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Barkley, John – 1986
This report develops a model of a personal computer network for office use from the standpoint of the end user. A network designed for personal computers is differentiated from personal computers which must be attached to an existing communications system. Three types of the latter networks are discussed: (1) networks which connect personal…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Networks, Microcomputers, Network Analysis
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Ferrara, Kathleen; And Others – Written Communication, 1991
Examines the syntactic and stylistic features of an emergent phenomenon called Interactive Written Discourse (IWD), the written language occurring in simultaneous terminal-to-terminal typed dialogues. Finds that IWD is a naturally occurring register and a hybrid language variety, displaying characteristics of both oral and written language. Notes…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
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Schaefermeyer, Mark J.; Sewell, Edward H., Jr. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1988
Reports the results of a survey designed to determine the frequency and purpose of individuals' use of electronic mail in relation to their professional development. Survey was distributed using three newsletters found on BITNET. Finds that electronic mail is replacing other means of communication and stimulating new communication among diverse…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
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Hickey, Thomas B.; Calabrese, Andrew M. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Describes development of system for retrieval of documents from magnetic storage that uses stored font definition codes to control an inexpensive laser printer in the production of copies that closely resemble original document. Trends in information equipment and printing industries that will govern future application of this technology are…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Facsimile Transmission, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Johansen, Robert; And Others – 1981
Aimed at decision makers who will choose whether and how to implement telecommunications efforts in the human services, this final evaluation report describes an intensive demonstration effort, which was conducted by the Alternate Media Center of New York University from July 1979 to September 1980 to show how various telecommunications media,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
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Reddi, Arumalla V. – Information Processing and Management, 1983
Analyzes computer terminal memory performance in terms of overflow probability and average queueing delay, and presents new method to derive a closed expression for data arrivals with Erlangly distributed interarrival times and an approach to derive steady state probability expressions of the terminal memory content process. Twenty references are…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing, Graphs, Information Networks
Rogers, Everett M.; And Others – 1982
This document reports results from an exploratory investigation into the adoption and use of microcomputers in the home, which involved interviews with 77 home computer owners, 19 individuals who were in the process of computer adoption, and a small sample of home computer manufacturers and retailers. The first two chapters provide information on…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Decision Making, Diffusion (Communication), Information Networks
Pfuderer, H. A.; Allison, L. J. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
Recounts experiences of the Carbon Dioxide Information Center, a technical information analysis center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has utilized a microcomputer for exchange of automated bibliographic references. Procedures and problems in adding microcomputer information to mainframe databases are noted and other microcomputer…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Case Studies, Citations (References), Computer Graphics
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Hartman, Karen; And Others – Written Communication, 1991
Examines the effects of computer network technologies on teacher-student and student-student interactions. Finds that teachers in networked sections interact more with their students than do teachers in regular sections and communicate more electronically with less able students than with more able students. Notes that less able students…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, College Students, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
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Reddi, Arumalla V. – Information Processing and Management, 1984
Presents a system model for transmission of input data that is coming from terminals of users in a limited user resource-sharing environment. Performance of a mini/microcomputer receiving mixture of picture-phone terminal data is analyzed with constant service times, synchronous transmission, and single-server interruptions through first-order…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Display Systems, Information Networks, Information Storage
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Moran, Barbara B.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Describes the Scholar's Workstation project, a campuswide computerization project at Brown University, and assesses its effects on the role and operation of the institution's libraries. Suggestions are provided for other libraries whose institutions are exploring the possibility of a similar venture. (CLB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Sylvie, George; Danielson, Wayne – 1989
A study examined the impact on newspaper managers of three emerging technologies: videotex, personal computer networks, and pagination. The study predicted that: (1) the greater the relative advantage and compatibility of a technology, the less likely will the manager need to pursue motivational and controlling measures in getting subordinates to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Editors, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1990
This report provides a summary of the activities of the Continuing Nursing Education in Computer Technology project conducted by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in response to changes created by microcomputer use in health care. In addition to a discussion of the workshops offered to nurse educators, an outline of project outcomes is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Information Networks
Mobray, Deborah, Ed. – 1983
Papers on local area networks (LANs), modelling techniques, software improvement, capacity planning, software engineering, microcomputers and end user computing, cost accounting and chargeback, configuration and performance management, and benchmarking presented at this conference include: (1) "Theoretical Performance Analysis of Virtual…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Cost Estimates, Data Processing
Tallon, James – 1981
A description of various activities of the Programmed Learning Committee of the Concordia University Libraries precedes sections on computer assisted instruction (CAI) applications for computer facilities in the library, other computer applications, and space and environment implications of these applications. The first section addresses such…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
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