This is one of several papers presented at a Federal Trade Commission Symposium on Media Concentration. It reviews the controversy between book publishers and the Authors Guild concerning the control of already published materials and the future of publishing, and it analyzes the market structure in order to put the issues into perspective. Some…

The Louisiana Occupational Training Information System (LOTIS) has provided a series of analyses of current employment, demand for replacement personnel, and supply of workers in each state planning district and for each occupational category. Phase five of LOTIS gathered data for basically all non-agricultural workers in the state. The survey…

Written for secondary school Canadian students, the document examines Canada's international trade policy. It is arranged in three sections. Part I discusses the affect of Canada's trade policy on the individual citizen. Tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade such as import licenses, preferential purchasing agreements, health and safety…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPED IN A PILOT PROJECT TO PROVIDE COORDINATED EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIELD EXPERIENCES IN A 9-WEEK COURSE FOR PRESERVICE INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION. THE MATERIALS PRESENT FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS RELATIVE TO INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION. THE CONTENTS, PRESENTED AS APPENDIXES D…

Included are six papers from the Special Libraries Association Documentation Division's Contributed Papers Session at the National Conference in New York, May 28 - June 1, 1967, which were not included in the November, 1967 issue of Special Libraries. The papers are: (1) "The Bibliographical Control of Aerospace Industry Conference Literature…

The major purpose of a seminar held in Wiesbaden, Germany, was to exchange experiences and views on the methods of expediating adjustment of rural and foreign workers to industry. Major presentations for discussion were "Internal Migration" by Magda Talamo, and "International Migration" by Elie Dimitras. Some conclusions were:…

In recent years there has been a significant increase in the efforts of private industry to employ and train the hard-core unemployed youth and adults of this nation. The time has come, however, for a change in the continuing pattern of employers engaging in experimental and demonstration projects, each learning anew what others have learned about…

A comprehensive case study is presented of the Antigonish Movement in eastern Nova Scotia. Originally founded to combat poverty and exploitation, it has functioned since 1929 under the extension department of St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish. The Movement brought education into the lives of ordinary working people and introduced group…

The task of matching people to jobs is made difficult by the cumulative effects of change. Flexibility of the labor force has decreased because of the lack of low skill jobs and the increased employment of women and minority groups. Oregon's research efforts, prompted by need for data by public and private sectors, was directed at ways of…

In a summary of the twelfth annual conference of International University Contact for Management Education (IUC), management education problems and prospects in Germany are examined in panel discussions on program content, the role of university teachers, and cooperation between universities and industry in the area of management research. Also…

This book presents material from a symposium on television violence that was organized by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission. Part 1, "The Public Issue," discusses the social effects of mass media and violence as a dramatic convention. Part 2, "The Social Effects of Television Violence," provides experiments, research,…

Among the range of resources in the Mid-West Region of Ireland, higher education is an important, if costly, element. Five university institutions, eight colleges of education, two colleges of technology, and since 1970 nine regional technical colleges offer a higher education. The very large second level student body of the Limerick region was…

The changes that are occurring at an accelerating rate in the field of technology can be both frightening and challenging to the broadcasting industry. Some recent developments that affect the field of communication include an information bank that makes it possible to collect and store years of publication issues and then, through computers, to…

The first portion of this handbook considers the positive aspects of television (the news, entertainment, and educational programming); presents negative criticism regarding programming quality, the use of violence, and the influence of commercials; and discusses the available options and alternatives for improving and using television to its…

This study deals with the manner in which the nation's telecommunications resources have been managed. The first section, which traces the history of telecommunications management from the mid-1800s through the Lyndon Johnson administration, reveals the way in which telecommunications management has been governed by competing priorities. The…