The South Carolina 1976-77 annual reports of programs under Title I and Title III of the Library Services and Construction Act gives an overview of expenditures and programs followed by information on the specific projects. These include objectives and special problems of the programs. Title I projects for both years, including the 1976…

Presented are the proceedings of a 1975 conference on higher education for deaf blind persons which emphasized ways to raise the level of expectation that society and educators hold for the deaf blind. Noted are various communication methods used during the conference including platform interpreting (for the deaf) and the Tadoma method,…

Provided is an annotated bibliography with approximately 350 entries relating to the education and training of deaf blind individuals. The booklet is divided into three parts: part one contains references to books published by, for and/or about the deaf blind over a period of more than 130 years; part two contains references to articles published…

Reported are the results of a 1975 biennial survey of the occupational status of doctorate-holding scientists and engineers in the United States. The data are presented with comparisons of data from the 1973 survey. Major findings include: the population of doctoral scientists and engineers grew 13% from 1973 to 1975; the number of women holding…

Presented is a summary of statistical indicators of the strengths and weaknesses of science and technology as reported in the annual report of the National Science Board. Declines in monies for research and development, in research publications in the physical sciences and technological innovation are noted. (EB)

The invariance of results from magnitude estimation and pair comparison treatment of complete ranks scaling procedures is examined. Whether or not roughly interval measurement is achieved by these methods is also explored. Implications for the validity of measurement are briefly discussed. (Author/JKS)

Based upon types of documents cited, age of cited literature, and core journals cited, the proceedings of a national computer conference are analyzed in order to measure how academics and practitioners differ in their use of published information. Methodology and results are described. (CWM)

Comments on certain sections of the report from the International Conference Information and Documentation in Social Sciences (Moscow, June 1977). Some proposals are made concerning the needs for and obstacles to European cooperation, and privileged areas for European cooperation. (VT)

Describes a new publication of a report prepared by the American Chemical Society's Committee on Environmental Improvement. This is a new version that updates a 1969 report and contains additional material and expanded recommendations. (GA)

Various ways of calculating the dissociation energies of pi bonds in alkenes are discussed. What seems to be the soundest values derive from isomerization kinetics. (Author/BB)

In 1978, this field was dominated by human needs projects such as rapid transportation, energy production, and waste disposal. (BB)

The article, an abridged version of the keynote address to the CORE Conference, May, 1977, discusses the ultimate ends, motives, and goals of special education, which the author believes to be an ignored but crucial topic. (DLS)

Gives highlights of papers presented at the first international meeting of individuals and organizations concerned with online information services. The conference, sponsored by "Online Review," was held in London, England December 13-15, 1977. (JPF)

Discusses a summary of research pertaining to the Martian data from the Viking mission. This is a summary of some of the papers presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. (MR)