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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: communication and perceptions of organizational climate; perceptions of communications between federal and local educational agencies; intraorganizational conflict…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Decision Making
Texas Univ., Austin. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. – 1979
The purpose of this report is to highlight common themes and issues expressed in papers presented at the International Symposium on "Trends in Social Science Research on Children." Issues fall into four general areas: children's needs, particular groups of children, child-rearing environments, and research methodology. Major issues and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Conferences, Environmental Influences
Greer, Peter – 1979
Current inservice programs are criticized on the grounds that they do not achieve the objective of improving teachers' mastery of their subjects. It is suggested that these programs can be improved by increasing professional communication between teachers, providing more assistance from specialized consultants, increasing teacher participation in…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Administration, Program Development
Research Resources Information Center, Rockville, MD. – 1980
Written to provide an understanding of the broad base of information on which the artificial intelligence (AI) branch of computer science rests, this publication presents a general view of AI, the concepts from which it evolved, its current abilities, and its promise for research. The focus is on a community of projects that use the SUMEX-AIM…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Biomedicine, Computer Programs, Computer Science
Information Management, Inc., Burlington, MA. – 1967
THE DOCUMENT IDENTIFIES POLICY DECISIONS WHICH MUST BE MADE, SUGGESTS METHODS OF FUNDING, DESCRIBES WORK TO BE DONE, PROVIDES COSTS OF MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT, AND DELINEATES STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL CHEMICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM. ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS REQUIRED IS THE APPROVAL OR MODIFICATION OF THIS PLAN. IT THEN BECOMES A GUIDELINE FOR…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Chemistry, Costs, Equipment
Pache, J. E. – 1980
This report examines the possibilities, problems, costs, and benefits of providing online access to the database of the European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED), which is in machine-readable form, but generally available only through the EUDISED R&D Bulletin. The likely nature of such online access is described,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Educational Research, Fees
Cusick, Philip A. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the communication networks within two schools. The study was undertaken in two secondary schools in a metropolitan area and involved participant observation and interviews over the course of a school year. The purpose of the first part of the study was to enter the schools, identify the issues…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elective Courses, Information Networks, Interprofessional Relationship
de Villiers, Pieter J. A.; Shumaker, David E. – 1980
Based on principles and methods tested by library systems serving nonhandicapped readers, this list of international standards was developed to further the establishment of a national bibliograhpic center in each country that would build a national union catalog founded on information from libraries and producers about existing and new materials…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Interlibrary Loans, International Programs, Library Materials
Hall, Helen – 1980
This kit provides guidelines and materials to support a total statewide system for disseminating Promising Practices (PPs) through the Regional Coordinator network. As a resource, its intent is to provide ideas and processes for activities that support and enrich the program of work of the regional coordinator. Section 1 lists PPs currently in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion, Elementary Secondary Education
Howder, Murray L. – 1979
The first Soviet-American Library Seminar provided general comparisons and contrasts, similarities and dissimilarities, between Soviet and American libraries, and stressed the differences in understanding library terms, the need for long-range planning, demographic changes and their effect on library services, and library automation. An…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, International Programs, Library Administration, Library Education
Serov, V. V. – 1979
The mechanics of the Soviet library system, the availability of libraries to the citizenry, organizational components, and the development and planning principles of librarianship as they follow Leninist national policy are discussed in this paper by V.V. Serov, Head of the Main Library Directorate, USSR Ministry of Culture. A program of library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Burnham, Brian; McCordick, Irene – 1978
Two versions of this Preserved Context Indexing System (PRECIS)/school library materials project, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education, are presented: a narrative report and a technical report. Designed for interested readers who are not familiar with information science terminology, the narrative report summarizes the development of this…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Foreign Countries, Library Automation, Library Networks
Eigeman, Elaine G.; Brooks, JoAnn – 1978
The overall goal of the Vocational Education Information Services project was to support vocational education in Indiana by facilitating more efficient use of information and by developing more effective products for wide dissemination. First, a needs assessment was conducted to determine specific user populations and user needs for information…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
Bernasconi, F. A. – 1979
Commenting on the trends toward the interlocking of emerging information societies and the growing interdependence of countries, this paper suggests the role that "informatics" (the rational and systematic use of information for planning and decision making) may play in the transition of societies into the information age. Two paradoxes…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communications, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Erteschik, Ann – 1977
This publication highlights sixty-two outstanding projects originally funded under the Library Services and Construction Act. Designed as a descriptive, annotated guide, the catalog shares information about library programs selected from 34 states and territories to exemplify some of the diverse services stimulated by Federal funds. These…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Catalogs, Disadvantaged, Information Centers
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