Designed for board members, this manual includes basic information applicable to any public library trustee. General information is provided and trustee responsibilities and duties are outlined. Appendixes include the North Dakota Public Library Law, a monthly report form, the library bill of rights, and a 16-item bibliography of books,…

The term "Educational Radio" includes all radio stations licensed for noncommercial operation. A history of educational radio begins with the first domestic law for control of radio in general, The Radio Act of 1912. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) regulations pertaining to educational radio or "public radio" deal with…

The function of the Interagency Panel for Research and Development on Adolescence is to address the need in the Federal government to share meaningful research findings, to discuss plans, share problems, and to coordinate activities. This is the Panel's Third Annual Report and it includes the following discussions: (1) a summary of the year's…

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,…

The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) is a permanent independent agency within the executive branch, established by Congress and signed into law on July 20, 1970. As specified by the enabling legislation, the Commission has been concerned in its initial year with every type of library and with all types of…

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 report lists organizations of educational administrators and school heads existing in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the United States. Organizational purpose, kinds of membership, extent of publications, meeting practices, affiliations, and exchanges among organizations are listed when available and appropriate.…

The second edition of the directory of organizations operating in the Indian communities throughout the State of Minnesota is an attempt to compile all current information on resources available to the Minnesota Indian. The introductory section discusses the problems faced by the Indian American in urban sectors with reference to their life styles…

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…

The program resource handbook brings together individuals, groups and organizations who are constantly looking for resource materials for programs and those who are looking for opportunities to present their programs and services to the public. Among the resources listed in the handbook, there is information on speakers, materials, meeting rooms…

This short document highlights community service and continuing education programing in Tennessee under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the fiscal years 1966-1970. During this period 86 community service and continuing education programs at 22 colleges and universities have used $835,213.15 in Federal funds out of a total of…

The purpose of this study is to explore the public library program of publicizing and interpreting the professional collections and services available for use by professional staffs of welfare agencies and to relate such programs of interpretation to levels of use by the agencies' staffs. Four libraries in cities of over 300,000 population were…

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,…

As part of the West Virginia phase of the Multi-State Teacher Education Project (M-STEP), the Pilot Center for Student Teaching was operated from 1966-68 to improve the laboratory experiences of student teachers through increased cooperative participation of five higher education institutions, the Kanawha County Public Schools, and the State…