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The Library Labor Cost Accounting System will provide visibility on current costs of manually processing library materials, at each campus as well as system-wide. The scope of the study includes the following: (1) 100 individual activities, grouped into 14 functional areas, e.g., Ordering, Receiving; and into 3 major operations: Acquisitions, Cataloging, Administration; (2) Hours spent and hourly rate, extended to dollar cost; (3) Level of skill, e.g., professional librarian, clerk, etc.; (4) Media, e.g., books, periodicals, A/V; and (5) Average unit cost as well as total cost. Output from the study will consist of three summaries and a detail report. Each summary report consists of one page, and reflects all nineteen campuses. The detail report displays statistics on each activity, for each media, for each campus. In addition to demonstrating current costs, the study should provide a basis for examining the cost-effectiveness of potential automation of various library activities. To accommodate this later application, the system makes extensive use of tables. Three programs are being prepared, to input the raw data and output the reports. It is envisioned that these programs may also be utilized for examining other library costs, such as circulation control, should that prove desirable. (Author/NH)

This is the collective bargaining agreement between the Moraine Park Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District and the Faculty Association of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District 10 covering the period July 1973-June 1974. Contents cover academic freedom; advancement on the salary schedule; aggrieved person; arbitration and costs; association rights; calendar; certification; conventions; disability insurance; dismissal or demotion; dues deducation; duraction of contract; extended contract; fact finding; grievance, forms procedure, and group grievance; group life insurance; hospitalization and major medical insurance; horizontal movement; income protection absence; individual teacher's contract; individual teacher's rights; initiation and processing grievances; involuntary transfers; jury duty; leave; leave without pay; length of school year; management rights; mediation; modification of contract; negotiation meetings; nonrenewal of contract; no strike clause; paid holidays; pay periods; personnel file; professional growth; publication and developments rights; recognition; renewal of contract; rights to representation; rules of procedure for negotiations; salary schedules; savings clause; supervisory assistance; supplemental agreement; teacher assignments; teacher deficiencies; teacher observation, retirement, and travels; transfers; vacancies; vertical movement on the salary schedule; voluntary transfers; waiver of bargaining; and work day, experience, load, and week. (MJM)

Information is divided into the following sections--(1) the selection of nylon carpet, (2) the advantages of nylon for carpets, (3) the characteristics of nylon carpet, (4) soiling and soil retardants, (5) vacuum cleaning, (6) spot cleaning and freshening of traffic lanes, (7) wet cleaning (shampooing), and (8) miscellaneous carpet maintenance information. (RK)

All across the country, landscaping and site development are coming to the fore as essential and integral parts of university planning and development. This reprint concentrates on the function of landscape architecture, and briefly examines some of the major responsibilities of the landscape architect in planning a campus. Included are--(1) circulation and parking, (2) transportation, (3) drainage, (4) topsoil, (5) vistas and views, (6) circulation of outdoor spatial form, and (7) maintenance area design. Landscaping details for several major campuses are examined for their functional and aesthetic solution to the improvement of the campus environment. (RH)

This film list compiled by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office is separated into six categories: general oceanography, biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, and physics. An index of films is followed by addresses of Naval Districts and lists of distribution centers. Each film listed is described as to content, running time, type of film, audience level. Sources of and procedures for buying or borrowing the films are given. (BB)

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, CONCEPTS, EXPERIENCES, AND DATA TO BE COVERED ARE PRESENTED WITH SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES AND DAILY LESSON PLANS TO PROVIDE TEACHERS IN A SUMMER OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH MATERIALS TO REINFORCE AND ENHANCE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM LEARNING. WEEKLY UNIT PLANS IN SCIENCE, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, AND SOCIAL STUDIES COVER THE CONCEPT TO BE DEVELOPED, PROBLEMS, PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES, AND FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES. THE APPENDIX INCLUDES (1) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, WITH OBJECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES, IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING SUBJECT AREAS AS WELL AS NATURAL SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, AND FINE ARTS, (2) SUGGESTED TRAVEL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE VARIOUS SUBJECT AREAS, AND (3) TEXTBOOK REFERENCES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND AUDIOVISUAL AID SUGGESTIONS. (SW)

Synergized educational experiences can be used as effective modes of presenting content in the area of industrial arts education, and new concepts in learning and laboratory design will begin to illuminate the concept of synergy. Research in conjunction with this study provides additional evidence regarding effectiveness of group educational systems. (Author/DS)

This expanded explanation of "Essentials of An Approved School of X-Ray Technology" (VT 004 172) is intended to facilitate the organization and establishment of schools of x-ray technology. The "Essentials" are minimum standards and their application may be extended from 24 months of training in a hospital radiology department to a junior college course leading to an associate degree or to a 4-year university course leading to a bachelor's degree. Sections include: (1) Administration, (2) Organization, (3) Faculty, (4) Admission Requirements, (5) Curriculum, (6) Ethics, (7) Health, (8) Application for School Appraisal, and (9) Survey Inspection of Approved Schools. (JK)

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERATURE AND A RESEARCH METHODS INVENTORY, RELATING TO THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS AT ALL ACADEMIC LEVELS, WERE CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP A HANDBOOK OR GUIDE FOR USE BY INVESTIGATORS IN THE FIELD OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING. THIS EFFORT TOOK PLACE DURING A 3-MONTH PERIOD WHICH INCLUDED SYSTEMATIC SURVEYS OF LITERATURE AND ONGOING RESEARCH STUDIES, AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW WITH VARIOUS CONSULTANTS IN THE FIELD TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS OF SUCH SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENTS AS INFORMATION THEORY AND MULTIVARIATE AND FACTOR ANALYSIS IN MATHEMATICS TRAINING. ALL FINDINGS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL REPORT WHICH WAS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING THREE SECTIONS--(1) "PROBLEM AREAS IN THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS," (2) "PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH ON THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS," AND (3) "REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION." PROBLEM AREAS COVERED HUMAN LEARNING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS AND INCLUDED MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS, INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE TEACHING METHODS EVALUATION, INTEREST-MOTIVATION-SEX ROLE WITH RESPECT TO ATTITUDES, SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL FACTORS, APPROACHES TO PROBLEM-SOLVING, PERSONALITY VARIABLES, AND MENTAL ABILITIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR. THE SECTION OF PROPOSALS PROVIDED A COLLECTION OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH DESIGNS FOR MATHEMATICS TRAINING TO BE PERFORMED WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND WITHIN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. THE THIRD AND FINAL SECTION CONTAINED A SURVEY SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE CENTERING ON MATHEMATICS TRAINING DURING THE 1948-58 TIME PERIOD. THAT PART OF THE DATA WHICH WAS NOT GATHERED AS PART OF THE SURVEY WAS OBTAINED FROM PAPERS PRESENTED AT A 2-DAY CONFERENCE ON PROBLEMS AND METHODS IN MATHEMATICS TRAINING HELD AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN 1959. (JH)

Clarifies concept of evaluation as inherent part of all purposeful activity, briefly analyzes health service processes, and constructs evaluative model applicable to health service systems in general. (Author)

The authors have developed a framework for improving the visual communication element of television. After warning that seeing is not enough to insure learning they discuss the five pre-production components which research indicates should be considered when designing television pictorials." (Editor)

The results of this study show a low degree of anticipated dissatisfaction on the part of new students, compared to a relatively high level of dissatisfaction on the part of previously enrolled students. (Author)

Author discusses one promising approach to gathering useful management information. (Author/CB)