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Download full textGarman, Keats; Hunter, Carolyn – 1978
This booklet is for people who are involved in community affairs, either as direct participants, group facilitators, or agency sponsors. The booklet discusses the reasons for considering a community survey and provides tips on how to prepare for a survey. Groups that have decided to write and conduct their own survey have the following major…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Surveys
Alkin, Marvin C. – 1979
Suggestions for broadening the utilization of evaluation research findings are discussed. Major program changes, based on evaluation, may not become obvious for several years; program actions may contradict findings and still be based on rational decision making processes; evaluation findings may have far-reaching effects which were not recognized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation
Alexander, Jay; And Others – 1980
An evaluator-manager interaction model is developed for predicting the impact of evaluation and research findings. Instruments are developed for measuring the variables of interpersonal involvement, impact of evaluation, and managerial style in the relationship between evaluator and manager. The hypothesis advanced suggests that evaluators can…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Evaluation, Feedback
Fetler, Mark E.; Estes, Gary D. – 1980
The results of the experience of a Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for three months with a system for classifying and recording actual and planned tasks and activities are described and discussed. The area covered by this report includes 15 states in 3 geographic regions. Staff days planned and actually spent and trips planned and spent are…
Descriptors: Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Information Utilization
HOOVER, RICHARD; WHITFIELD, EDWIN A. – 1967
THE PROVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION ON MICROFILM APERTURE CARDS (VIEW) IS VALUABLE TO BOTH STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS. THIS SYSTEM CAN INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHOOL VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICE BECAUSE THE MATERIALS ARE EASY TO READ WITH CURRENT, WELL-ORGANIZED INFORMATION. COUNSELORS PERCEIVE VIEW MATERIALS AS AN AID WHICH SAVES TIME…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning, Counselors
CLINE, HOWARD F. – 1967
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBLE PEDAGOGICAL UTILIZATION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ARCHIVE OF HISPANIC LITERATURE ON TAPE WHICH CONTAINS, AS OF JUNE 1962, ORIGINAL RECORDINGS IN SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, CATALAN, AND FRENCH OF THE VOICES OF 218 WRITERS READING SOME 2,800 LITERARY WORKS. PROCEDURES TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE LONG-TERM UTILITY OF…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, French, Information Utilization, Learning Resources Centers
TAYLOR, ROBERT S. – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND DIMENSIONS OF A LONG-RANGE PROGRAM DIRECTED TOWARD THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA, SYSTEMS, AND RESOURCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION. THE APPROACH PROPOSED AS THE BASIS FOR THE CONFERENCE ASSUMED THAT PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDES AND HABITS ARE IN GOOD PART BUILT IN…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineers, Higher Education, Information Services
WOOSTER, HAROLD – 1967
THREE ASPECTS OF POLICY PLANNING FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN INDUSTRY ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER. THE FIRST ASPECT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRY, WHICH NEEDS A PROPERLY ORIENTED NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN ORDER TO FLOURISH. THE SECOND ASPECT, INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Engineers, Industry, Information Needs, Information Services
HASKEW, L.D.; AND OTHERS – 1963
THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO APPRAISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 1961-62 TEXAS INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA PROJECT (TIMP). THREE DISTINCT BUT INTERRELATED SURVEYS WERE INITIATED. SURVEY "A" COLLECTED EVIDENCE ON THE TOTAL IMPACT OF TIMP UPON SCHOOL PRACTICES AND STUDENTS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION. SURVEY "B" WAS CONDUCTED…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Information Dissemination
Everett, Bruce E.; McLaughlin, Donald H. – 1977
To assess the potential user population for Project TALENT data and to identify barriers to usage of the data for secondary analysis, a small telephone survey of leading large-scale survey researchers was undertaken. The survey was designed to elicit suggestions for strategies for reducing barriers to use of the data. Four levels of barrier were…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Educational Research, Information Dissemination
Brown, Dale W.; And Others – 1978
The experiences with ERIC which are profiled for three public school systems reflect specific user requirements in different environments. In "Meeting Professional Education Information Needs: A Profile of How the Alexandria, Virginia City Public Schools Use the ERIC System," Dale Brown discusses the types of searches used by…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Utilization
Howard Research Co., Arlington, VA. – 1966
This report presents the identification of user needs in the Army research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) community. Two types of information are provided in this report. The first type includes discussions of the RDT&E cycle, the level of informational need, time response, item categories and other factors as they relate to the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Information Needs, Information Processing, Information Services
Latker, Norman J. – 1975
This document discusses the area of legal protection of intellectual property and owner control to its accessibility under the fourth exemption of the freedom of information act. (SL)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Information Dissemination
Parden, Robert J. – 1976
This paper examines the proposition that management information systems (MIS) for colleges and universities are not achieving their original objectives of supporting better management decisions by providing more and better information in a more timely manner. As a consequence, the MIS activity should be reduced in scope, and standardized to…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Harms, L. S. – 1978
The new communication order must be broad and pluralistic, encouraging a world-wide discussion of, by, and for the people, and must not be modeled on a narrow, news-information order that tends to polarize professional communicators and government officials. The central policy issue in this new communication order will be to insure that…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Developing Nations
