This is the seventh annual report of the Committee on Scientific and Technical Information of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, covering activities for calendar year 1969. It reflects the continued expansion of scientific and technical information activities within the United States Government, and describes advances made in the…

The first lecture of this series focuses on the role of today's professor, caught in the middle of two campus revolutions, one of which he is the beneficiary and the other, the target. The second lecture considers the importance of understanding the future in preparing youth for it, and the extent to which the future is knowable. Current…

This document presents a critique of the "Education" portion of Chapter V of the report entitled "Work in America," available as ED 070 738. The critique was prepared by a special committee on the Center for Adult, Vocational, Technical, and Manpower Education of the Bureau of Adult and Occupational Education, Office of Education, because this…

Transcripts of the hearings held from March 28-30, 1973 are presented. Following opening statements by Senators Pastore and Baker, texts of the Senate bills S.1090 and S.1228 are published. The former sought to amend the Communications Act of 1934, to extend certain authorizations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and for certain…

This document is a bibliography of research related to vocational education on the national, state and local levels. The references represented are the materials assembled for the comprehensive "Report of the Analysis Group, HEW Vocational Education Review Task Force," (available as VT 013 228 and VT 013 229 in this issue) and was prepared during…

To meet the need for quick access to the literature, and to obtain more effective communication among librarians, information scientists, mass communication specialists, operations analysts, and behavioral scientists, the authors propose a KWOC (Key-Word Out-of-Context) Index using existing machine-readable bibliographical data, such as supplied…

Difficulties encountered by users of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) idexing and abstracting services are: (1) coverage too broad for a single index, (2) duplication of material indexed or distributed elsewhere, (3) multiple number series, (4) inconsistency of bibliographic entries and (5) coverage unpredictable. The difficulties…

The purposes and activities of the American Council on Education's Office of Research are reviewed, focusing on the overriding issue of the impact colleges have on their students. The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), which constitutes the backbone of research activities of the office, is described with regard to its progress,…

This bibliography provides annotated listings of the publications of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its 10 regional offices. Publications are organized into 37 subject areas covering various aspects of employment and the labor market. Instructions are provided for obtaining publications, including out-of-print documents available through the…

This article analyzes the Spanish version of the motorists' guide from the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state of California. There are many poor translations due to direct translation from the English. (NCR)

A Department of Education study concluding that a bachelor's degree can cost more at a private college than at a public one was well designed and reported, and has been unfairly criticized by the private sector. (MSE)

Describes the lack of progress toward national information systems and discusses the needs of users and the role of technical documentary reports, project information systems, and scientific journals. Proposals for various national information systems and federal government involvement in scientific and technical information since 1790 are…

Describes cooperative approach to municipal documents control by Urbana Free Library (Illinois) and City of Urbana. Highlights include basic elements (organizing documents into numbered series, microfilming, producing microfiche for distribution, computer-assisted indexing, providing access to indexing by computer-output microfiche and online…

Discusses the origins, legislative basis, content, and impact of a policy directive which prescribes a general framework for developing uniform and consistent federal information resources management policies. (Author/CLB)

Describes the development of a bibliographic information system designed to assist architecture/engineering firms under contract to the Army Corps of Engineers in locating regulations or guidelines for the planning, design, or construction of army facilities. A sample search of the system is appended. (Author/CLB)