Having both a service mission with defined limits and an entering clientele with diverse needs has implications for the intake interview. At Kansas State University a relatively small number of clients received an inordinate amount of direct service time. Cost, effectiveness, and definition of service limits became issues to consider. The staff…

This Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) study is intended to assist in the development of basic training programs and courses in document preservation and restoration, and to promote harmonization of such training both within the archival profession and within the broader information field. Based on the assumption that conservation…

A view of needs assessment consistent with ecological frameworks is presented in this paper. Discussion focuses on intensive and extensive data types, horizontal approaches, and basic assumptions and requirements of convergent analysis. Also discussed are four linking mechanisms used to connect information among data levels used in convergent…

Needs assessment is the most commonly used procedure for assessing the worth of educational objectives. The authors believe this method is a survey of wants, rather than needs, of various groups. It does not establish that such wants ought to be fulfilled. It lacks a principled basis for carrying out its strategy. Four basic assumptions are made…

This guide for educational practitioners who are considering the purchase of a microcomputer provides a brief discussion of basic information about computers, some criteria to use in conducting a needs assessment prior to the purchase of any microcomputer equipment, and criteria for use in the evaluation of various microcomputers in relation to…

It is assumed that the delineation of values is critical to proper needs assessments. "Need" is defined as a requisite or desideratum generated as a discrepancy between a target state (T) and an actual state (A), if and only if the presence of the conditions defined by T can be shown significantly to harm, indispose, or constrain a subject (S).…

This document has been prepared by the department of education to assist school administrators in gaining a greater understanding of the needs assessment process in general and to examine the specific requirements for assessing needs contained in the South Carolina Education Finance Act and the state legislature joint resolution on the matter. The…

This document contains three sets of rough notes designed to help community education programs. These ideas are rough notes that are intended to spell out some of the problems and issues that confront any researcher tackling the new problem of community education programs. These ideas are addressed to State Educational Agencies (SEA) interested in…

This visitation form for the reading task force of the California Right to Read program consists of eight categories. "Needs Assessment" asks for information on student performance, teacher performance, resources, and decision making; "Reading Programs" includes philosophy, goals, objectives, and priorities; "Program…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 16 annotations of documents and journal articles on needs assessment, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on educational planning, accountability, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and other topics are annotated. (DS) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP)…

Some practical advice is offered on building a library collection with other-than-print resources. Acquiring a non-print media philosophy is cited as the first step, followed by reorganization of non-print resources. (Author/MBR)

Personal and professional growth of both teachers and supervisors are identified as products to be sought from the supervision process. A reconceptualization of the supervisor's role from that of methodological and curriculum specialist to that of interpersonal intervenor is urged, along with a reconceptualization of related systems and processes.…

Description of a process assessing darkroom needs and for converting an available area to fulfill those needs. (STS)

The author discusses the problem of training programs that do not meet all employees' training needs. She points to faulty needs assessment as the cause. (CH)

The article describes activities of the Technology Assessment Program of Gallaudet Research Institute to serve the deaf community by focusing on consumers' needs, encouraging research and development, improving technology transfer and dissemination, and nurturing cooperation amid complexity. (DB)