Articles included in this document are: (1) The Backgrounds of the Exchanges, by John P. Binnington, (2) Structure of the Soviet Scientific Information System, by Winifred Sewell, (3) Standards, Patents and Technical Reports, by Frank E. McKenna, (4) The Flow of Information to Users, by William S. Budington, (5) Research in Libraries and…

This report contains details of the study and performance test of the Mobile Filming Library Device which consists of a camera and self contained power source. Because of the cost savings and service improvement characteristics, this technique involving the use of a microfilm intermediate in the preparation of copies of material filed in full size…

The publication describes the following thirteen computer-based, operational systems designed primarily for the announcement, storage, retrieval and secondary distribution of scientific and technical reports: Defense Documentation Center; Highway Research Board; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Library of Medicine; U.S.…

A study was made of the usage by American scientists of selected Russian scientific journals which were translated under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and other agencies. Study data were compiled by making a physical count of the German, French, Russian and total citations which appeared in six U.S. scientific journals for the…

A proposed classification system was studied to determine its efficacy to the Air Force Control-Display Area. Based on negative outcomes from a logical assessment of the proposed system, an alternate system was proposed to include the coordinate index concept. Upon development of a thesaurus and an index system for 106 documents on VSTOL/VTOL…

A human tutor must have a plan of instruction, but be able to deviate from the plan when the student behavior calls for changes. This paper presents observations of human tutors and describes the FLOW tutor system, a computer-based simulation of a human tutor that is capable of giving advice to a student learning a simple computer language. The…

Price trends for the major operating expenditures of the Purdue University Libraries are examined. Four years of price data on books and serials purchased for various academic disciplines are presented. Price trend data are also presented for other library expenditures including salaries, wages, equipment, telephone, and supplies. It is concluded…

The results of recent studies are presented which show that traditional auditory discrimination tests for children which require the examinee to distinguish one speech sound from another are ill-conceived and consequently of little practical value. Linguistic variables requiring attention in designing useful speech sound discrimination instruments…

Designed primarily for report writers working for the government, this syllabus provides objectives for helping writers to understand the principles of report writing, to apply the principles, and to edit and review reports in terms of those principles. It also contains graphs and charts, and discusses such topics as search and research, limiting…

The first year of a project to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a system for occupational program planning in community colleges is discussed. The focus of the first year was the development of the system. This report of the first phase is divided into three parts. In part 1, materials and concepts important to the development of the system are…

These tables comprise the Technical Supplement to "A Study of the Attitudes Toward Life of Our Nation's Students". They are meant to be used in addition to the information provided in the Technical Supplement to "A Study of the Achievement of Our Nation's Schools". For the numbers of students and schools involved in the following tables see the…

Volume I of a study designed by a management consultant firm to develop and implement a system for the inventorying of existing physical facilities and for forecasting future physical plant needs for the institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The report included conclusions, recommendations, and a future plan of action,…

The objective of this research was to determine the publication fate of papers presented at the national meetings in 1966-1967 of the following organizations: (1) the Optical Society of America, (2) American Sociological Association, (3) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, (4) American Geophysical Union, (5) American Institute of…

In this first phase, job descriptions and need for trained concrete technologists within the concrete-using industries were determined by survey. The project staff created curriculum materials which were reviewed by outside authorities and put into workable lesson plans by a group of educational consultants. The result was a six-volume set of…

The purpose of the final project report is to communicate the results of research. This document serves as a guide to the preparation of final reports on research in vocational-technical education. Close cooperation between the principal investigator and Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) staff assigned to the project can resolve many report writing…