Report on the Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages in Spokane, Washington, April 19-20, 1974. (PMP)

A summary and four papers from a symposium, held at the 1974 American Library Association Conference, dealing with the feasibility and desirability of measuring reference service. (PF)

Includes presentations from a panel of persons considering possible goals for the turn of the century. Panelists included an economist, a governmental official, a judge, and an engineer. (SLH)

Examines the present and future roles of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and seeks to acquaint the membership with actions that have been taken by the AIBS for their benefit. (JR)

This volume resulted from the formal papers and comments presented at an invitational symposium by recognized water experts representing a variety of disciplines and societal interests. The focus of the symposium was on the definition and interpretation of water quality integrity as viewed by representatives of state governments, industry,…

This publication contains presentations made at the National Symposium on the Serious Juvenile Offender. The meeting was convened to identify key policies and to assess present attitudes and information regarding youth who commit serious crimes--especially violent crimes. The National Juvenile Justice Act stimulated the development of criteria for…

Aspects of library accessibility to users were discussed at this meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Presentations by the nine speakers are reproduced in this report: (1) Richard Boss, Princeton University Library, "Overview"; (2) Hugh Atkinson, University of Illinois Library, "Decentralized Circulation"; (3) Richard DeGennaro,…

The result of a national working conference held in October, 1976, this publication describes twelve respected and successful internship/fellowship programs, each of which has had a demonstrated record of successful identification, selection, training, and finally, placement of minority group individuals in positions of leadership and…

Based on the work of a task force of sixty-eight professionals (from medical and other related occupational fields) who met to define the role of the consumer in the improvement of the quality of his own health care, lists of positive directives for consumer action are presented under each of the following categories: access to health care,…

This document presents proceedings of a 1977 Canadian conference on teacher education dealing with problems and issues in the evaluation of student teachers. Major presentations include (1) a discussion of issues involved in the evaluation of student teachers; (2) reaction of a panel of educators to this address and (3) questions directed to the…

Intended for parents of handicapped children, the booklet provides information on interpreting professional reports. General format and specialty areas are explained for medical reports (including the pediatrician's, neurologist's, psychiatrist's orthopedic specialist's, ophthalmologist's, and optometrist's reports); educational reports (including…

Presented in the report on the Symposium on Child Abuse and Neglect Program Evaluation are the critical issues regarding evaluation and research needs which were addressed during the 2-day meeting and a brief description of the meeting's format. A child protective services model involving five stages (identification/reporting,…

This document contains six papers presented at a conference on Science and Public Policy in the American University, held at Indiana University, March 20-22, 1968. The purpose of the conference was to report results of curriculum development in science and to examine issues and problems of science policy. All six papers included address topics of…

Topics summarized in this annual report of the Library Association for 1973 include the advent of the British Library; effects of local government reorganization upon public libraries and their staffs; possible introduction of a public lending right; threat of VAT on books and journals, and effects on the Open University libraries; increased book…

Topics summarized in this annual report of the Library Association for 1976 include improved contact between branch and headquarters staff; continued international relations; efforts to capture interests of groups and individuals outside the Library Association; public lending right, and economic cuts; closer liaison with people and organizations…