The document describes development and implementation of a program offered by the Boston Children's Museum to facilitate museum visits for handicapped children and their families. An advisory council was formed with professionals who work with families and parents of severely disabled children. Among the original objectives were the provision of a…

This 45-paper anthology presents an overall picture of 1973-1983 writings in Roundtable Reports, the quarterly journal of Museum Education Roundtable. Thirty-five of the articles appeared in previous Roundtable Reports, while some are new articles that reflect on original articles to provide context and historical perspective. Papers are grouped…

Contained within this report are summaries of activities of the New York State Science Service for the years 1977-1978. Within the introduction, the specific goals for the Science Service are listed. Activities within the following categories are summarized: services and advisory activities, education in honorarium and volunteer programs, grant or…

This volume is the edited transcript of the tape-recorded symposium of archivists, manuscript curators, librarians, and historical agency administrators, which was held at Drake Univrsity in the fall of 1978. The papers presented are "The Law and Public Records: The Iowa Context" by Peter T. Harstad; "Being Selective: What to…

The broad patterns exhibited by history museums and their collections--the politico-geographical base, the size and collections, unsystematic acquisition, wide range of object types, and lack of categorization, and the lack of scholarly discipline to help development--differ from those of art and science museums, making their electronic data…

Descriptions of facilities and centers built specifically for the arts and completed during the 1970s are included in this catalogue--a sequel to one published two years ago. The description of each building includes a brief listing of the specifications, cost, architects and other consultants responsible for the design, and an information…

On November 1, 1978, President Carter established the President's Commission on the Holocaust and charged it with the responsibility of deciding what might constitute an appropriate national memorial to all those who had perished in the Holocaust. This publication is the report of that Commission which consisted of 34 members including survivors,…

THIS EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULUM PROJECT (ESCP) REFERENCE SERIES PROVIDES INFORMATION ON SOURCES OF MATERIALS, CLASSROOM TEACHING AIDS, LABORATORY AND FIELD PROJECT SUGGESTIONS, AND OTHER RELATED TOPICS IN THE FIELDS OF (1) ASTRONOMY, (2) GEOLOGY, (3) METEOROLOGY, (4) OCEANOGRAPHY, AND (5) PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. THESE PAMPHLETS ARE INTENDED TO AID THE…

This pamphlet provides an illustrated narrative history of the George Rogers Clark Bicentennial Exhibit at the Indiana State Museum. George Rogers Clark was a frontier hero of the American Revolution who explored and conquered territory in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. The multimedia exhibit is open to the public from February 25, 1976 through…

In this Masters Thesis, the message effectiveness and cost effectiveness (in terms of costs and monetary benefits) of two interpretive audio messages were evaluated. Ninety-nine randomly selected visitors to a Central Ohio interpretive museum were exposed to one of two audio tape recorded messages. One message used interpretive technique; the…

The cooperative project which is designed to share video equipment and expertise between the Long Beach Public Library and the Long Beach Museum of Art is discussed in this issue of the California Video Resource Project (CVRP) newsletter. Also in this issue are discussions of other California video projects, the repair of broken video equipment, a…

This document is the final report of the Outreach Project, which is directed toward increasing environmental awareness and expanding the educational uses of the Tallahassee Junior Museum through the cooperation of Museum staff, a variety of community groups, and the Florida State University's environmental studies program. To meet the concern,…

To develop a plan for utilization of museum resources for industrial arts education, questionnaires were utilized to obtain information from pilot studies, educator group members and museum professionals. Examination of data indicates that museums represent a potential resource appropriate to instructional utilization for industrial arts…

This outline of library science in the area of museology and art history provides bibliographies on various facets of art librarianship; art; architecture; museums; history; current state; journals; professional programs and organizations; relationship with government, foundations, and business; information sources; processing of art books,…