The authors report the results of an evaluation of services provided by 54 Illinois domestic violence agencies. In collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago evaluation team, domestic violence advocates identified services to be evaluated, specified desired outcomes of those services, and participated in developing measures of those…

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes toward the use of telephone crisis services (hotlines) among 519 adolescents in 9th through 12th grade mandatory health courses in six high schools in New York State. Few adolescents (2.1%) used hotlines and negative attitudes were stronger toward hotlines than they were toward other formal…

Background description, project summary of the first year, results of a survey of project participants, and second year summary are included in this final report of the Human Resources Information Network (HRIN) project of the Bridgeport Public Library. Objectives, activities, budget, and planning are reported for this project, which was designed…

Local records held by units with the County and City of Albany, New York, are identified and listed, as well as information about the availability of documents to the public, departmental fees, and the presence of photocopying equipment. The records consist of a wide variety of documents which contain information pertinent to the particular…

A velcro board presentation of an input-output model, illustrating the public library as a community information system, can be used to define the library to citizen taxpayers. The major input to the system is tax dollars and its basic components are librarians, recorded information, facilities, and equipment. The output depends on the library's…

The One Stop Immigration Center, an agency funded by the Federal government, assists in the reunification of families through the adjustment of their legal status. One Stop also acts as a referral center for those with landlord-tenant problems or with other problems of a legal nature. (NQ)

Learning centers are accessible community services to assist people with life planning, planning of learning projects, and community social and cultural development. (SK)

Presents views of the American Library Association on the Cable Telecommunications Act of 1982, providing a brief overview of library involvement in cable television and endorsing amendments suggested by the National Federation of Local Cable Programmers. (EJS)

Discusses how an Atari microcomputer provides highly legible, colorful characters and other design elements for a cable community bulletin board program. The proram is available from author (or Atari dealers) on cassette (32K) or diskette (40K). (JN)

Presents the development of the Patterson Area Community Television project (PACT), a multilevel governmental funded program organized by the Patterson Public Library. Begun as a communications experiment, the project makes cable television available as a community information service for use by local government, business, community agencies, and…

Presents the findings of a library survey, part of the Public Library I&R (Information and Referral) Project, to assess the nature and extent of I&R services. Discussed are simple and complex information-giving, constructing a public resource file, and a comparison model of high and low profile services. (SW)

Discusses library service patterns of cooperation at the local level, the role of library networks in providing new services, collaborations between public libraries and the community, and library policy as it affects forms of public service. (FM)

Public libraries should be the place people go to seek community information, but inconsistent format and quality of delivery has created a void other providers of online information are filling. Examines online community information and discusses the results of an informal survey of 103 public libraries and their community information resources.…

Examines factors that have contributed to the development of measures that can determine the impact of library services, including evaluation approaches, demands for public sector accountability, and government activities aimed at determining service outcomes. Discusses impacts of community information services based on a study by the Institute of…

TriState Online is a Cincinnati area community access computer system organized to represent an "electronic city." The library area of the system provides communication among librarians, assistance in accessing library collections, and information about public library services. A new area featuring the Cincinnati chapter of the Special…