The purpose of the Center for Helping Organizations Improve Choice in Education (CHOICE) project, the scope of its activities, and evaluations of the effectiveness of those activities are described. One major project goal was to encourage and facilitate institutional efforts to provide more complete and accurate information to prospective…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS EXIST. INFORMATION ON MASTER'S PROGRAMS WAS OBTAINED FROM 103 INSTITUTIONS THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES, APPROPRIATE SCHOOL CATALOGS, AND A PREPARED FORM CONSISTING OF ITEMS REGARDING OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAMS,…

THIS BOOK CONTAINS DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES OF 170 BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH AID IN THE SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. THE LISTING, ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE, INCLUDES BOTH GENERAL GUIDES FOR THOSE PERSONS SELECTING MATERIALS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS AND GUIDES WHICH NOTE MATERIALS APPROPRIATE FOR SPECIFIC AGE AND INTEREST GROUPS. SIX INDEXES, IN ADDITION TO THE…

An inventory of courses of study developed by the United States Navy which might be useful to other private and public institutions in training civilian students in basic technological skills is presented. Individual course reports contain the following information: course description, comments, course content (including blocks of instruction and…

Over 2,000 currently available items are listed in the 1976-1977 Audio-Visual Equipment Directory with specifications on price, model, weight, capacity, accessories, and technical details. Charts for screen size, lists of film and tape running times, an index to industry trade names, and a directory of equipment manufacturers are also provided.…

This catalog lists the audiovisual materials and traveling exhibits currently and soon to be available from the Reference and Loan Library of the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction, which could be used for children's programs in public libraries. The materials in the catalog are briefly annotated and are listed by format: filmstrips,…

Title III projects conducted by local education agencies in Connecticut are listed alphabetically by agency and described. Each entry gives project title, amount and term of funding, target population, major objectives, evaluation design, findings to date, and dissemination plan. The agency name and address and the project director for each of the…

At Stanford University, two major projects have been involved jointly in library automation and information retrieval since 1968: BALLOTS (Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations) and SPIRES (Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System). In early 1969, two prototype applications were activated using the jointly developed systems…

The objectives of the MASFILE-I Pilot Project were (1) to test the utility and cost of compiling a manipulative data base from remote card files; (2) to test the utility of the Administrative Terminal System (ATS) for inputting bibliographic data into computer files from catalog card copy at a central location; (3) to test the adequacy of a…

About 600 audio tapes are cataloged in this supplement to the 1970-71 catalog (ED 038 854). The catalog is organized in three sections. The subject index, based on the Library of Congress subject area classification scheme, includes these categories: art, education, languages and literature, mathematics, physical education and recreation, science,…

This resource handbook addresses the problem of illiteracy in correctional institutions and focuses on practical methods for improving the reading skills of offenders. It defines illiteracy, offers statistics on its incidence in correctional institutions, and lists barriers to overcoming the problem with suggested solutions. An overview of methods…

Curriculum, in its most common meaning, is a set of requirements that constitute an academic program. This study is concerned with what has been happening to undergraduate education in the United States in terms of curriculum. Phase I of the study examines degree requirements in 1967 and 1974 with regard to the specified minimum number of credit…

Describes the planning and implementation of a library automation system which encompasses four campus locations of a community college, and includes automation of technical processes and full access to holdings and circulation records of all the libraries involved. Software and hardware considerations are discussed, and guidelines to automation…

Discusses user satisfaction with remote access to online catalogs, categorizes the types of assistance remote users require, and considers the library's responsibility to these invisible users. An outline of suggestions for improving service to remote users is provided. (CLB)

Reviews recent and current research and development projects in the United Kingdom dealing with online information systems. Main areas of research (systems design, impact on user behavior and organizational structure, ergonomics and bibliographic factors) and research techniques (features analysis, transaction log analysis, surveys and comparative…