This study deals with administrative and operational patterns of 278 college unions located in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan. Emphasis is placed on physical plant, organizational structure, professional staff, financial operation of the union, general union policies, relationship to departments, facilities, and…

This report traces the evolution of the black craftsmen from ancient Egypt to the present. Special attention is given to the restricted use of black craftsmen under slavery, and the added problems they faced after being freed. Business and union discimination is described, along with recent government and private efforts to achieve equal…

An investigation was made of the Nashville Union Catalog to explore the possibility of its expansion into a regional catalog and making it the nucleus of a bibliographic center serving the state of Tennessee. The primary objectives were investigation of: the catalog and its format possibilities; the structural organization, and required funding,…

The following papers were presented at an invitational conference on cataloging standards: (1) "Canadiana Meets Automation;" (2) "The Union Catalogues in the National Library - The Present Condition;" (3) "A Centralized Bibliographic Data Bank;" (4) "The Standardization of Cataloguing;" (5) "The…

An overview of the social and planning concepts which serve as a foundation for the location, programming, and operation of various types of community centers and student unions is offered in this book. Pointing up the vital role of these institutions in meeting current community needs, it takes a look at community centers and student unions from…

No library in Nebraska can be self-sufficient; and, what Nebraska badly needs is a pool of knowledge, a total information source. Nebraska's problem is how to make information in one part of the state available to a user in another part. A parallel problem is how to make this information available as quickly as possible. The requirements for a…

This document presents the speeches and programs that comprised the 48th Annual Conference of the Associations of College Unions-International. The conference was divided into 6 major parts. The first part was concerned with the administrative organization of the college union, taking into consideration the student-faculty partnership organization…

THE MIGRANT MINISTRY IS AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL FIELD PROGRAM WHICH HAS SERVED THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS SINCE 1920. THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM--NATIONAL GOALS, MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM, RELATIONSHIP TO TITLE III-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT, AND NATIONAL BUDGET. THE INDIVIDUAL…

Two apparently widely held beliefs among college administrators may be harmful to higher education. The first is that faculty collective bargaining is somehow unprofessional and automatically harmful to educational purposes. The second is that bargaining erodes the authority of administrators and trustees, thereby preventing them from…

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 17 western states. During the third quarter, work centered around defining a legal basis, governance structure, role, and appropriate level of program activity for the network.…

According to the study which analyzed effects of collective bargaining on teachers' salaries in a sample of 201 of Nebraska's 304 K-12 school districts in 1970-71, bargaining has had significant impact on salary structure. Elementary teachers apparently are particular beneficiaries, as the differential between secondary and elementary salaries has…

Two air-supported membranes covering concrete shells house a swimming pool, 5,000-place seating for athletic competitions, 6,000-place seating for scholastic and ceremonial convocations, lockers, showers, offices, study space, and dining facilities. (Author/MLF)

An outline is presented of major issues and questions raised by union organization drives including National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) representation procedures, unfair labor practices and NLRB "laboratory conditions," management and union pre-election campaigns. Includes a bibliography of books, articles, and court cases for more…

This article makes a case for labor studies, not as another add-on topic but as inclusive of racial, ethnic, and sexual studies and fundamental to the study of Americans. A bibliography of labor studies materials and sources for teachers is included. (Author/ND)

The current bargaining model, by its very structure, nature and operating assumptions, tends to restrict active citizen participation in deciding many educational policy issues. (Author/EB)