Provided are the statements presented to the United States Congress in February and March, 1977, on the proposed extention of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Included is testimony on the progress of the child abuse prevention and treatment effort and recommendations from representatives of private and public agencies and institutions…

Provided are guidelines for regional librarians in assessing their programs in relation to the expectations of the Library of Congress, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The general philosophy of Division services, history and evaluation of the program, and objectives of the guidelines are included in the introduction. Guidelines…

Data presented in this report are derived from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) fall 1980 Survey of Graduate Science Students and Postdoctorates, covering 9,930 graduate science and engineering (S/E) departments in 633 doctorate- and master's-granting institutions. Highlights of the survey indicate that: (1) graduate enrollment in S/E…

The student syllabus, instructional materials, and a brief librarian/instructor guide are provided in this package of materials for a college library research course designed to give students an adequate conceptual framework and basic skills for working with a variety of information sources, including print, nonprint, and machine-readable sources.…

This guide to recreation and leisure resources for handicapped individuals contains a list of information resources, a funding guide, and a bibliography. In the first section brief organizational profiles, descriptions of services provided by the organizations, and instructions on how to use these services are presented for seven organizations.…

Presented is a description of the creation of the National Forests system, how trees grow, managing the National Forests, types of management systems, and managing for multiple use, including wildlife, water, recreation and other uses. Included are: (1) photographs; (2) line drawings of typical leaves, cones, flowers, and seeds; and (3)…

Public library use and librarians' knowledge of access to government documents were assessed through a survey of 108 participating public libraries in Kentucky in preparation for a one-day workshop providing instruction in government documents. Response rate was 43 percent. Community needs were determined by classification of the particular…

This paper briefly reviews the current status of government publications, including the local, state, and Federal levels, with particular attention to crucial problems of availability and accessibility to the public. It examines issues and proposed changes in government policy with respect to government documents, e.g., (1) Is there a need for a…

This reference manual is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to demographic data from the Census Bureau and is specifically designed for use by instructors participating in the Census Bureau college curriculum support project. The purpose of the manual is to provide an appropriate and up-to-date starting point for the new or…

The report on the management of recruit and initial skill training identifies delays in training cycles, their causes, and resultant costs. In visits to four recruit training centers, eight initial skill training schools, and various headquarters offices, the General Accounting Office (GAO) identified 1,979,000 man-days per year that new members…

The publication is designed to serve as a reference guide to Federal recruiting literature. It contains brief descriptions of publications of 43 departments and agencies. The pamphlets and brochures listed represent the principle publications used in nationwide recruiting for college entry-level positions. The bibliography is organized…

To assist the budgeting process at the Stanford University Libraries a study was undertaken to determine the extent to which the cost of obtaining scholarly publications was increasing and the degree to which the volume of scholarly publications grows annually, affecting the number of documents which the library must purchase to ensure adequate…

A staff paper submitted to the President's Task Force on Communications Policy surveys the range of present and future innovations in communications techniques, assesses their feasibility and costs, and projects the rate and manner in which they will be deployed in the future. In general, the many technological possibilities--including…

The initial selection of titles for this bibliography was based on a survey of library catalogs as well as numerous existing lists and partial bibliographies on Puerto Rico. Careful search led to a bibliography that, although selected, is also retrospective, broad, and balanced. It is retrospective in the sense that the first known published works…

The volume focuses on the long-term outlook for the Federal budget in terms of the overall balance between outlays and receipts and the possible program options that might be considered in policy planning over the long term. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the budget outlook for the last half of the 1970's. Chapters 3-10 discuss possible program…