The USDA provides reimbursement for meals served under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) to millions of children each school day. Children in families with income at or below 130 percent of the Federal poverty level are eligible for free meals, and children in families with income between 130 and 185…

Effective long-range planning by vocational administrators concerning job opportunities for their graduates requires assessment of immediate and future occupational demands. The authors suggest that the demand component Manpower Manual developed by the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education Management Information System will give…

The present installment continues the updating service and supplements coverage contained in MMRI-1972. (Author)

Possession of information within an organization is important because it confers status and security, gives influence in decisionmaking, and creates a sense of uncertainty among those who are excluded from it. Thus, innovation is successfully accomplished in part by the deliberate exercise of control over information, a crucial systemic resource.…

Journal citations in masters theses were examined. The purpose was to develop one means of measuring the use of the collection. Additionally, the study looks at the use/cost aspect and closes by noting some of the implications of the study for more rational decision-making and inter-library cooperation. (3 references) (Author/SJ)

Author cites the benefits of a multi-level reporting technique for use in making training evaluation reports. (GB)

The program described has the primary objective of making Federally generated technology and research information available to public and private agencies. Cost analysis, data banks, and search strategies are explained. (Author/DH)

Examined is the evolving definition and interpretation of national security as it is applied to the control of security-classified documents and as manifested by Federal employee attitudes toward dissemination of nonsecurity classified documents. The role of the special librarian or information scientist in the transfer process is also examined.…

Suggests a logical basis for the use of ecological concepts in modeling a special subculture; that of scholars (and in particular scientists), who produce, barter, and structure information as an ecosystem produces, exchanges, and structures biomass. (JR)

Discusses the current upsurge of revivalism and the change in values that accompanies it. (RK)

A plan for sampling in-library use is presented. The library is divided into a certain number of areas, and a sample of monographs within each area is selected for study. Inspection rounds are then made on each of the days of the survey period. (5 references) (Author/SJ)

The time has arrived for an assessment of the present status of sound archives and of their present and potential usefulness to scholarship and society; for an attempt to systematize description and location of materials; and to consider approaches to their function in education. (37 references) (Author)

Citation patterns and format types (books, journals, etc.) in geographical literature are documented. The regional distribution of languages of geographical publications (languages of publications on'' the geography of individual regions or countries) and the predominance of books as sources of information are emphasized. (7 references)…

Author summarizes assumptions underlying research into human processing of probabilistic information used in decision-making. He outlines a model for further studies, noting that why subjects may reject it is as important as whether they do so. Theoretical prospects are discussed also. (Author/PD)