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Natale, Joe, Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1991
Twelve articles describe new library buildings in Illinois and address various aspects of library construction. Highlights include public, special, academic, and school libraries; library design and historic preservation; Carnegie libraries; handicapped accessibility, including the Americans with Disabilities Act; construction considerations; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accessibility (for Disabled), Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
Stonehouse, Marie Louise, Ed. – 1978
This classified and annotated list contains 1000 titles selected for students and non-specialist adults from books received in the Science and Technology Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh during 1977. Entries are classified in the Library of Congress system and include the LC number, name of the first author only, title, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Guides, Library Acquisition
Stone, Frank Andrews – 1977
This paper examines oral history as one of the main types of evidence available to people who are investigating educational concerns from an historical perspective. The first part of the paper describes existing oral history collections many of which deal with subjects related to education. For example, a history professor at Columbia University…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational History, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Aaron, Daniel, Ed.; And Others – 1976
This reader is designed to be used in a one-semester curriculum program which is linked to topics outlined in the American Issues Forum calendar. It is intended for use at the local level. The course seeks to develop new understandings of the problems and realities of contemporary America. Ways in which American values and assumptions about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, American Studies, Citizen Participation
Park, Sandra; Takahashi, Sola – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
90-Day Cycles are a disciplined and structured form of inquiry designed to produce and test knowledge syntheses, prototyped processes, or products in support of improvement work. With any type of activity, organizations inevitably encounter roadblocks to improving performance and outcomes. These barriers might include intractable problems at…
Descriptors: Guides, Inquiry, Performance Technology, Barriers
Flora, June A. – 1990
The primary purpose of this paper is to describe strategies for enhancing the health behavior of adolescents and their families through increasing the healthfulness of the media environment, particularly radio or the music industry. A second goal is to briefly describe research that would enhance understanding of the healthfulness of the media…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Child Health, Cooperation