Reports results of a national survey among experiment station editors about their present information organization and their suggestions about how they would like their present setup changed for more efficient operation. Seventy-eight percent cast their vote for a coordinated setup (involving agricultural research, extension and possibly resident instruction). Fifty-four percent of respondents operated currently in a coordinated setup and like it; 24 percent operated in a decentralized arrangement but wanted to change.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05694
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, final report B02342.
See also B05691-B05698., A preliminary report for the Project Development Conference, American Association of Agricultural College Editors, Chicago, Illinois. May 25-30, 1952. 11 p., Includes preliminary report supplement, conference reports, list of USDA materials sent to state extension services, and program development conference outline.
Noordhoff, L.J. (author) and American Association of Agricultural College Editors
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1952
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05696
Notes:
5 pages., Francis C. Byrnes Collection, final report B02342
See also B05691-B05698., Includes preliminary report supplement, conference reports, list of USDA materials sent to state extension services, and program development conference outline.
Meyer, W.P. (author), Schlup, L.A. (author), and U.S. Department of Agriculture, American Association of Agricultural College Editors
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1952
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05695
Notes:
36 pages., Francis C. Byrnes Collection, final report B02342
See also B05691-B05698., Includes preliminary report supplement, conference reports, list of USDA materials sent to state extension services, and program development conference outline.
Summarizes a presentation by Russell Thackrey, executive secretary of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, at the recent AAACE conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Report based on a nationwide survey to learn about sources of photographs,uses of photographs, who takes photographs, usefulness of photo training for extension agents and specialists, staffing, filing systems. "As nearly as could be determined, four states (Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado) employ what might be termed staff photographers in the sense that they seemed to be at the command of the editor, and not just college or university photographers working occasionally for the editor."
Describes efforts by USDA Director of Information Milton S. Eisenhower to achieve a 30 percent reduction in the cost of disseminating agricultural information.
Brief summary of a talk by F.E. Balmer, Extension Service, State College of Washington, at the 1931 AAACE meeting in Corvallis, Oregon. American Association of Agricultural College Editors.
Reports on a national survey of the organization and operations of editorial offices in land-grant institutions. Results revealed "an utter lack of uniformity in organization and duties in the 31 institutions reporting." Summary provides three case examples of centralized and decentralized operations. Staff numbers range from 1 to 6. Also reveals institutions in which the editorial offices provide journalism teaching.
