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Download full textAntell, Lee – 1974
The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) was awarded a grant by the Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources of the United States Office of Education to identify library and information needs of Indian people and to establish, operate, and evaluate three demonstration sites. Phases one and two of the project consisted of the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs
Townley, Charles T. – 1974
Under a grant from the Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources of the United States Office of Education, the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) implemented a Library Project to identify library and information needs of Indian people and to establish, operate, and evaluate three demonstration sites. During this reporting period,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination
Frantz, John C.; Cohen, Nathan M. – Health, Education and Welfare Indicators, 1966
The background, provisions, and administration of the Library Services Act and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) are explained. Federal, state, and local roles in financing and staffing are detailed, and various library programs are discussed. Continuing public library needs in the areas of service and construction are presented.…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Programs
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1975
This is the first of two volumes of written testimony presented to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) at its Mid-Atlantic States Regional Hearing held May 21, 1975 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Statements are provided by public, academic, research, special, regional, state, and school librarians, as well as by…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Information Services, Copyrights, Federal Programs
Mills, Phyllis D., Comp.; Hartshorn, Marcella, Comp. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This publication supplements the first printed index of pamphlet material. It adds several hundred new titles, lists many publishers submitting their materials for the first time, and lists the numbers of pamphlets in Bulletin 1937, No. 3, which are no longer available. It is hoped that as the directors and organizers of forums and discussion…
Descriptors: Educational History, Indexes, Pamphlets, Publishing Industry
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
Last May the Office of Education organized a list of pamphlet material under the title "Public Affairs Pamphlets." While this tabulation was prepared primarily to meet the needs of the 10 public forum demonstrations then organizing programs of public discussion, it was widely used by libraries, forums of all kinds, social science teachers and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Public Schools, Adult Education, Federal Aid
Chancellor, John; Williams, Chester S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
Adults cannot be induced to go "back" to school but they can be assisted in continuing their education. The school, the university, forums, discussion groups, libraries, newspapers, magazines, the radio, and the motion pictures all have roles to play in making education a continuing process for adults. The public forum demonstrations,…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Citizenship Education, Civics, Adult Education
Studebaker, J. W.; Williams, C. S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This bulletin has been prepared in response to many hundreds of requests for information about public affairs forums. It is impossible in such limited space to give a comprehensive description of the forum method of adult civic education or its application in various parts of the country. However, the authors have tried to include in the bulletin…
Descriptors: Civics, Program Administration, National Programs, Role of Education
Studebaker, J. W.; Williams, Chester S. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1939
Plans and programs come in response to need. Citizens of our democracy have need of greater opportunities for truth-seeking under competent guidance. The people are hungry for increased understanding of the problems which beset them and their communities. They have a right to expect their institutions of education to give them help in their study…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
