A discussion of the literature of user studies on information needs in urban areas. (PF)

Review and discussion of the techniques of automatic format recognition (AFR) of bibliographic data. Comparison of record-building facilities of Library of Congress, University of California (both AFR techniques), and Ohio College Library Center (non-AFR). Projection of a next logical generation, original format recognition. (Author/LS)

A survey at the Karolinska Institutet Bibliotek in Sweden, and a comparison with an earlier survey at the National Lending Library, showed that conventional bibliographical information media are still responsible for the major part of information about biomedical literature. (Author/LS)

Discussed ERIC's Junior College Clearinghouse and its success in meeting its goals responsibilities. (RK)

This annotated bibliography is divided into four sections. Section 1 offers a nonannotated listing from two earlier bibliographies, compiled in 1970. Section 2 provides a list of references to specific computer-assisted counseling systems. Section 3 consists of publications which have surveyed the domain of computer-assisted counseling and…

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) indexes and microfiche have earned a position as major sources of information for educational researchers and practitioners in Canada. Their widespread use has been facilitated by the development of computerized search services, first using batch systems and more recently on-line interactive…

Reviews the studies on interlibrary loan conducted under the auspices of the Association for Research Libraries, assesses the proposals which have been recommended, and discusses some of the unresolved issues. (Author/PF)

Discusses the new languages and software packages that make up data base management systems, outlines the characteristics of the systems, and examines the benefits claimed for them. (IRT)

Describes the uses and the tools of the Educational Resources Information Center for the benefit of English students and teachers. (RB)

Defines three types of public policies for information management, formulated according to secret, private, and public knowledge. (Author/PF)

The author puts together three historical thrusts in career development in such a way that counselors can operationalize them as they develop intervention and decision making programs that focus on the reintegration of self. (Author)

One of the many problems of developing nations is the scarcity of the information required for development planning, its concomitant abundance in more developed nations, and the lack of a truly viable infrastructure to achieve its economic transfer. Political and administrative structures must be created that are responsive to the new scales of…

The report covers three interrelated studies which pertain to the utilization of computer based management information systems in reporting special education data to the state and federal governments. Two of the studies reflect certain aspects of actual computer use by California school districts and county offices of education, and the third…

Trends in information policy are discussed as they impact on cartographic information, stressing particularly the relationships between cartographic communication, documentation, and policy making. Distinction is made between cartographic communication as a subject for information policy and cartographic communication as an expedient in public…