This is the Final report of a 3-year, 3-phase experiment on the Telebook service, which is a system for delivering the recorded voice of Talking Books directly and electronically to the homes of blind and handicapped persons upon their request at any time of the day or night. The purpose of the third phase was to determine the long-term…

A detailed proposal for a public junior college district in central Illinois. Preliminary study areas focus on population characteristics, assessed valuation, and the geographic location of the proposed facilities with respect to other colleges and to the recommended district. Special studies within the proposed district are concerned with…

This document examines the feasibility of including school and college libraries in a public library centralized processing system proposed in LI 000 343, "Centralized Processing for the Public Libraries of New York State" (Nelson Associates for the New York State Library, 1966). It is concluded that school and college libraries should…

This study, undertaken in the fall of 1965, had four basic objectives: (1) to determine the feasibility of centralizing the cataloging operation of the 3 library systems, (2) to determine the desirability of inter-system centralization of book preparation and acquisition, (3) to propose the operating procedures and mechanisms integral to any…

The first volume of this two-part report is a description of a feasibility study supported under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It contains summaries o f six separate studies which gathered data to identify the special needs of public school students and handicapped youngsters. Information was obtained from community…

This report examines the feasibility of developing a Colorado statewide union data base to support cataloging, acquisitions, and interlibrary loan functions. It concludes that any data base developed should focus on providing location information for the state's library materials to support patron access to available resources. The title location…

Volume 1 of this study describes and costs two possible satellite networks which could be used in education in Canada. In order to determine whether these networks were plausible or useful, a letter and a description of the two hypothetical networks (Volume 2) were sent, before the cost study was completed, to all Canadian universities and…

The Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning is proposing the development of an individualized curriculum-instructional program in environmental education. To determine broad national needs in environmental education a survey was conducted of both schools and curriculum coordinators. The survey involved these questions: (1)…

A feasibility study identified the information requirements and alternative solutions for the Hawaii State Library System. On recommendation of the library service directors, the Book Inventory Building and Library Oriented System (BIBLOS) was purchased and installed. The system presently provides for automated acquisitions, orders, accounts,…

A working meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, September 13-15, 1973, was called to consider three main topics: (1) the current status of exchange of information on population and family planning; (2) the feasibility of establishing national and regional networks for collection and dissemination of information on population and family planning; and (3)…

This interim report, as the sixth in a series was prepared to provide a better basis for Congressional evaluation of the feasibility of a United States changeover to a metric system. This study concerning the effects of increasing worldwide use of the metric system on education in the United States was carried out by the Education Development…

The Pacific Educational Computer Network Feasibility Study examined technical and non-technical aspects of the formation of an international Pacific Area computer network for higher education. The technical study covered the assessment of the feasibility of a packet-switched satellite and radio ground distribution network for data transmission…

In considering the feasibility of installing junior and senior year elementary education teacher training programs in branch campuses in Ohio, the study group explored teacher demand and supply (1970-80) and implications for program quality, cost, and other factors. Conclusions were: 1) Ohio is likely to have an oversupply of "regular" elementary…

This eight city pilot survey tested the feasibility of conducting a nationwide mail survey of training in business and industry, including feasibility of the project for specific industry groups. Other objectives were to specify subject areas on which data might or might not be available; suggest a single questionnaire or series of questionnaires;…

The New York State Library's pilot program in facsimile transmission of library materials (FACTS) began on January 20, 1967 and operated until March 31, 1968. The purpose of the network was to provide researchers throughout the State with rapid access to major library collections. The program included a network of fifteen libraries or "FACTS…