Rented remote computer terminals are being used in a pilot program that has reduced the amount of time school officials spend doing routine clerical duties. (Author/MLF)

A full service educational data processing center has been serving the data processing needs of the local schools and intermediate agencies for 16 years without interruption. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes the accomplishments of Township High School District 214, Illinois, in an effective energy reduction program that uses a computer. (MLF)

A computer system assists the Arlington Independent School District's newly created tax office in all phases of its operation: property appraisal, billing, collecting, and record-keeping. (Author)

Sets forth the many factors involved in deciding whether to purchase, lease, or contract for transportation scheduling services. Describes how one school district solved the problem. (Author/MLF)

A computer at Valley View Schools, Illinois, is used to collect, store, maintain, and retrieve information about a school district's human resources. The system was designed to increase the efficiency and thoroughness of personnel and payroll record keeping, and reporting functions. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the electronic data processing system used by the San Lorenzo Unified School District, California, and explains how it has saved the district money. (Author/MLF)

Supplying data from mainframe computers to microcomputers is tedious because IBM mainframe computers use Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) to represent data and microcomputers use an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code set. (MLF)

Brigham Young University has a data processing system that is operating more efficiently as a direct result of installing an on-line computer output microfilm unit. (Author/MLF)

Introduces a computer program for school bus routing. (MLF)

A description of Iowa's new accounting procedure that has the capability to accommodate the smallest as well as the largest schools in the state. (Author/MLF)

The Middlesex County Board of Education in Hyde Park (Ontario) has developed an automated tendering/purchasing system for ordering standard items that has reduced by 80 percent the time required for tendering, evaluating, awarding, and ordering items. (Author/MLF)

The Portsmouth (Virginia) school district, through its computerized energy management system, has saved money in energy use and also reduced manpower and maintenance expenses. (MLF)

A network of regional computer processing sites will establish a path for small school districts to access the facilities at a larger computer site. Networking between sites greatly enhances a user's--and consequently his local district's--computing resources. (Author/MLF)

A guideline to aid business officials who are contemplating or engaged in computerization. (Author)