This report of a two-day workshop on non-traditional careers in librarianship provides the text of five major presentations as well as summaries of the three alternative sessions which followed. Each of the speakers described a different type of career: (1) Alice S. Warner of Warner-Eddison Associates is an information broker; (2) Robert E. Herz…

The World of Workers career education gamebook for elementary grades 2 and above contains 49 workbook pages of word games that provide clues to 36 occupations, whose titles form the entries in a crossword puzzle, plus activities to supplement regular classroom presentation or to form a center for the introduction of occupations. (Author/JR)

The principal tasks performed by conductors, rear brakemen, and head brakemen during over-the-road freight operations are identified and described in the report. Forty-four tasks and subtasks are analyzed and grouped into six categories: basic handling tasks, prerun preparation and starting off tasks, over-the-road tasks, terminating tasks,…

The document is an index to the Career Information Service (CIS), a cooperative program between the Greater Lowell Regional School District and the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Education. The program utilizes the microfilm aperture card technology for disseminating occupational information in a school setting; its objectives are to…

These proceedings are divided into three sections entitled: (1) Introduction, (2) Role-Model Presentations, and (3) General Status of the Women's Rights Movement. Speeches related to each section are grouped by topic. The report also includes appendices with the conference program and a list of conference attendees. (HLM)

A Career Center may be defined as an operational delivery system designed to provide students at the junior high, senior high, and adult levels with exposure to occupational, vocational, college and financial aid information. The Career Center provides the means to: disseminate career information, assess students' interests and abilities,…

The Parole Officer Aide Program of Ohio employs qualified ex-offenders as Parole Officer Aides (POA). The POA is given on-the-job training for six months and assumes the identical tasks as parole officers with the exception of signing parole violation reports. The POA's background and familiarity with local situations gives him the ability to…

The Rate Training Manual and the Nonresident Career Course (RTM/NRCC) was prepared to assist the fireman apprentice to qualify and to advance to fireman in the Navy. The manual is designed for individual study and provides subject matter that relates directly to the occupational qualifications of the fireman rating. Fireman is one of the lower…

The Rate Training Manual and Nonresident Career Course (RTM/NRCC) form a self-study package that will enable Aviation Boatswain's Mates F (Fuels) to help themselves fulfill the requirements of their rating. Designed for individual study and not formal classroom instruction, the RTM provides subject matter that relates directly to the occupational…

This research was based upon the rationale that occupational information is an educational essential. The subjects were Occupational Work Experience (OWE) students who were randomly assigned to individual guidance from either a computerized occupational information systems, a counselor-based information system, or to a control group. The groups…

Survey-71 was initiated to learn more about graduates of State University College in Fredonia, New York. Data was compiled on how students viewed their college education, their activities and interests while attending Fredonia, the influence of a college education on their lives and activities after leaving college. This document contains…

The 13 units outline activities focusing on particular occupations and skills integrated with language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and other areas. Unit One, for the kindergarten level, contains 11 activities centering on helpers for the home. Unit Two examines restaurant occupations through 10 activities. The six activities in…

The directory is designed to aid individuals desiring to become aware of postsecondary occupational programs available in the State of Illinois and is intended to serve only as an information tool. Part 1 of the directory lists the names of public postsecondary institutions alphabetically, their location, the occupationally oriented programs they…

CHOICE is an illustrated, 100-page booklet which defines the parameters of the 15 U.S. Office of Education career clusters and provides detailed occupational information on on approximately 50 representative jobs within each cluster. This information includes the job's Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) code, a short description of functions,…

Important in any junior or senior high school library or guidance department is an up-to-date list of books which provide students with information on part-time and summer job opportunities, as well as career data. This selectively compiled bibliography is divided into "Summer Jobs and Part-time Work Opportunities" and "Career Information." Few of…