The Vanderbilt University Center for Science Outreach (CSO) connects university scientists to the K-12 community to enhance and improve science education. The Virtual Scientist program utilizes interactive videoconference (IVC) to facilitate this connection, providing 40-50 sessions per academic year to a national audience. Scientists, defined as…

Fewer employees, shorter hours, diminished collection budgets, reduced programs and services--all at a time of record library usage. In this book, library expert Carol Smallwood demonstrates that despite the obvious downsides, the necessity of doing business differently can be positive, leading to partnering, sharing, and innovating. This…

Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) are developed by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Each TIP involves the development of topic-specific best-practice guidelines for the prevention and…

Over the past decade, three rationales have emerged for emphasizing the reinforcement of the United States' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline. The first rationale pertains to U.S. global competitiveness, the second revolves around the benefits of a diverse workforce, and the third argument points to social justice…

The monograph introduces a system to help outreach projects of the U.S. Department of Education's Handicapped Children's Early Education Programs (HCEEP) document the impact of their work. Six indicators, identified by outreach project personnel, represent six primary areas of outreach activity. Background information about HCEEP outreach programs…

The report documents progress in 1981-82 toward six objectives of a model preschool outreach center for handicapped children. Activities and accomplishments are discussed for the following six objectives: (1) increase awareness of needs and programs (present at a minimum of 10 state or local meetings); (2) develop, refine, and field test products…

Focus was on the adaptation made by a specific Hispanic elderly population to a federally funded nutrition project. (NQ)

A study of library services to hospitalized patients since 1971 in the greater Providence, Rhode Island, area. (LS)

Reports on references in the ERIC system pertinent to community services and outreach programs. (Author/NHM)

Describes three aspects of the South Carolina State Library efforts to serve the poor. (PF)

An innovative program for senior citizens, available through Wisconsin public libraries, furnishes multi-media kits designed to bring back memories of county fairs, train rides, and other familiar experiences. (JAB)

This description of a program in which public libraries serve as sites for mediation sessions discusses the advantages of mediation over judicial proceedings in resolving disputes in the neighborhood and workplace, the role of the library in this program, and the effects on the library's relationship with the community. (CLB)

Describes Dutchess County Department of Mental Hygiene and New York State Bridge Authority's joint establishment of a suicide prevention telephone on Mid-Hudson Bridge. Telephone, which is directly connected to psychiatric emergency service, was used 30 times in two-year period. Data suggest that most would-be jumpers were ambivalent about dying…

A cooperative effort by the state university and the state education agency to provide teacher training in remote areas makes use of such cost-effective measures as telephone and mail surveys, onsite follow-up interviews, a microteaching module for practicum supervision, and short, intensive courses in remote areas of the state. (Author/CL)

Presents a rationale for family service professionals to communicate through the mass media to improve the functioning of agencies and contribute to the welfare of the community. Offers detailed suggestions for working with the media, i.e., improving relations, acting as a news source, and participating in broadcast interviews. (Author/WAS)