This year's annual report of COSATI contains the history, charter, and accomplishments of the committee since its inception in 1962. Agency reports are arranged by subject developments that cut across departmental lines. Significant advances in technical communications are reported, as well as some management information systems. In addition, the…

This portion of the Center for Information Services (CIS) project report contains development schedules, task assignments, and discussions of pertinent issues as they relate to the projects next phase (IIB). Sections II, III and IV (including Appendix A) contain current schedule, organization, and task information accompanied by the appropriate…

Copies of various forms and resources of educational information centers represented at the National Conference of Educational Information Centers, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, 19-21 September 1972, are compiled in this volume. Materials are grouped under the following headings: center resources, reports, field agent information, job descriptions,…

A series of speeches and activities sponsored by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Education are presented. This presentation consists of four sections. The first, focusing on 1970 as International Education Year, contains four speeches. Next, Documentation Services, particularly teaching documentation, are examined. Following this, Section 3 discusses…

Environmental quality information programs are identified and described in this directory. Indices of subject areas, organization names, and center operators or directors precede a one-page description of each organization or program. Individual entries list complete name of the organization or program, its address, telephone number, director's…

In conjunction with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Library and Information Science's sponsored seminar at the University of Maryland School of Library and Information Services on "The Marketing of Information Analysis Products," a mailed questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the information problems and needs of people who are…

The goal of this study guide is to train education information consultants to do a literature search in an information center, both manually and by computer. The guide provides five lessons, self-tests and keys for each of the tests. A short teacher's guide and examples of computer searches are also included. (RH)

Persons seriously planning to implement community education, or even those who are exploring the concept, will find this article useful. The author outlines several sources of information that will help answer their many questions. (Editor)

The Mechanized Information Center, a department of The Ohio State University Libraries, offers to the campus community several batch-mode information services from commercially available data bases. The search request interview provides an opportunity for instruction regarding OSU's computer-based literature searches, automated library facilities,…

An overview of the system begun in 1972 by UNESCO to develop and maintain an international register of serials, facilitate retrieval of scientific, and technical information in serials, and establish a communications network between libraries, publishers and international organizations. (JAB)

SIRC began developing its sport library by building a basic periodical subscription list, indexing the publications, and publishing an index, Sports Articles. The center now has a computerized information storage and retrieval system with more than 20,000 citations including books and articles, and provides a variety of services. (MBR)

Describes the establishment by the United Nations Environment Program of a center to collect, store, and disseminate information relating to all environmentally hazardous chemicals. (SL)

The operations of the National Standard Reference Data System, National Bureau of Standards, are described as an example of private/public organization cooperation. (5 references) (SM)

Article provides a scenario of the types of activities of an information-oriented organization. (Author/RK)

Describes a computer program used at a genetic stock center to locate particular strains of bacteria. The program can match up to 30 strain descriptions requested by a researcher with the records on file. Uses of this particular program can be made in many fields. (PS)