The Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association provides a syllabus for teaching government documents courses. Developed from syllabi gathered from various library schools, the document includes course objectives, a course outline, and brief explanatory passages and charts. However, the bulk of the volume is bibliographic,…

The hearings were held September 12 and 13, 1974. The document contains statements by the various witnesses before the committee (articles, publications, communications, and selected tables and charts). (PG)

The first lecture of this series focuses on the role of today's professor, caught in the middle of two campus revolutions, one of which he is the beneficiary and the other, the target. The second lecture considers the importance of understanding the future in preparing youth for it, and the extent to which the future is knowable. Current…

This document is a bibliography of research related to vocational education on the national, state and local levels. The references represented are the materials assembled for the comprehensive "Report of the Analysis Group, HEW Vocational Education Review Task Force," (available as VT 013 228 and VT 013 229 in this issue) and was prepared during…

This bibliography provides annotated listings of the publications of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its 10 regional offices. Publications are organized into 37 subject areas covering various aspects of employment and the labor market. Instructions are provided for obtaining publications, including out-of-print documents available through the…

A Department of Education study concluding that a bachelor's degree can cost more at a private college than at a public one was well designed and reported, and has been unfairly criticized by the private sector. (MSE)

Discusses the origins, legislative basis, content, and impact of a policy directive which prescribes a general framework for developing uniform and consistent federal information resources management policies. (Author/CLB)

Identifies issues pertaining to federal information that need to be addressed by a national information policy; discusses the failure of the federal government to formulate such a policy, and the reasons for that failure; and describes the author's proposed Government Information Act. (CLB)

Addresses problems confronting documents librarians which result from current federal policies for the publishing of information: the first set includes delay in publication, radically diminished content when a current title is compared to earlier edition, actual cancellation of long-standing titles; the second, increased use of information…

The U.S. government has tackled many problems which have plagued its effectiveness and efficiency to serve its citizens with technology solutions. Electronic government, or e-Government, is the expression used to describe how the U.S. government attempts to increase productivity and reduce costs by using Internet-based technology. More…

Considers three issues related to the conduct of research into reading problems of the elderly: (1) the lack of federal funding of literacy research concerning the elderly, (2) differences between conducting research with school-aged populations and with the elderly, and (3) problems encountered in testing elderly individuals. (GT)

Educators and publishers (including state departments) need to know the readability and usability of periodicals and non-text materials. On the basis of a research review of the relationship between intended audience reading level and non-text materials readability, author recommends state and federal agencies develop materials which meet the…

Technological advances have brought the relevance of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) into question. This article examines the history of electronic products in the depository program, the redefinition of dissemination of government information in an electronic environment, the roles for nondepository government information services,…

Discussion of the transformation of the Federal Depository Library Program from a distribution program to one for electronic access focuses on cataloging operations and new services to support the requirements of GPO Access. Highlights include standards for bibliographic control and Internet publishing. (Author/LRW)

The seven articles in this symposium review the Office of Technology Assessment report, Informing the Nation: Federal Information Dissemination in an Electronic Age. Symposium contributors comment on the recommendations and conclusions of the report, and offer suggestions to improve the federal information policy system. (CLB)