This is a compilation of abstracts of statistical data from the annual reports of selected American public libraries, covering the report year which ended anytime in 1971. Those reports were abstracted which came to the desk of the editor. This is admittedly a very sample of the total of such reports, and public libraries are invited to send…

Because of the dramatic increases in nonmedical drug use in the 1960's, hundreds of surveys have been conducted to gain perspective on its extent and nature. This compendium is a compilation of quantitative information abstracted from studies on drug use, published since 1971. It examines methodological questions essential for interpreting and…

The 35 pathfinders in this collection provide selected information about information sources at the J. Paul Leonard Library for the following subjects: Biography; Book Reviews; Broadcasting; Business; Chemistry; Cinema; Computer Science; Corporations, Stocks and Industries; Costume and Fashion; Current Events and News Sources; Economic Censuses of…

The nature of criminal justice as a discipline and types of statistics it requires are discussed. Also included are descriptions of bibliographic sources of criminal justice statistics literature (criticizing methods used in gathering and presenting data and reporting statistics) and reference sources to primary sources of statistics. Sixteen…

Discusses the status of a pilot project undertaken by the ERIC facility to provide access to education-related statistical tapes. Procedures developed for the identification of sources of such tapes, documentation for the tapes, and the creation of surrogate records for cataloging, indexing, and abstracting are described. (seven references) (CLB)

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a Western Australian report on higher education in that state. The Committee recommended that a "Tertiary Education Commission" be established as an on-going body, to advise the Government on developments over the whole field of tertiary education and to…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) in which Australian child care facilities are surveyed to include those providing full-day care and therefore excludes kindergartens, play centers, nursery schools, and child minding centers that provide care for only part of the day. The document presents a breakdown of…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1500 words) summarizing the author's definitions of the principal physical and human characteristics of elementary and secondary education as presently constituted in Mexico so that school personnel may comply with Mexican regulations that force them to supply educational statistics. For…

This document is an English-language abstract (Approximately 1,500 words) of statistical data on higher education institutions for the winter semester of the 1966-67 academic year with comparative data of earlier years. The first group of tables gives a comparative review of students enrolled and teaching staff for the years 1938/39 and from…

Discusses: research and development (R&D) spending by government agencies; federal support for specific areas of R&D; outlays for R&D by the chemical industry and individual chemical firms; manpower in industrial R&D; and sources of R&D funds for universities/colleges. Detailed statistical tables are included. (JN)

The 251 research abstracts, dated 1956-1968, are arranged under these areas: (1) Industry Statistics and Feasbility Studies, (2) Merchandising, (3) Purchasing, (4) Facilities Design and Operations Analysis, (5) Commissary Operations, (6) Finance and Cost Control, and (7) Personnel Management. Research gaps, determined through interviews with…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of data on Japanese private schools prepared for the Investigation Committee on Policies for the Promotion of Private Schools. General statistics are presented to show that private schools have played a very significant educational role in Japan. The number of private…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study about the world's illiteracy. The writer recalls that the gap between underdeveloped and industrial nations is particularly wide in the field of education. About two fifths of the world's adult population, nearly 800 million people are unable to read or write. The…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study by the Australian Council for Educational Research (Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education) responding to the stated purposes of the project to study the explicit and implicit objectives of the courses, the nature and extent of their content, how…

The majority of evaluation reports abstracted in this document were completed by the Research and Evaluation Branch of the Department of Research, Evaluation, and Information Systems of the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District during the l976-77 school year. The abstracts were written to provide useful information to decision-makers and are…