Immediate and concentrated effort is required to secure adequate appropriations to maintain existing library programs and to extend library services to even greater numbers of users. Though President Ford seems unreceptive, the Congress has shown itself amenable to lobbying efforts on behalf of the nation's libraries. Lobbying should begin with…

This script of "National Town Meeting," a public affairs program on National Public Radio, contains a panel discussion on the future of public broadcasting, during which panel members also answer questions from the audience. The topics discussed include programming and program content, production costs, public participation, funding, the…

The following invited addresses and research papers are provided: "The Question of Legitimacy" (Harry W. Arthurs); "The Historical Perspective" (H. Blair Neatby); "Politics and Its Limits on Government, Intermediaries and Universities" (Lee Southern); "State Control of Degree Granting: The Establishment of a…

The document offers texts of papers presented at a multi-disciplinary and multi-audience transportation seminar conducted by the Department of Transportation and Logistics of the University of Northern Florida. An understanding of transportation career opportunities and manpower requirements was sought by those attending: career counselors,…

The report contains 39 speeches by cultural affairs ministers at a 1976 Council of Europe conference in Oslo, Norway. The focus is on four themes: (1) the challenge of cultural policy in a changing society, (2) cultural policy as an instrument for improving the quality of life, (3) encouraging artistic creation, and (4) European cultural…

The Library of Congress hosted a 1-day conference, "Delivering Electronic Information in a Knowledge-Based Democracy" to explore the public policy framework essential to creating electronic information resources and making them broadly available. Participants from a variety of sectors contributed to wide-ranging discussions on issues…

The conference was convened to provide a forum for educators, human rights representatives, and government officials to discuss decision-making processes of local education authorities. The focus of the conference was on the increasing influence on educational policy formation of federal and state court decisions, regulatory agencies, professional…

Collected in this volume are the papers presented at the 1978 Chief State School Officers Summer Institute. The program was devoted to political issues in education and focused on a number of current educational problems. Political issues were discussed in relation to a number of areas, including federal education priorities, federal-state…