NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Crawford, Walt – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Describes origin, development, and current state of Research Libraries Information Network's (RLIN) Command Analysis System, which digests large quantities of raw data on RLIN use and performance and produces useful graphs and reports. Recent results of system and pragmatic issues in analysis of online systems are noted. (7 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Information Networks, Information Systems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Harper, D. J.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
Discusses data model role in an office filing facility, office data model requirements, and various modelling paradigms for office data modelling. Data model application to a typical collection of office data is presented, filing and retrieval operations are illustrated, and proposed research into other office data modelling aspects is outlined.…
Descriptors: Databases, Design, Filing, Information Retrieval
Moulin, Bernard – 1984
Designed to focus attention on the design process in such computer science activities as information systems design, database design, and expert systems design, this paper examines three main phases of the design process: understanding the context of the problem, identifying the problem, and finding a solution. The processes that these phases…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Structures, Computer Science, Concept Formation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Carlson, David H. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This article discusses tools developed to aid the systems analysis process (program evaluation and review technique, Gantt charts, organizational charts, decision tables, flowcharts, hierarchy plus input-process-output). Similarities and differences among techniques, library applications of analysis, structured systems analysis, and the data flow…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Diagrams, Flow Charts
DeWine, Sue; And Others – 1986
As part of a larger endeavor to evaluate the impact of communication technology on organizations, this study assesses the accuracy of information diffusion via electronic-mail and courier-mail systems in two large organizations which have implemented electronic-mail systems in the last three years. Data were obtained through the use of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Delivery Systems, Diffusion (Communication), Electronic Mail
Sirotnik, Ken; And Others – 1983
This report begins with a summary of the implications of the Systemic Evaluation project as a whole, and then provides a framework for the commonplaces of schooling, along with an extensive sampler of the ways they can be used for building an information system. The first chapter presents some common conceptions of schooling that have typically…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Lazinger, Susan S.; Shoval, Peretz – 1987
This report examines and evaluates the application of prototyping methodology in the design of a microcomputer-based online library catalog. The methodology for carrying out the research involves a five-part examination of the problem on both the theoretical and applied levels, each of which is discussed in a separate section as follows: (1) a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Computer Software, Foreign Countries