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UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1981
Describes the activities of Unesco's General Information Programme in the promotion, creation, promulgation, and updating of standards for information work throughout the international community, and introduces five articles dealing with various aspects of this program. (RAA)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing
Van Houweling, Douglas – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1985
The appropriate information technology environment for the future of higher education is seen as centered on an institution-wide information network, based on broad access to personal workstations, enhanced by a diverse set of server facilities, and integrated through coherent software environment. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Information Processing, Information Science
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Farradane, J. – Journal of Information Science, 1980
Discusses the scope of information science, problems involved, and the areas of research needed for development. In particular, the processes occurring in thinking, memory, and knowledge are considered as they arise in the production and receipt of information. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Information Processing
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Li, Tze-chung – 1985
American library schools are confronted by the problems of declining enrollment, changing modern technologies, and a shrinking market for their graduates. The extension of courses to include information science is a welcome direction, although it seems to reflect a lack of confidence in the traditional library science education. For librarianship…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Information Processing, Information Science
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Dolby, James L. – Information Processing and Management, 1984
Suggests structure based on two sets of principles for deriving meaning from data: Shannon's measure of entropy, which provides means of measuring amount of information in message; and Ranganathan's faceted classification scheme, which provides means of determining number of meaningful data. Syntax, meaning, and semantics of data are discussed.…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Data, Data Analysis
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Griffith, Belver C. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1981
Summarizes the key research issues and developments in cognitive science, especially with respect to the similarities, differences, and interrelationships between human and machine information processing. Nine references are listed. (JL)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computational Linguistics, Computers
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Gruska, Jozef – Education and Computing, 1993
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)…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Science Education, Computer Simulation, Higher Education
White, Charles S. – 1987
This paper examines the relationship between democratic citizenship and information technology. Modern information technology disputes the idea that citizens can be properly educated to assume the burdens necessary to reap the blessing of freedom. Information technologies challenge the ability of citizens to fulfill the fundamental requirement of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Roberts, Jane M. E. – 1980
This paper presents information directly related to the activities of those individuals and organizations engaged in developing and delivering short-term client-responsive syntheses/interpretations. The paper has four main sections: 1) a selective literature review, 2) the results of a survey of state and federally funded organizations engaged in…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination
Horton, Forest Woody, Jr. – International Forum on Information and Documentation, 1995
Explores some speculative hypotheses on states of knowing and learning, and how these states and processes might be applied to artificial intelligence and expert systems development. (JKP)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Johnson, Donald R. – American School and University, 1985
School managers can make the difference in a successfully automated school office. Before any equipment is considered, administrators need to identify problems, set goals, and select the best alternative. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Read, William H. – Journal of Communication, 1979
Identifies policy problems in the area of international communications and argues for the adoption of the concept of information as a basic resource that is central to the conduct of international relations. Calls for innovative thinking about the process by which the United States formulates and implements international communication policies.…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
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Shaw, Mary – Education and Computing, 1991
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…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Educational Trends
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Cleveland, Harlan – Change, 1985
Information is seen as a "crucial resource," and what this portends for citizenship and the education of citizens is discussed. The erosion of hierarchies, power and participation, education for integrative thinking, and core curriculum are addressed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Computers, Core Curriculum
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1984
This is the final report from a seminar organized to provide a forum for information specialists and planners, from both developing and developed countries, to exchange experiences on major issues and problems involved in the formulation of national information policies and plans and their implementation. A primary concern was to examine the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Guidelines, Information Dissemination
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