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Download full textNational Forum on Education Statistics, 2009
The purpose of this guide is to empower people to more effectively use data as information. To accomplish this, the publication explains what metadata are; why metadata are critical to the development of sound education data systems; what components comprise a metadata system; what value metadata bring to data management and use; and how to…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Utilization, Empowerment, Word Lists
Kavulla, Timothy A. – School Business Affairs, 1986
The Wichita, Kansas, Public Schools' Food Service Department Project Reduction in Paperwork (RIP) is designed to automate certain paperwork functions, thus reducing cost and flow of paper. This article addresses how RIP manages free/reduced meal applications and meets the objectives of reducing paper and increasing accuracy, timeliness, and…
Descriptors: Automation, Centralization, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Migrant Education. – 1985
Written for Migrant Student Records Transfer System (MSRTS) specialists, this manual provides information to help them generate, translate, interpret, use, and update a migrant child's educational record. The manual serves as a reference to be used in conjunction with the National MSRTS User's Manual and as initial orientation and subsequent guide…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Educational Background, Elementary Secondary Education
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Migrant Education. – 1985
Written for migrant nurses, this manual is intended to simplify and speed up the process of entering pertinent medical information onto the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) data base. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the indepth technical information in the National MSRTS Health Users Manual and includes page references…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Processing
Peer reviewedWebb, T. D. – Community College Journal, 1992
Describes how automation has transformed the library and how super-catalogs have affected the process of doing research. Explains how faculty and librarians can work together to help students to use the available databases effectively, by teaching them Boolean logic, standard record formats, filing rules, etc. (DMM)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Faculty, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Katz, Bill, Ed. – 1992
The 25 articles in this book were written by librarians as a guide for reference services personnel working in two-year college libraries. Part I, The Community College Reference Mission, includes "Community College Services," by Derrie B. Roark; "Community College Librarianship: A Changing Frontier," by Marilyn Searson Lary; "Typical Is Atypical:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Community Colleges
