In an effort to respond to a growing need of educators to have access to educational information, the Iowa State Department of Public Instruction has initiated an information service for local school districts. The information and retrieval service is provided through Project INFORMS (Iowa Network For Obtaining Resource Materials for Schools). It…

Technological, social, economic, and political changes have increased the rapidity of changes in the pattern of living in small towns and rural areas. As a result, a large percentage of rural Americans who live at or below the poverty level are not provided adequate medical care. After realizing the shortage of physicians in North Carolina and…

There are several ways the telephone system may be used for opinion polling and public participation in discussions. The easiest method is individual call-ins to a series of different telephone numbers that each represent a different choice or vote. The only extra equipment needed here is a device that tabulates the total number of calls reaching…

A survey of twelve public libraries was conducted to determine the effects of the Teletype Writer Exchange (TWX) on library service in the State of Indiana. The centers seem to try very hard to provide excellent service for their satellites, and the satellites overwhelmingly support the centers. The TWX System is not being overtaxed consistently…

This research report describes events and decision processes which encourage or inhibit the installation of an innovation in an educational agency--specifically, the installation of a coordinated information network in the New York State Education Department. To document the installation, personnel involved in the consideration of the innovation…

A network of 13 Central Ohio libraries undertook a survey to determine: (1) which library services and resources are best provided on a regional basis; (2) which library services and resources are best delivered on a local basis; and (3) what plan for regional cooperation in service delivery is most effective. This summary report contains a…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for western states. Functions and program plans were developed for the newly established networking organization, Western Interstate Library Coordinating Organization (WILCO), with…

This paper describes some of the systematic efforts used in the last decade for disseminating the products of research and development in vocational education and provides suggestions for dealing with problems and issues to facilitate the movement of information resources from producers to consumers. The paper: (1) Traces the history and role of…

The objectives of this report are to briefly synthesize the communication approaches used by legislative bodies in the acquisition of scientific information, to describe the practices of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress and the Office of Technology Assessment, to describe the present and proposed communication systems…

Overall, the degree of cooperation in informal communication among the AERA participants is quite good. The role that manuscripts prepared for the annual meetings play in filing a gap between on-going research and archieval reporting is highlighted. (Author/AM)

The Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences--also known as the Hastings Center--recently initiated a project designed to analyze the state of ethics teaching in higher education, survey the number of schools with programs, collect sample curricula for dissemination, build a communications network among teachers, and find mechanisms for…

Summarizes a report presented at the First UNISIST Meeting of Experts in Regional Information Policy and Planning in Southeast Asia. The report briefly reviews the trends and developments of scientific and technological information activities in Australia. (VT)

Reports results of a national survey on the use of computerized central registry systems as in child protective services, the perceived advantages and disadvantages of such systems and the extent to which protections have been established against potential abuse of individual civil rights. A need for further study of central registries is…

Explores how different forms of mediated communication including telephonic and two-way radio, alter the processes of constricting social action and social relationships. (MH)

An evaluation of the National Diffusion Network (NDN) as a new approach to the diffusion of educational innovations is presented, and novel characteristics of the system are described. (MJB)