This booklet for management, heads of safety and health programs, supervisors, employees, and representatives of labor organizations highlights the most important features of a comprehensive program that effectively protects Federal employees from safety and health hazards. The content is in two sections. The first concentrates on the…

The manual, which supersedes the August 4, 1966 manual, is designed to aid in program improvement for career development and advancement opportunities of Department of Defense (DOD) civilian procurement personnel. Program elements covered include: career patterns, career counseling and appraisal, training and development, registration, referral…

This booklet describes the Enrollment and Facilities Projection Program, a computer program package developed as one part of a family of educational management systems. The program consists of three parts, including a means of projecting enrollment, a means of converting enrollment to teacher and facilities requirements, and a means of reporting…

This publication is a compilation of five papers that were originally presented at the 1975 National Conference of the College and University Safety Educators Association. Most of the booklet consists of the text of these papers; also included are a copy of the conference agenda and a complete roster of conference participants. The five papers…

In 1971, a management consulting firm undertook a case study of the Columbia University libraries to improve library performance by reviewing and strengthening the organization and recasting staff composition and deployment patterns. To implement the study's recommendations, an administrative structure was proposed which would emphasize functional…

As schools move from a classroom-dominated program to a learner-oriented program, the media program emerges as an integral part of the school experience. The success of the educational programs depends in large part on the way learners use resources to find, evaluate, and apply information. The media specialist works with teachers and students to…

The rapid development and changes in our society, as characterized by the term "Scientific Revolution," touch every field of our activities. It is natural that they should touch the work of museums as well, where the need to establish the museum profession appears to be an urgent requirement at present. This book focuses on the training of museum…

This report covers personnel and training requirements for Rescue Control Center (RCC) twin hull submarine rescue ships (ASRs). Skills and knowledge similar to those of a sonar technician (ST-0408) and a data system technician (DS-1666) are needed to operate the special sonar set and computer based system, but no suitable Navy training facility…

This paper presents a review of some of the new mental health manpower developments which have occurred in this country during the past two decades. The role played by the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH) in these developments is also viewed. Individuals working in state hospitals and related institutions have capitalized on the…

To suggest some appropriate courses of action in occupational education for the state of North Carolina, a 20-member advisory committee on vocational education undertook a comprehensive study of local administrative units which resulted in 33 recommendations. Some are: (1) that arrangements be provided for regular, systematic and thorough…

Results are reported from an investigation of the predictive power of three interviewer social status and five personality factors in a multiple regression analysis with four interviewer performance criteria. Personality factors are found to be more predictive of performance than social status. Clearly, one can improve the probability of hiring…

The publication reports the findings of the first year of an ongoing study of career development systems in law enforcement. It focuses on the need to develop four capabilities: identification of organizational needs, identification of individual attributes and interests, reconciliation of the needs of the organization with the needs of available…

A consultant team made an independent assessment of future prospects for the field of computer use in the central government of Great Britain. They first assessed the level of use of computers at the present time in all governmental agencies. They then forecast the future computer applications which developing technology will permit. They…

The 1978 deadline for implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL94-142) requires that physical educators act immediately to develop appropriate instructional programs for both mildly and severely handicapped children and to train personnel with the expertise needed to deliver these programs. (MB)

Northwestern University Library's 10 1/2 years of experience with computer support for technical services is used to provide a long-term view in this analysis of the impact of automation on staffing. Technical services staff allocations and reductions, the resulting improvements in services, and the savings in salaries are discussed. (Author/EM)