A 3-volume computer-generated bibliography based on archive tapes received from OCLC, Inc. by the New York State Library, this catalog cumulates entries for monographic documents published by New York State that were cataloged over a 5-year period. The full bibliographic description provided for each monograph listed includes subject and added…

The first in a series of annual cumulations, this 1980 dictionary catalog provides a single alphabetical listing of monographs published by New York State and cataloged by the state library during the year. Produced from OCLC machine readable records, the catalog lists citations in traditional dictionary catalog order; i.e., authors, titles,…

Appropriate subject headings were developed for Oklahoma government agencies in conjunction with the cataloging of 1,000 Oklahoma state publications. The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) were followed as closely as possible, although in some instances established headings which were not in conformity with AACR were retained. Appropriate…

In 1947 Nebraska established a unique Court of Industrial Relations to resolve disputes between government agencies and public employees. The court's five part-time judges are appointed by the governor to six-year terms, and the court's operating costs are covered in the state budget. Even so, costs to litigants may be higher than necessary. The…

The 1974 annual reports of State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education (SACVE) begins with an 11-page overview of several issues concerning the State of vocational education as perceived by the SACVE: (1) funding, (2) disadvantaged and handicapped, (3) State plan, (4) data, (5) resource utilization, (6) relating training to manpower…

Reported are the findings of a study on the basic characteristics of 54 state Planning Councils for Developmental Disabilities. A summary of information is provided in Part I in the form of graphs representing size of councils, frequency of council meetings, type of state authority (if any), council staff positions, types of council committees,…

As one phase in the design of an overall plan for environmental education in Tennessee, a statewide conference was sponsored to give direction to environmental education in that state. The purpose of the conference was to bring together a broad spectrum of public and private agencies, councils, and organizations to exchange ideas and information…

This article summarizes the reports of five researchers who spoke at a Seminar on Statewide Planning and Coordination for Higher Education. Robert Berdahl, Frank Bowen, Lanier Cox, Lewis Mayhew, and Ernest Palola presented research findings and their implications to representatives from 44 statwide agencies, legislators, other state and federal…

This summary of a master plan for higher education in Utah explains why formulation of such a plan was necessary and how it came to be developed. If adopted by the state legislature, it is intended to guide decision making in higher education and to implement needed programs. The summary discusses the assumptions upon which the plan is based,…

At the present time, there is wide diversity among the 50 states with respect to state level coordinating and control agencies for junior colleges. To provide an overview of the composition of these agencies, the authors compiled summary data from 27 states having staffs that deal exclusively or primarily with the problems of coordinating and…

Since 1910, the Library of Congress (LC) has collected state publications and announced them in its Monthly Checklist. Over 26,000 titles were listed in 1973, but this does not represent a complete record of official state publications. If a state does not have a law requiring that a copy of each publication issued be sent to the LC, the coverage…

A cumulative, multi-item measure of interorganizational relations (IOR) was used to assess the generalizability of IOR measures across organizational hierarchical levels. An 8-item scale, from low to high intensity, was developed theoretically and empirically. Items were administered 2,700 times to state, district, and county hierarchical levels…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide information on opportunities for college students to work in state and local agencies in Massachusetts. The internship programs included are those that: (1) are open to students of virtually any accredited college or university in the State, as well as legal residents attending out of state institutions;…

An American Vocational Association ad hoc committee on professional standards investigated the status and practices of all state boards or agencies controlling certification of vocational education teachers and concluded that vocational educators must participate in the process and that state vocational associations have little knowledge of their…

Describes the apparently infinite adaptability of public administrators to changes in executive priorities by examining budgeting under two successive, sharply contrasting chief executives in Delaware. (Author)