The primary purpose of this monograph is to describe how to develop and implement a career resource center, from conception to evaluation. Six brief vignettes are presented which focus on bringing career education into different types of schools. The purpose, goals, and functions of the career resource center are identified and related to the…

To summarize recent government efforts in scientific and technical information management, this report presents highlights of more than 60 federal programs in 15 executive departments and independent agencies, the Smithsonian Institute, the Government Printing Office, and the Library of Congress. It begins with a summary of trends and…

To bridge the gap between producers of parenting materials and potential users, the National Institute of Education funded the Southwest Educational Laboratory to design, develop, and research the effectiveness of a model Parenting Materials Information Center. During the last 2 years this model has been developed to include more than 1400…

Two information dissemination centers at University of California at Los Angeles and University of Georgia studied the interactions between computer based search facilities and their users. The study, largely descriptive in nature, investigated the interaction processes between data base users and profile analysis or information specialists in…

Intended primarily to facilitate communication of ideas between public library personnel interested in providing community information and referral services, this directory lists public libraries already engaged in such services. The document begins with a brief examination of the concept of community information and referral service, assesses the…

This is the seventh annual report of the Committee on Scientific and Technical Information of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, covering activities for calendar year 1969. It reflects the continued expansion of scientific and technical information activities within the United States Government, and describes advances made in the…

An international nuclear information system (INIS) which applies computer techniques to the management of the world's nuclear literature is about to come into operation. This prompted the International Atomic Energy Agency to hold a symposium to provide a comprehensive review of the facilities and services available in the world for providing…

This guide establishes general policy to be adopted in setting up a documentation center. The topics covered are: (1) preliminary definitions and considerations, (2) document collection, (3) identification and handling of documents, (4) document analysis, (5) document use and distribution, (6) instructions for making a card index and (7) modern…

The Bibliographical Center has three valuable assets: The regional union catalog, a staff with exceptional bibliographical expertise, and a regional organization which has withstood the test of time for more than thirty years. This reconnaisance study outlines the following major options for the Bibliographical Center: (1) continue as it is; (2)…

A mathematical modeling technique has been developed to provide those having administrative responsibilities for establishing scientific and technical information systems with a flexible and powerful tool for making management decisions. A large number of factors (user communities, document forms, subject disciplines, etc.) are involved in…

A document storage and retrieval system for the library of the Materials and Research Department of the California Division of Highways is described. The system was designed and installed as part of a research project whose objectives were to evaluate a concept-coordinated document retrieval and storage system for internally and externally…

This document presents preliminary specifications for a library-based Center for Information Services (CIS). Four sets of issues are covered: (1) data base inventory, providing a listing of magnetic tape data bases now available from national sources or soon to be so; (2) administrative issues, including the organization of the CIS within the…

This document is one of a series describing the background, functions, and utilization of the Regional Information System (RIS) developed by the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The continuing history of the field of librarianship and information services is reviewed in this report. The first part covers ancient times to the…

As a result of its isolative pattern of development, linguistics is now beginning to suffer from not having a natural apprenticeship domain, making it difficult for new graduates to find work. The field has been lacking in entrepreneurial tendencies and unimaginative in developing either a potential clientele or a repertoire of uses. Linguistics…

A survey was made as a result of a need identified by the Association of Scientific Information Dissemination Center's (ASIDIC) Cooperative Data Management Committee (CDMC). The committee believed that an informal network of cooperative arrangements between centers could reduce the burden of individual centers and permit greater specialization…