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This report on the third year of activities of the Research and Reference Services (R&RS) of the Academy for Educational Development focuses on the themes of consolidating and refining products, responding to increased demand, institutionalizing previous success, and organizational change. The activities described include: (1) services and products delivered to specific users or groups of users (e.g., Tailored Information Packages, Technical Assistance and Training, Current Awareness Topical Updates); (2) users of the services--80% Agency for International Development (AID) and 20% public; (3) trends in AID's use of development information, which reflects a broad and sophisticated range of purposes for requesting information; (4) the R&RS mid-project evaluation, which focuses on organizational problems and issues and recommends a structural reorganization; and (5) plans for the implementation of this reorganizational scheme in year four. An appendix provides a diagram of the proposed reorganizational structure, which calls for the use of a team approach to answer information needs in the international development community. (CGD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert