Reviews what universities are doing to help community colleges improve their instruction, including research, faculty preparation, graduate study for instructional leadership, workshops, outreach programs and services, and dissemination of information. (JDS)

Examines the library's efforts to refashion its bookmobile services. User studies convinced the staff of the Memphis/Shelby County (TN) public library system that its bookmobile fleet should be expanded with smaller, multipurpose vehicles, service child care centers, visit housing authority properties, and provide literacy training. Includes a…

Provides a list of traditional and nontraditional services and programs offered by Illinois public libraries to special populations, including educationally, culturally, and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups; ethnic minority groups; illiterates; the elderly; visually impaired; hearing impaired; emotionally disabled; and residents of state,…

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) enhances perpetuation of indigenous communities through its "Fourth Museum" program that supports living community museums created by and located in indigenous communities of the Americas. Through education and financial and technical aid, NMAI helps community…

Reports on the project Join Underrepresented in Science and Technology (JUST) which aims to increase the enrollment and completion of minority students in math and science courses. Uses a problem-based teaching approach in both science and mathematics education and includes parents, communities, and institutions of higher education as participants…

Responding chambers of commerce in New England (142 of 405) thought the following business school activities were most useful to the economy: technical assistance and adult/continuing education; research-related activities ranked lower. Delivery of these services by outside consultants was acceptable. Proactive communication about business…

The Powerful Partners Collaboration Grant is a collaborative effort using Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds for educational outreach and increased visibility for libraries in the community. Powerful Partners grant recipients from North Carolina libraries have demonstrated positive outcomes for projects that required interagency…

Describes a telephone counseling intervention for smoking cessation, with attention to the clinical issues of client assessment, motivation, self-efficacy, planning, coping, relapse-sensitive call scheduling, and self-image. Outlines counselor training and supervision issues, ethical and legal considerations regarding this form of service…

Offering hypertension screening within the Black community in a convenient, nonthreatening environment can aid in reduction of morbidity and mortality attributable to high blood pressure in Black men. This article describes a successful pilot program which used volunteer barbers to perform on-site hypertension screening for their customers. (IAH)

Describes library services of the Miami-Dade library system for the Hispanic community. The system provides a variety of bibliographic and community outreach services for Hispanic American users, who constitute about 40 percent of the population. Services to this community may be threatened by English Only legislation pending in South Florida. (AF)

A joint effort between the Minnesota Extension Service and University of Minnesota School of Medicine produced a community-based research and educational program on stress, depression, and suicide prevention. The Teens in Distress program represents a successful collaborative effort and illustrates the potential problems when Extension…

In the 1970s, elders and volunteers of the San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians secured a grant to create a Luiseno Culture Bank of Luiseno artifacts and information gathered from museums, libraries, and private collections. Librarians from California State University, San Marcos, are now mounting the culture bank onto a HyperCard database. (KS)

The bookmobile remains a feasible service option for both rural and urban libraries with about 1,000 currently in service nationwide. However, there is a growing need for professional attention to areas such as purchasing, evaluating, automating, and delivering bookmobile services. (LAE)

Describes the home libraries program (i.e., circulation of reading material among children in a neighborhood, with one child acting as librarian) begun by the Boston Children's Aid Society in 1885. Similar programs begun by the Albany (NY) Library School and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (PA) in the 1890s are also described. (13 references)…

The growing population of deinstitutionalized persons with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities is described, some of their information needs are examined, methods of providing library services are suggested, and a rationale for community outreach is provided. The state program in Rhode Island is outlined. (22 references) (EAM)