Discusses the information explosion as it relates to the emergence of the information handling capability explosion, or the use of computer technology, citing library network online databases as evidences of information control. (EJS)

In reply to "Educational Foundations for Tomorrow's Information Scientists" (Bulletin of ASIS, June/July 1989), which identifies 10 key concepts as educational foundations for information science, it is argued that paradigms found in computer science education and the dimension of human information processing further complicates the…

This paper investigates similarities and differences between the computer and the human brain in terms of thought processes and develops the theory that the computer can learn, is intelligent and does satisfy educational learning requirements. (Author/MK)

Discusses where and when word processing training should take place, prerequisites to word processing training, modifying vendor training materials, building drills and repetition into lessons, which computer operations to include in word processing curriculum, beginning lessons with a review, and teaching the use of documentation. (CT)

Various approaches to the design of automatic library systems are described, suggestions for the design of rational and effective automated library processes are posed, and an attempt is made to assess the importance and effect of library network systems on library operations and library effectiveness. (Author/CWM)

Describes shortcomings of computer science/engineering education and explains a new focus on informatics. Highlights include simulation, visualization, algorithmization, design of information processing models, parallel computing, a history of informatics, informatics versus physics and mathematics, and implications for education. (51 references)…

Universities must achieve a new maturity in institutional planning and information management to meet the challenges of the 1980s. Decision support systems are analyzed and those that combine computing technology with knowledge about decision-making art found to hold the most promise. (Author/MLW)

Business education teachers must be prepared to apply the new computer technology effectively in their classrooms. A relevant secondary education curriculum must be achieved, aiming at two computer education goals: computer literacy and career preparation in information/data/word/computer processing. (CT)

Discussion of information technology focuses on the future needs of computer science education. Information processing as an economic force is described; the relationship of information processing with other disciplines is examined; audiences for computing education are considered; and two examples of curriculum requirements implied by computing…

Outlines the technological evolution and the use of computers and telecommunications in information transactions and data storage. (CWM)

Trends in computing and office automation and their applications, including planning, institutional research, and general administrative support in higher education, are discussed. Changing aspects of information processing and an increasingly larger user community are considered. The computing literacy cycle may involve programming, analysis, use…

These proceedings contain 11 papers that focus on how education must change what and how it teaches to keep up with the technological revolution. The presentations address the need for vocational education to produce students with skills in electronics and data communications (including computer-to-computer transmission); office systems and…