The booklet provides an overview of methods to review, analyze, and document interagency processes in special education. The first section considers issues in developing and evauating interagency coordination, touching upon definitions, purposes, and patterns of interagency coordination. The dynamic nature of the coordination process is stressed.…

The Education Management Information Exchange (EMIE) provides selected information on educational management to the professional staffs of local education agencies in England and Wales. The range of services provided by EMIE was developed by examining the needs of local agencies, planning ways of meeting those needs, and testing the resulting…

The development of modern public relations is traced in this paper. The opposition of James Madison and his colleagues to involving the federal government in projects of "public interest" because they had seen the system abused by British authorities is explained, and the efforts of nineteenth century leaders within the railroad industry…

Throughout the country many women with school-age children are attempting to find a means of becoming active outside the home. In this article the authors describe these women and discuss the impact of the women's movement on them. They also discuss the new agencies and the counselors helping them. (Author)

A service delivery agency that leans toward rehabilitation of its clients rather than system maintenance may need more-not less-bureaucratic structure. (Author)

Described is the involvement of community agencies in the services of a new regional center for the mentally retarded in Virginia. (DB)

Discusses the administration of child welfare services and the status of public social services. Suggests that structural changes by the federal government have caused significant changes (often, disorganization) in state welfare agencies. (DP)

The National Union Catalog (NUC) resulted from years of planning by librarians. Its history includes: (1) establishment of exchange agreements in 1909 with continuous increase in size resulting from donations and appropriations; (2) availability in book catalog form in 1946; (3) publication of titles of 1956 and later imprints, useful in…

Three principle perspectives which serve as the basic rationales for the growth of alternative education since World War II are: (1) sociological--the altering of traditional formats of education in terms of organization, adaptation, socialization, and integration; (2) psychological--the belief that the student cannot be manipulated but is unique…

For slumping libraries in search of a meaningful expansion of community services, this is the one most likely to do the trick. (Author)

Functions and operations of information and referral services both within and outside of the library. (LS)

The California Survey by Bass and Mazur shows that with increasing age of the child, the probability of adoption failure increases. For success in adoptive placements of children, ages 2-12, it is suggested that agencies try innovative approaches in preparing the child and in selecting the adopting family. (GO)

Information and Referral (I&R) Services must have comprehensive knowledge of community resources, be staffed by people trained and skilled in making referrals, be accessible and available at all hours, and make the community aware of the existence of the service. I&R services and libraries should cooperate for mutual service and benefits. (LS)