In order to meet the needs of the heterogeneous student body resulting from an open admissions policy, an audiotutorial system is recommended for the City University of New York. The proposal would combine the efforts of the three distinct units offering instruction on each campus: (1) traditional academic departments, (2) a remedial academic…

Five issues must be considered if a more effective information and bibliographic delivery system is to be developed for Canadian education. (1) The size and characteristics of the reference group in Canadian education should be studied. With all its subgroups, this group may comprise as many as 200,000 people. (2) The number and types of documents…

The papers presented at the 1974 seminar are grouped under four headings. The six papers in section one discuss community information needs and methods of interpersonal and intercultural communication. Section two describes several existing urban librarianship training programs and outlines models for the effective training of librarians to meet…

The speaker challenges his audience to devise imaginative and effective means of obtaining for children ready-access to books that will help them develop an image of the future worthy of the previously undreamed-of capability, health, and welfare enjoyed at the present time. It is up to the present generation, he says, to help children achieve the…

This bibliography is suggested for use by students and teachers of Latin, Greek and ancient civilizations. Entries are compiled under the headings of: (1) bibliographies and journals including booklists, periodicals, and books for teachers; (2) reference works in literature, mythology, history and antiquities, and language; (3) texts and…

Guidelines for the development of the 1-year plus one summer session type program and the 2-year associate degree program are presented under the following headings: (1) Technical Course Content, (2) Faculty, (3) Affiliated Accredited Hospitals, (4) Organization of Program, (5) Curriculum, (6) Recommendations for Non-Technical Courses, (7) Hours…

Pertinent aspects of the U.S. Army Research and Development Information Program are delinated, including the program initiation bases and scope; purpose, objectives, and guidelines; value and benefits; basic concept; and project interrelationships. The specific projects described are: (1) Army Technical Library Improvement Studies; (2) Symposia…

This book describes study and research programs and facilities at the Smithsonian Institution in 9 academic areas: 1) History of Science and Technology; 2) American Studies; 3) Cultural Studies; 4) Museum Studies; 5) Anthropology; 6) Evolutionary and Systematic Biology; 7) Environmental Biology; 8) Evolutionary and Behavioral Biology, Tropical…

The 49th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music was held in Denver, Colorado in 1973. These proceedings contain the reports of the various commissions and committees (graduate, undergraduate, junior college, library, and president). The three addresses to the general session and the papers presented at the regional meetings…

The Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC), a program of the New England Board of Higher Education which was initially funded by the National Science Foundation, represents an attempt to apply on a regional basis the concept of brokerage or wholesaling to the provision of computer-based information services. The center expects to be…

STITE (Scientific and Technical Information Transfer for Education) is basically a system to interface between science information and the science learner. As such STITE acts as a link between STIC (Science and Technology Information Centers) and LIS (Learning Information Systems). After an introduction to the goals and objectives of the ongoing…

To cause a patient to relate personally to literature is the goal of bibliotherapy, but just how this goal is attained is one of the most significant differences between bibliotherapy and other forms of group therapy. Agnews State Hospital has conducted bibliotherapy for three years as a rehabilitation service. During July 1970-June 1971, a total…

This paper describes an alternative to current information dissemination systems (letter journals), computerized information systems, and clearinghouse operations) that would establish a network of depositories at universities and research organizations. The essence of the approach is to provide convenient access to working papers and technical…

A plan for the integration of the audiovisual and library services of the community college under a single administrative unit, the learning resources center (LRC), is presented. The authors maintain that such a merger would be in the best interests of faculty and students, helping them to provide and obtain quality individualized education. In…

The material presented within this revised and updated annotated bibliography will be useful to administrators who are interested in becoming familiar with the career education concept and in attempting to integrate it into the existing school curricula. Listings are grouped under eight main headings: Models and Guidelines; Elementary Level,…