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Yu, Chong Ho – 2001
Today many data warehousing systems are data rich, but information poor. Extracting useful information from an ocean of data to support administrative, policy, and instructional decisions becomes a major challenge to both database designers and measurement specialists. This paper focuses on the development of a data processing system that…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Online Systems
Anderson-Selander, Sandy E. – 1979
A syntax methodology provides a descriptive mechanism to enable machine readable storage and retrieval of numeric data contained in bibliographic documents. The body of this paper treats the nature of "the syntax,""the data element," and the language by which this syntax is expressed. A discussion of the methodology illustrates…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Montgomerie, T. C.; Romaniuk, E. W. – 1976
This paper describes the IBM 1500 Instructional System which is used for computer assisted instruction (CAI), research, and demonstration at the University of Alberta. The system automatically stores a performance record of each student's responses to instructional programs, and a number of CAI support programs are accessible to perform various…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Educational Media
Yu, Clement; Sharma, Prasoon; Meng, Weiyi; Qin, Yan – 2001
This paper considers the processing of digital library queries, consisting of a text component and a structured component in distributed environments. The paper concentrates on the processing of the structured component of a distributed query. A method is proposed to identify the databases that are likely to be useful for processing any given…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Information Processing
Auld, Dennis – 1982
Changes affecting the delivery of information over the next 10 years are going to be more numerous, farther reaching, and more rapid than those experienced in the last 10 years. Technological, legislative, economic, and sociological factors are all playing vital roles in shaping the environment within which database information services operate.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Networks, Information Utilization
Divilbiss, J. L., Ed. – 1978
To help the librarian in negotiating with vendors of automated library services, nine authors have presented methods of dealing with a specific service or situation. Paper topics include computer services, network contracts, innovative service, data processing, automated circulation, a turn-key system, data base sharing, online data base services,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Storage Devices, Contracts, Data Processing
Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1976
Fifteen papers on computer centers and data processing management presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) 1976 convention are included in this document. The first two papers review the recent controversy for proposed licensing of data processors, and they are followed by a description of the Institute for Certification of…
Descriptors: Administration, Certification, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
Levine, Gwen R. – 1980
User perception of data importance and the economic feasibility of hardware and storage devices will determine the future direction of online systems. A retrieval system's functions are ultimately dictated by database design. Early online sytems were designed for bibliographic information limited to citations only using sequential files. When…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs
Juckiewicz, Robert; Kroculick, Joseph – 1983
Columbia University's major program to distribute its central administrative data processing to its various schools and departments is described. The Distributed Administrative Management Information System (DAMIS) will link every department and school within the university via micrcomputers, terminals, and/or minicomputers to the central…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Rohr, Theodore; Devoti, Bart – 1985
An overview is provided of the methods used by the Forest Park campus of St. Louis Community College (SLCC) to plan and develop a local area network (LAN) for administrative microcomputers. The first three sections provide brief descriptions of the SLCC District, SLCC, and the Forest Park campus. Section IV looks at the organization of…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing
Bearley, William – 1977
Rising costs of programming and program maintenance have caused discussion concerning the need for generalized information systems. These would provide data base functions plus complete report writing and file maintenance capabilities. All administrative applications, including online registration, student records, and financial applications are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Higher Education
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Short, Richard R. – 1976
In 1972, Main Township (Illinois) High School District 207 eliminated its inhouse data processing operation and joined Educational Management Systems (EMS), a regional data processing cooperative. EMS was created by the Institute for Educational Research (IER), which first conducted a thorough study of school district's data processing practices.…
Descriptors: Computers, Cooperative Programs, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Bollinger, William A.; And Others – 1984
An interactive, self-guided program for the joint post-processing of bibliographic citations from the federal information centers of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is described. The program, presently installed on the Intelligent Gateway Processor of the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Computer Software
Gantt, Vernon W. – 1983
In exploring the impact of microcomputers and the future of the university in 1985 and beyond, a distinction should be made between computing literacy--the ability to use a computer--and computer literacy, which goes beyond successful computer use to include knowing how to program in various computer languages and understanding what goes on…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Lehmann, Klaus-Dieter – 1979
Interlibrary loans in the Federal Republic of Germany are facilitated by applying techniques of data processing and computer output microfilm (COM) to the union catalogs of the national library system. The German library system consists of two national libraries, four central specialized libraries of technology, medicine, agriculture, and…
Descriptors: Computer Output Microfilm, Data Processing, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
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