Provides annotated list of 15 curriculum project newsletters currently being published. (PB)

The 17 short pieces in this guide advise librarians how to enhance the profile of their organizations through increased interest in the media and more visible involvement in the community, and how to address budgeting, planning, and evaluating a public relations program. Fourteen rules of thumb for preparing and using news releases are described…

This study examines publicity actions designed to draw people into academic libraries for the specific purpose of visiting U.S. government documents collections. Data were obtained through interviews with the documents librarians at 12 academic libraries selected as having active documents programs on the basis of their responses to a brief…

This project was conducted to continue the curriculum network whereby information, services, and materials related to the disadvantaged were disseminated directly to vocational personnel in Pennsylvania. During the year-long program, a curriculum network was maintained through the vehicle of a newsletter distributed to educators in the state. The…

During the 1985-86 school year the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) program of the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools provided supplemental counseling to 349 eligible American Indian students by 5 counselors in 5 target schools and a sixth counselor who, along with the head counselor, served students in grades 6-12 referred from nontarget schools.…

Due to excessive tardiness and absenteeism among kindergarten children enrolled in Glendale Elementary School (Glen Burnie, Maryland) a practicum was designed to provide several avenues of good communication between the kindergarten and the home and to foster good relationships between teachers and parents. Additional goals of the practicum were…

Collected in this document are a workshop presentation on the Census Bureau (CB), visual aids used in the workshop, an information guide to products and services of the CB, sample newsletters and statistical briefs of the Bureau, and material concerning the Census Awareness and Products Program. The workshop presentation provides: (1) an overview…

A nationwide study was conducted of production by state cooperative extension offices of age-keyed parent education newsletters for expectant parents and parents of children under 5 years of age. Information was collected on a questionnaire sent to the person in each state cooperative extension program responsible for parent education. Responses…

This issue of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) newsletter is devoted to the science education for physically, visually, and aurally handicapped children. Articles include thoughts on teaching deaf students and blind students, a brief description of a science program for young physically handicapped children, aids in…

A project was conducted to disseminate career education philosophy, methods, program activities, and evaluation results to career education practitioners and the general public in rural Appalachia. Five major project dissemination tasks were accomplished and evaluated, including (1) visitations to the project and regional schools so that educators…

This issue features four articles which represent social and ethical concerns effecting all world citizens. Three conference reports are also presented. A large portion of the journal is devoted to news items. An extensive bibliography is given with a brief description of each publication. A calendar lists the coming events through September,…

The purpose of the Intercultural and Ethnic Studies Institute at Rutgers is to equalize educational opportunities for all ethnic groups in the United States at all education levels. The newsletter, Mosaic, announced here on a one time basis, is one of the Institute's means for disseminating information to accomplish that goal. The newsletter is…

This issue of the SSEC newsletter focuses upon descriptions of new curriculum materials, announcements of interesting research efforts, and progress reports on SSEC projects. Included in this issue are: (1) summary of proceedings at the SSEC Annual Invitation Conference; (2) description of the Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project in…

Topics dealing with biology teaching are presented in this quarterly review. Major entries include contributed articles on "Take-Home Laboratory Activities: One Answer to the Time and Space Problem,""Application of a Cooperative University/Middle School Model to Enhance Biology Education Accountability," and "A Report on Computers in Biological…

Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the seventh dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding women in employment, management functions, recurrent education, and training and the social integration of the handicapped. The first section,…