating…

Discusses how new technologies and an emerging international preference for "original" American or British business qualifications threatens Australian programs. Concludes that programs should develop a specialized "antipodean" or uniquely Australian business education, allowing differentiation of Australian business programs…

Describes the Planning for Life program and its seven criteria for effective career planning: clarity, commitment, comprehensiveness, collaboration, coherence, coordination, and competence. (SK)

Discusses a comprehensive alumni program at Allegheny College that provides undergraduates with early exposure to potential careers. Describes the successful initiatives as well as program components that were abandoned after the pilot stage. (GCP)

Explains how to plan and implement an elementary school career day, which requires counselor leadership and integration into the school's guidance program. Suggests roles for administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and community representatives. (SK)

This chapter recounts Oregon community colleges' challenges and successes in developing a statewide distance learning consortium.