The focus of the study is upon the process of translating research into educational practice at the instructional level in the D.C. Public School System. The project will meld central research capabilities and resources of the system with the needs of key field personnel-teachers, principals, librarians, reading specialists-in 16 target elementary…

This directory of organizations providing information on Marine Education is organized into four sections. Section I is an alphabetical listing of all organizations included in the directory, indicating services available from each organization (education materials, conferences/workshops, teacher training, library, technical assistance, speakers,…

A project was conducted to (1) inform Kentucky educators of the need for English as a second language (ESL) and bilingual or ESL vocational programs in order to provide equal educational opportunities for students of limited English-speaking ability (LESA); (2) provide teacher training in ESL and bilingual/vocational ESL to interested educators;…

The Mid-America Program for Global Perspectives in Education (MAP) was developed to prepare global curriculum materials, hold conferences for teachers, cooperate with other educational agencies, and help educational programs adjust to realities of a fast-changing world. Initiated in 1974 with a grant from the Lilly Foundation to the Social Studies…

A study was conducted (1) to describe the specific services of seven major career education information and technical assistance systems, including (but not limited to) content of each system, services offered, clients served, procedures for use, cost for each service, service area (geographic), response formats, response time, and utility of…

A 5-YEAR GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. THE MISSION OF THE CENTER IS TO (1) ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DEPOSITORY OF MATERIALS RELATING TO VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND AN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND DISSEMINATION CENTER, (2) CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD, (3) SUPPORT GRADUATE…

Testimony relative to the establishment of a National Commission on Library and Information Science as a continuing Federal planning agency is presented in the form of verbatim oral question and answers, prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials. List of witnesses include: (1) Grant Venn, (2) L. Quincy Mumford, (3) William S. Dix,…

This is the Senate summary on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act's background and on the role of the Commission. It provides a section-by-section analysis of S. 1519 which includes: (1) citation, (2) policy, (3) establishment, (4) contributions, (5) functions, (6) membership and (7) authorization of appropriations.…

Describes outreach elements of Sea Grant College Programs. Staff serve as intellectual resources and partners with agencies and industry. Examples include the marine advisory service program (extension program), where advisory specialists and coastal field agents report information and research results to the marine community, and a communication…

THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 1964 THROUGH A 5-YEAR GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION. ITS PURPOSES ARE TO (1) ESTABLISH A NATIONAL INFORMATION DEPOSITORY IN THE FIELD OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND AN INFORMATION CENTER, (2) CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, (3) PROVIDE FINANCIAL…

A statewide study was conducted to assess the extent of services offered by Education Information Centers (EICs) in Ohio. The following four objectives guided the project activities: (1) to catalog, describe and analyze current statewide resources and services for providing educational information, guidance, counseling and referral services to all…

This paper describes a career information center established in a secondary school as a demonstration guidance project. The center is managed by a full-time careers consultant and has been operational since 1974. The demonstration project is designed as a method of delivering career information and related services to students. Goals include…

Project SEIC (State Educational Information Center) was funded to increase the demand for and use of educational information, especially ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) information, and to make more cost effective delivery of information services. To accomplish these goals Project SEIC first assessed the state-of-the-art of…

The Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC), a program of the New England Board of Higher Education which was initially funded by the National Science Foundation, represents an attempt to apply on a regional basis the concept of brokerage or wholesaling to the provision of computer-based information services. The center expects to be…

In the second volume of a four-volume annual report on the Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC), two developmental studies are reported. The first documents an experimental, pilot operation of computer-based reference search services to users on a fee-for-service basis initiated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the…