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Martin, Thomas H.; Wyman, John C. – 1983
The purpose of this research project was to develop techniques for analyzing user searches of the Syracuse University Libraries Information Retrieval Systems (SULIRS) to enable library staff to identify and test potentially high payoff modifications to the system and/or to user documentation. The first task was an exploratory analysis of recorded…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Gilchrist, Richard; Sanders, Hugh A. – 1983
This study develops a model for introducing computers into the schools of the County of Grande Prairie, Alberta (Canada), and by extension into any small school system. Data were gathered from three sources: questionnaires to superintendents and school staff, onsite visits to schools needing computer instruction, and literature on the issues and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs
Baumgarten, Allan; Long, Elliot – 1982
The evaluation of Minnesota's State Department of Education Information System (SDE-IS) analyzes existing problems of this administrative data processing system and offers recommendations for improving data processing support and reducing the reporting burden on school districts. SDE-IS includes all data processing systems that serve the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Costs, Data Processing
Download full textHenry, Thomas A.; Bender, Louis W. – 1987
A nationwide survey of two-year colleges with collective bargaining was conducted to determine who serves as chief negotiator for the colleges, the sources of information these individuals rely upon for their data, and the extent to which electronic data processing is used in the bargaining process. Of the 248 two-year colleges surveyed, 160…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1981
This master plan sets forth a general strategy for providing administrative and academic computing services and satisfying the data processing requirements for the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) during the 1980's. Following an executive summary, chapter 1 sets forth the purpose of the plan and outlines the planning processes used.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Thomas, Sheilah N. – 1983
Formal action by state education agencies (SEA's) in regard to educational technology is quite recent. In 1981 only seven states addressed the issue in formal state-level action. This paper presents the results of a 1983 survey on state-level initiatives relating to educational technology. The survey found that nearly all state SEA's are involved…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
