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The Denver Public Library (DPL) conducted a market analysis of its success in meeting the information needs of three segments of the population of Denver, Colorado: households, business firms, and city government and quasi-government agencies. Information was sought on current DPL usage and nonusage practices of these three groups, their levels of awareness and attitudes toward the DPL system, and their principal information needs and sources. The project's data collection phase consisted of three surveys conducted concurrently between February and June 1974. Personal interviews were conducted in a sample of households, while questionnaires were mailed to businesses and government agencies. The data analysis phase of the project produced a number of recommendations for specific actions by the DPL to make the system more responsive to its current and potential users. The bulk of this report consists of presentation and analysis of the survey responses of the three population segments under study. (Author/SL)

During 1972-73 the Diablo Valley Education Project, a joint program of the Center for War/Peace Studies and the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, designed and ran a materials evaluation program of 49 curriculum project materials, 8 simulation games, and 5 multimedia kits dealing with global perspective. The objective of the program was to use materials evaluation as a means to make local schools effective instruments in teaching about human dignity and global problems. The program was designed to use the existing school structure, involve the community, and set up a self-evaluation to test results. Materials for evaluation were chosen according to global perspective, organization of content, quality of supplementary materials, flexibility, format, reading level, and cost. District social studies teachers were responsible for testing the materials in the classroom and for completing a lesson log sheet, evaluation questionnaire, and oral evaluation. The results were a 35 percent increase in the use of global perspective materials, an increase in intraschool and interschool communication, and a handbook of materials evaluation. Appendixes include a sample teacher evaluation, log sheet, and list of materials tested. An edited handbook of the materials evaluation is available through the Center for War/Peace Studies and as ED 096 236. (DE)