The Michigan Research and Development Utilization (RDU) project set out to increase the appropiate use of the educational products of funded research and development by local school personnel. The project's approach used and fostered the improvement of existing organizational and communication networks rather than attempting to establish new…

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…

This is a condensation of several studies which sought to ascertain how communities can, do, or could utilize cable television (educational--ETV--and community) in Alberta. Data was gathered on a wide variety of sources (e.g., cable operators, community groups, educational groups, government, general public) from questionnaires, program…

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…

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…

The report examines patron characteristics and use patterns of the New York Public Library Research Libraries. A general user survey was conducted as well as surveys of the use of the Photographic Service, Special Collections, Special Study Areas, and Reference Correspondence Service. Chapter I is a summary of principal findings and conclusions.…

The survey summarized in this report was administered to 54 sample staff members--school teachers, vocational education and shop instructors, corrections officers, counselors, administrators and secretaries, and inmates who hold responsible jobs--at the Connecticut Correctional Institution-Cheshire, to determine the extent to which the staff has…

An escalation in the use of non-book materials in the library at the University of Bath created the need for an evaluation of their uses, learning efficiency, and cost effectiveness. Data were collected during 1976-1977 using observations, short and long questionnaires, free responses, group interviews with students, and cost analysis. All…

Some of the changes in various aspects of CAI activity over the period 1970-76 are discussed in the context of descriptive data, in an attempt to provide a broader and more analytic view. The data derives from the 1970, 1973, and 1976 editions of the "Index to Computer Based Learning," published by the Instructional Media Laboratory of the…

Speed of access is a prime factor in user satisfaction with academic libraries. Specialized (i.e., departmental) libraries have proliferated to provide faster access. This study timed a sample of 933 citations, drawn from items cited in publications of members of each academic unit within the university. The hypothesis that the optimum size for a…

These are the preliminary findings of a report designed and implemented by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to describe the status of instructional television. The following areas are covered: (1) attitudes toward ITV, (2) usefulness of ITV, (3) facilitation and hindrance, (4) availability of ITV, (5) delivery methods, (6) equipment…

An experimental program placed computer terminals in four San Francisco Bay Area public libraries to be used to provide on-line computer search services to library patrons. The first few months of operation of the experiment showed that there was a significant impact on the participating libraries, on the library patrons, and on the community and…

A study measured the extent of bibliographic access available to off-campus users for the resources of the libraries of the University of California campuses at Berkeley (UC) and at Los Angeles (UCLA). Random samples of bibliographic items were drawn from card catalogs on both campuses, with each sample representative of the resources of both the…

This extensive study of the Beverly, Massachusetts, Public Library begins with a description of the community, including demographic characteristics and social, governmental, and educational activities and organization. A chronicle of library governance, facilities, financial resources, and collections is also included. Library services are…

The Generic Skills Study was authorized by the Canadian Department of Manpower and Immigration in order to (1) develop a simple and coherent system for the identification of skills used by workers in any occupation, (2) collect and analyze skills from a variety of occupations as a basis for developing occupational training specifications, and (3)…