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Staying Connected Technology Training grants are competitive grants intended to provide funds for advanced training of public library technology staff. These guidelines explain the process for obtaining the grants.

"July 1986." ; Shipping list no.: 86-708-P. ; Cover title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In recent years, U.S. employers have complained of shortages of workers with higher-level skills in information technology, the sciences, and other fields. To find workers with these skills, employers often turn to foreign workers who enter the United States with H-1B visas to work in specialty occupations. Despite the recent economic downturn, employers report that they continue to need higher-skilled workers. Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to create a system connecting employment, education, and training services to better match workers to labor market needs. In 1998, Congress passed legislation raising limits on the number of high-skilled workers entering the United States and imposing a $500 fee on employers--which was later raised to $1000--for each foreign worker for whom they applied. Most of the money collected is to be spent on training that improves the skill of U.S. workers. The National Science Foundation (NSF) receives 22 percent of the funds to distribute as scholarship grants to post-secondary schools that distribute the funds as scholarships for low-income students in computer science, engineering, and mathematics degree programs. The grantees operating skill grant programs use the flexibility allowed by the Department of Labor to administer training through a variety of service delivery options to individuals whose skills need to be upgraded, whereas NSF's scholarship grant programs provide scholarships to low-income students for college degree programs. The training offered by the skill grant programs is based on local workforce needs, although sometimes for lower-skill jobs than those filled by H-1B visa holders, and the scholarship program's training is based on national workforce needs and the types of jobs that many H-1B visa holders fill. Although federal initiatives are not coordinated to strategically address high-skill needs at a national level, local skill grant programs increased coordination, though Labor provided limited assistance to enhance these efforts."

"April 1991." ; At head of title: Request for applications, MH-91-14. ; Shipping list no.: 91-0328-P. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Objective: This research evaluated the training effectiveness of a novel simulation interface, a wearable computer integrated into a soldier's load-bearing equipment. Background: Military teams often use game-based simulators on desktop computers to train squad-level procedures. A wearable computer interface that mimics the soldier's equipment was expected to provide better training through increased realism and immersion. Method: A heuristic usability evaluation and two experiments were conducted. Eight evaluators interacted with both wearable and desktop interfaces and completed a usability survey. The first experiment compared the training retention of the wearable interface with a desktop simulator and interactive training video. The second experiment compared the training transfer of the wearable and desktop simulators with a live training environment. Results: Results indicated the wearable interface was more difficult to use and elicited stronger symptoms of simulator sickness. There was no significant difference in training retention between the wearable, desktop, or interactive video training methods. The live training used in the second experiment provided superior training transfer than the simulator conditions, with no difference between the desktop and wearable. Conclusion: The wearable simulator interface did not provide better training than the desktop computer interface. It also had poorer usability and caused worse simulator sickness. Therefore, it was a less effective training tool. Application: This research illustrates the importance of conducting empirical evaluations of novel training technologies. New and innovative technologies are always coveted by users, but new does not always guarantee improvement.

I. Research Grants -- A Successful Grant Application to the National Institutes of Health -- A Proposal to Study the Differentiation and Physiology of a Neuroblastoma: A Successful Research Grant Application Submitted to the National Institutes of Health -- Research Grant Budget: Preparation and Justification in Relation to the Proposed Research -- The History of the Inflation-Recession Proposal -- The Unique Opportunity (Comment on the Proposal) -- The Impact of Inflation-Recession on Families in Cities -- The History of the Engineering Ethics Study Funded by NSF -- Engineering Ethics in Organizational Contexts: A Formal Proposal to the National Science Foundation's Program on Ethics and Values in Science and Technology -- II. Training Grants -- Henry Street Settlement's Youth Employment Training Program Proposal -- History of the Proposal: A Comment -- Description and Rationale for Proposed M.S. Degree Training Program in Applied Social Research in Crime and Delinquency Programs -- Developing a Graduate Program in Health Advocacy -- Comments on the Health Advocates Proposal -- III. The Arts -- Adding Excitment to Your Proposals -- The Opera Participation Project—Involving Bay Area Yourth in Vocal Arts -- NEA Support for the Small Arts Project -- The Film Fund: What It Is and What It Does -- On the March -- The History of the Living Stage Theatre Company Proposal -- A Proposal to Work With Incarcerated Men and Women from the Living Stage Theatre Company -- IV. The Humanities -- History of the Proposal -- NEH Pilot Grant - Columbus College Proposal for a Three-Quarter Sequence of Interdisciplinary Humanities Courses for General Students -- Grantmaking at the National Endowment for the Humanities -- Critique of Interdisciplinary Humanities Proposal -- V. Federal Contracts -- Request for a Proposal: Solicitation for a Federal Contract -- VI. Foundations and Corporations -- The Preliminary Letter.

"Catalog of federal domestic assistance no. 93.194." ; "Guidance for applicants no. SP 95-03." ; "Date of issuance: February 1995." ; Shipping list no.: 95-0111-P. ; Mode of access: Internet.