Designed as a guide for public library administrators and personnel, the document suggests ways to recruit new library users from the disadvantaged adult population. Libraries interested in recruitment are assumed to already have materials for the disadvantaged that include easy to read adult content materials, audio-visuals, out reach services,…

Although an increasingly large proportion of Americans are living to be 65, evidence indicates that little is being done to alleviate the problems of declining health diminishing income, limited mobility and social interaction, and the disproportionately severe effects of inflation upon the elderly. Despite the fact that this age group is becoming…

This survey was conducted to identify service areas and needs of the sixteen libraries in Albany County. Based primarily on personal interviews with the librarians, the report provides information on staffing, community size, financial support, and library programs directed toward the community. A summary showing comparative collection size,…

William Rainey Harper, first University of Chicago president and a strong supporter of educational outreach, opened the university in 1892 with an extension division as a major unit. Consequently, there was friction between university extension and the university proper. The article attempts to interpret the reasons why extension did not realize…

Mental health problems among children resulting from poor parenting, a high neonatal death rate, and a low level of medical education in the county provided impetus for developing a primary prevention program--Expectant Parent Program. This article summarizes the development, content, staff, funding, and results of the program. (Author)

Clients enrolled in drug programs tend to be young, counter-culture, or ethnic minority individuals. Describes efforts of a non-opiate drug treatment program to reach middle American drug misusers. Attempts included television public service messages and newspaper articles. This campaign was not cost-effective for attracting clients. (Author)

Describes a rural clinic and community health promotion project carried out in seven communities in rural Oklahoma. Cites older adults' participation as evidence that this project provides an appropriate model to help bring health promotion to the rural elderly. (Author/ABB)

Reviews demographic and health data on older Americans and describes services at the Topeka Public Library that are targeted to serve adults aged 75 and older, including selection and delivery of books to shut-ins and nursing homes, materials and information for the visually handicapped, and special programing. (8 references) (MES)

Provides information on how the Region 11 Vocational Center in Concord, New Hampshire, arranged a State Legislature Day. This project involved legislators visiting the Vocational Center and observing its programs. Shares several positive results from this outreach program. (CH)

The article describes a study to determine effectiveness of the Model Preschool Program for Children with Down Syndrome and Other Developmental Delays at 11 outreach sites. Assessment of performance gains of 164 disabled children (11 months to 14 years old) showed that gains in child performance were significantly greater than predicted in four…

Describes an alcohol education project implemented in a volunteer youth organization in which teenagers (N=54) participated in a district workshop and then presented information on alcohol use and misuse to various groups in their county. Tested the project for two years in 13 counties and evaluated its effectiveness. (LLL)

The California Career Education Dissemination Center's success is based upon personal service, an active community communications network, in-house monitoring, and responsiveness to changing client goals. (SK)

In addition to the results of the survey, detailed descriptions of seven projects are provided along with suggestions for applied research and practices that can be readily adapted by other projects serving similar populations. Journal availability; see EC 133 846. (Author)

Developments in library services to Hispanic Americans include special collection development and outreach services to non-users but change is coming too slowly for America's fastest growing minority. Professional education has responded slowly, if at all to the Hispanic population's needs. (MBR)

Describes the growth of service through program improvement and technical development at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) of the Library of Congress. (MBR)