The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) entrusted to the International Film and Television Council (IFTC) the task of collecting documentation on world cinematographic organizations, in order to provide developing nations with information useful to the establishment of similar services adopted to their…

The library programs for children discussed in this report include: a suggested program for an art club, creative drama, film programs, hobby times, music programs, puppet programs, storytelling, and programs for special days and special events. A list of resource materials to support these programs is also included. (Author/NH)

Short abstracts of works in progress or completed in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta are presented under five major headings. The five categories are: Storage and search techniques for document data bases, Automatic classification, Study of indexing and classification languages through computer manipulation of data…

To appraise the value of a creative dramatics program in a public library setting was the purpose of this study. Nine public library branches comprised the setting for the experiment. At each branch there were three units: (1) creative dramatics, (2) storytelling, and (3) library usage. Storytelling and library usage were the control group. Pre…

In 1972 American universities will confer 33,700 doctorates. An essential feature of the process which leads to the doctorate is the submission and defense of a dissertation. The doctoral dissertation must embody the results of extended research, be an original contribution to knowledge and include material worthy of publication. It is surprising,…

More than 1,000 films, filmstrips, audiotapes and other media that are available without charge to schools and guidance counselors are listed in this 270-page catalog. Listings are classified into one of four categories: career planning, including occupational and educational information; social and personal, including interpersonal relations and…

This paper, based on lectures given during a tour of Czechoslovakia, outlines how the county of Hertfordshire, England has endeavoured to meet its obligations to education, industry, commerce and professional personnel in the dissemination of scientific and technical information. During the first ten years of development, the program has ensured…

The publication of this bibliography on "Women" is an appropriate event in that it closely follows the passage of the law which for the first time permits women to enter the United States Military Academy in its 173 year history. Over 500 titles are presently extant in the USMA Library collection on the subject of women, representing woman's role…

This is a guide to recreational reading in Vietnamese. Instructions are given for inter-library loans involving libraries throughout the U.S. The bibliography is organized under the following categories: (1) general interest; (2) history; (3) culture; (4) poetry; (5) short stories; (6) novels. Following each annotation, a notation is given to…

Brief reports of visits to several media programs functioning in open space settings. (Author)

The author, a Boston-based writer who focuses on the problems of education, visited Cuba to study its school system firsthand. This article is about his stay at the Martyrs of Kent Junior High School, en campo--out in farm country. (Editor/RK)

Describes legalistic education of trainees and their parents in senior-level technical training schools in areas of crime prevention and civil and labor law. Resource persons such as jurists, personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, physicians, sociologists, and cultural figures lecture and give seminars. Describes evaluation methods of…

Evaluation results are described for the DIALIB project, a three year experiment of on-line bibliographic search services in four public libraries. Findings include users of the system and their characteristics; use of data bases; librarian reactions; and time and cost of on-line searching, both in a free and fee-based environment. (Author/JPF)

This paper examines factors influencing the number of minority students enrolling in library schools during the last 10 years. Undergraduate and graduate minority education, the presence of foreign students, and the issues of professionalism, recruiting and admissions, financial aid, affirmative action, curriculum content, and continuing education…