Through survey research, data were obtained about the tasks performed by administrative support workers who use information/word processing equipment and related technology. Findings support a redefinition of administrative support occupations and resulted in the development of the "Information Processing Specialist" catalog of job-relevant tasks.…

The life-cycle approach to the process of redesigning a business education curriculum to include word/information processing includes four steps: the study phase, the design phase, the development phase, and the operation phase. The method implements extensive curriculum changes in an orderly and effective manner. (SK)

Finding information on the Web without encountering numerous false positives poses a challenge to multimedia information retrieval systems (MMIR). This research focuses on improving precision and recall in an MMIR system by interactively combining text processing with image processing in both the indexing and retrieval phases. A picture search…

Communications technology must advance to meet the need for improved information processing by the year 2000. Four major technologies are involved: computers and data processing, telecommunications and telephones, reprographics, and word processing. Each of the technologies shows growth in sales, applications, and usage. Facts and projections…