The data collection system used in this evaluation was developed in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Education. The inventory data included data in the categories of building information, room information, classroom-laboratory utilization, office assignments, and enrollment. A summary of the data is charted and described for each of the…

The problem of the efficient allocation of State aid for libraries within a fixed budget constraint was studied. A management science (operations research) approach was utilized. Two basic models were developed: an allocation model to determine the amount of State aid to be received by each library system and a model that predicts library use as a…

This document presents statistical data concerning Maryland higher education. Emphasis is placed on enrollment data by major field of study and by geographic origin of students; numbers of degrees by major field of study; number of employees in higher education institutions; average salary of faculty members in Maryland institutions; salaries of…

This volume represents a partial collection of papers scheduled for presentation at the 37th conference of the American Society for Information Science, held October 13-17, 1974. The 57 papers are grouped into 10 sections roughly corresponding to the 10 technical sessions of the conference: implications for information utility, data base…

A two-week institute, funded under Title II-B of the Higher Education Act, focused on the process of communication as the vital interface with all aspects of the school library supervisor's role. "School library supervisor" was intended to include any school librarian with supervisory or management responsibility beyond the single…

A selected group of 18 school library media supervisors from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii met in an institute to systematically identify the essential competencies for their role and to interact with a group of nine instructors of library media education in colleges and universities. The institute program was conducted in three stages,…

The Supplementary Educational Center for the Bottineau County Schools has completed its 6th year under Federal Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, program funding. This report serves as a summary of the Center as well as an evaluative report. Original objectives are reviewed to determine accomplishments. The 8 objectives are: (1) to…

This 2-year programmatic plan for the training and development of library assistants was prompted by the recent abundance of research information and the shortage of resource personnel to assist in the processing and handling of the resulting output. The guide provides a suggested curriculum plan, course outlines accompanied by texts and reference…

This bulletin contains several articles on various topics concerning information science. The first article is a report on the November 1971 Seminar on Documentation and Pedagogical Information in Latin America held in Panama. The second article, entitled "Informatica," provides a discussion of information science by three Soviet writers;…

The recommendations of the Chico State College Task Force on Instructional Media are presented, along with several supporting position papers. The major recommendations listed are that: 1) all learning resources, such as the library, the media center, and the computer system, should be coordinated into a functioning integrated system; 2) faculty…

This book deals with properties of vocabularies for indexing and searching document collections; the construction, organization, display, and maintenance of these vocabularies; and the vocabulary as a factor affecting the performance of retrieval systems. Most of the text is concerned with vocabularies for post-coordinate retrieval systems, with…

The era of the Revolutionary War has provided subject material for numerous histories and biographies. The Children's Book Section of the Library of Congress has compiled this bibliography as a guide in the selection of background reading for young people in connection with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. Criteria for selection…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report on Australian universities between 1964-66, and recommendations for 1967-69. Developments during 1965-66 included the creation of four new universities. The demand for higher education is continually increasing. The capital grants recommended by the commission…

The authors take the point of view that the videocassette is an innovative, flexible, and potentially creative tool in the spectrum of educational technology. They distinguish between the cassette and the cartridge and offer advice, counsel, and examples of how both can be used innovatively in the various methodologies and philosophies of…

The twofold purpose of this study was to determine the reasons and motivations for the choice of favorite books made by fifth grade children and to determine whether teachers and librarians were able to identify the reasons influencing the children in this selection. Results showed that primary interest areas were animals, mystery and ghost…