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Peer reviewedRokkan, Stein – American Behavioral Scientist, 1976
Examines the expansion of data services in Western Europe after the computer revolution. Stresses that distinctive career lines and eventually a distinctive profession must be created to cope with the proliferation of data and the increase in demand for access to this data. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Collection, Databases, Information Processing
Peer reviewedSmeaton, Alan F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Describes the European Strategic Programme of Research and Development in Information Technology (ESPRIT), and its five programs: advanced microelectronics, software technology, advanced information processing, office systems, and computer integrated manufacturing. The emphasis on logic programming and ESPRIT as the European response to the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
