June 1975 Organic Directory, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pa. 18049. $2.95 (health food/ natural food outlet (etc.) directory) New Schools Exchange, Pettigrew, Ark. 7 27 52. (directory of 9OO "alternative" schools) Prisoner's Yellow Pages Outmates P.O. Box 174 Storrs, Ct.06268 By state hundreds of groups working with prisoners. Literature, job assistance, etc. Alternatioe C hristrnas Catalog and Altematioes Periodical P,O,Box 20626 Greensboro, N.C.2742O The catalog is a directory to small scale, often non-profit making crafts people, and resource listings of places and ways to celebrate Christmas while spending less money and resources. The New Woman's Catalog Coward McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. Berkley Publishing Co. 2OO Madison Ave. New York, N.Y. 10016 $5.00. A very large blend of Whole Earth Catalog and PYP. New Directions for Veterans P.O. Box 865 Lawrence, Kan.66O44 ln process, Sections on education and learning. Changes needed in the VA, men's consciousness, spiritual growth, veterans in prison, a nationwide skillsideas-friendship exchange network. Write to Lawrence Morgan. Circling the City Junior League of Portland 222 SW Harrison, Suite 9 Portland, Or.972Ol A 68-page guide for handicapped in Portland, describing ramp access at public buildings, size of doorways, restroom, dining access. Bit Better clo 146 Gt. Western Rd. London, England A very odd one. It measures 8 x 13. Print kind of looks like mimeo. Order seems like they were cleaning up desks. But lots and lots of information, including access to other countries' English speaking access journals, etc. National Directory of Hotlines & Youth Crisis Centers National Exchange 51 37th Ave. N.E. Minneapolis, Minn. 5 5421 $3.00. There are hundreds of them. (Last one I saw was two years ago, so may be outdated) Vocations for Social Cbange 5951 Canning St. Oakland, Ca.94609 A bulletin board for a variety of volunteer and paying opportunities in social chang.e situations. (Donation for subscription) Gay Yellow Pages Renaissance House Box 292, Village Station New York, N.Y. $5/$10 for 4 issues. Quarterly. Tbe Vancouzter Book lO9-525 Seymour St. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3H7 Canada To be published in March l976.The table of contents to this effort seems to have marvelously associated place, access catalog and yellow pages, a whole systems outline of the City of Vancouver. Could be used as a guide for thinking through resources of most communities. (Write to me if you wish a copy of contents, to save Chuck Davis, editor, for catalog work.) There are other ways to find out about a city and in the process make your own red phone book/index card fileor maybe you can put all your cards into one basket, or at least a friend's or neighbor's. General Guides: GEE! Group for Environmental Education 1214 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19\O7 They have produced excellent material on making cities observable. Yellow Pages of Learning Resources is an idea book about how to utilize resources in a city as learning tools. Making tbe City Obseroable is a catalog of a traveling exhibit of perceptual tools for making a city's processes and networks visible. Many other publications. Write for list. Page Z Reference Books: A Brief Guide Enoch Pratt Free Library 400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, Md.2l2Ul $1.25. Along with Finding Facts Fast (reviewed in this issue) you should be able to find your way into a library's best resources. Putting Together a People's Yellou Pages Vocations for Social Change 353 Broadway Cambridge, Ma O2139 50d Some Hints: 1) Grab some things with indexes (such as a Sears catalog, phone company yellow pages, Dewey Decimal catalog, other People's Yeliow Pages, Whole Earth Catalog). Make a list of which things you want to find out about. 2) Take stock of what you do know, with help of friends and a map of the area you're working with. 3) Find out what resource guides exist. Check with local United Good Neighbors-is there a social service coordinating agency? Hotline and crisis centers often have extensive file systems. Think of the various agencies that may have compiled lists for "in office" use. (It is best to assume there is a list, maybe partiai or outdated, for most any subject you're trying to access.) Easter Seal Society, Welfare, Community Health Nursing Associations, Legal Aid, are all likely to have lists and/or directories. 4) Library. That is where you'll find lots of what you need. Make a list of periodicals/newspapers in your area by checking in the library (double check by touring any bookstore, etc.) If possible, subscribe to several and clip and index. And don't forget newsletters. Many are free or near free and will help keep you up to date. Also at the library, go through reference book section finding such things as state manufacturing guides, checklist of state publications, other national and local directories. (lf your library is small, ask the librarian about the state library or interlibrary 1oan.) Continued on page 8 Important: we know more than we think we know
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