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Download full textBruce, Elizabeth W. – North Dakota Library Notes, 1974
The current trend in biomedical information systems is to decentralization. Starting with the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965, various plans of organization have been tried for improving the national diffusion of medical information. In 1968 the John Crerar Library became the Midwest Regional Medical Library, serving as an intermediary…
Descriptors: Consortia, Decentralization, Diffusion, Information Networks
Lynch, Beverly P. – 1974
Since college and junior college libraries are imbedded in the organizational framework of the colleges they serve, the perspective of the colleges with regard to educational planning at the national level will bear directly on the library's role in the National Program for Library and Information Services. As educational costs rise and available…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Financial Support
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1974
As part of UNESCO's World Population Year, information services in support of population programs are explained and listed. The information system of the International Planned Parenthood Federation is described and the management of population literature discussed. Information needs of population workers and special aspects of the training and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Coordination
Gaven, Patricia; Williams, R. David – 1972
ATS-F will be used by the Alaskan library community to develop a knowledge base for the library function of information delivery utilizing satellite technology. The experiment comprises three segments: (1) a weekly 15-minute participatory audio-video unit aimed at school children; (2) a weekly half-hour audio-video unit aimed at a variety of adult…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Budgets, Communications, Communications Satellites
Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W. – 1994
This proceedings includes the following papers presented at the 16th International Essen Symposium: "Electronic Resource Sharing: It May Seem Obvious, But It's Not as Simple as it Looks" (Herbert S. White); "Resource Sharing through OCLC: A Comprehensive Approach" (Janet Mitchell); "The Business Information Network:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks
Cuadra, Carlos A., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Descriptions and appraisals of significant recent trends and developments in the field of information science are presented. The individual chapters deal with the following topics: (1) information needs and uses, (2) design and evaluation of information systems, (3) an economist's view of information, (4) document description and representation,…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Economics, Education
