This report presents the final recommendations of the Special Media Records Project for the improved management and preservation of machine-readable records in New York State government agencies. The first of three parts of the report discusses strategic issues in the management and preservation of electronic records, including key trends in…

Graduate professional social workers are increasingly taking on supervisory and administrative positions, yet little research has been done on the implications this has for social work education. This article analyzes a comprehensive nationwide survey of 750 supervisors and 750 supervisees. (Author)

The manual is intended to provide guidelines to Washington local education agencies (LEAs) and Head Start programs on interagency agreements. Factors involved in agreements are discussed, and an example of a proposal for service coordination touches on aspects of recruitment and outreach, screening, team staffing, assessment/diagnosis,…

The second of three booklets developed by Project MAY (Mainstreaming Activities for Youth) is intended to aid youth serving agency personnel in planning, organizing, and implementing the mainstreaming of handicapped youth into regular programs. Eight steps in a planning/program development model are explained: describing the present program,…

The third of three booklets developed by Project MAY (Mainstreaming Activities for Youth) is a personal guide for youth serving agency personnel involved in the planning, development, implementation, promotion, and evaluation of a program to mainstream handicapped youth. The document contains the following: a checklist on the staff/agency…

The purpose of the guidelines is to focus on the mutual benefits which arise from close cooperation between Data Base Suppliers (DBS) and Hosts, and to identify some of the individual responsibilities. The guidelines have been assembled from accepted policies and procedures in information supply activities to assist EURONET Hosts and DBS to work…

CO-SPONSORED BY THE STATE LIBRARIES OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND MISSOURI, THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL OF STATE LIBRARIES IN THE EXPANSION OF THEIR ROLE AS COLLECTORS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF LIBRARY STATISTICS ON A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SCALE, AND TO OBTAIN SOME IDEA OF THE USES AND USERS OF CURRENTLY PUBLISHED STATISTICS AS…

The predictive validity of the American College Testing Program's (ACT) Tests were compared with the College Entrance Examination Board's Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and the Educational Testing Service's School and College Ability Tests (SCAT) for a sample of 21 colleges and universities. Grades in specific courses as well as overall grade…

Intended as a reference to available sources of guidance, information, and advice, the directory lists 64 private and federal agencies and organizations concerned with training, treatment, techniques, and procedures used in rehabilitating and employing the handicapped. Organizations as varied as the American Psychiatric Association, the Boy Scouts…

A taxonomy was devised for describing and classifying organizational characteristics that have set the pattern for the coordinating mechanisms in 41 states. The information assembled covers a period of years dating back to the beginnings of coordination in each state so that historic trends can be seen. The significant emerging trends are: (1) The…

This report presents the basic components of a "prima facie" antitrust case against the Oregon State System of Higher Education. It deals with the constitutional issues raised as well as showing that higher education is interstate commerce within the meaning of the antitrust laws. The report analyzes the state exemption to antitrust laws…

The report summarizes information about the history, technology and operation of educational television (ETV) in the U.S. The history of educational broadcasting is outlined from 1941 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved applications for five noncommercial FM radio channels, to 1967 and the passing of the Public Broadcasting…

Assignment of Channel 12 for noncommercial educational use in Booneville, Miss., has been proposed by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) in a May, 1972, Notice of Proposed Rule Making. The Notice said the allocation of Channel 12, part of the Very High Frequency (VHF) bandwidth, was requested by the Mississippi Authority for Educational…

The legislative and executive branches share fiscal and budgeting information mainly through the President's annual budget which is disseminated in several ways. (MBR)

Organizational, specialized and functional library networks are described. The role of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) in planning a national network, and the network planning of the Library of Congress are outlined. (KP)