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Goomas, David T. – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2012
An intervention was introduced for truck loaders that used wireless vehicle mount computers that included auditory, visual feedback, and immediate data delivery. The implementation reliably reduced pallets from being loaded out of sequence for all outbound trucks in multistop routes. The role of the organizational behavior management (OBM)…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Telecommunications, Computers, Motor Vehicles
Bogdanovic, Zorica; Simic, Konstantin; Milutinovic, Miloš; Radenkovic, Božidar; Despotovic-Zrakic, Marijana – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper presents a model for conducting Internet of Things (IoT) classes based on a web-service oriented cloud platform. The goal of the designed model is to provide university students with knowledge about IoT concepts, possibilities, and business models, and allow them to develop basic system prototypes using general-purpose microdevices and…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, College Students, Information Technology
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Bitterman, Amy; Gray, Lucinda; Goldring, Rebecca – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report presents selected findings from the Public School Library Media Center Data File of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated with public schools…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Libraries, Elementary Schools
Ranney, Joyce M. – Training and Development Journal, 1982
Quality of work life is examined as it applies to a company's decision to implement automation changeover and whether or not employees are involved in design decisions. (CT)
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Employer Employee Relationship, Program Design
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Fox, Mark S.; And Others – Computer, 1980
Describes a portable language-oriented digital computer used to define and spell words. Future directions for design and development are discussed. (BK)
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Costs, Design Requirements
Sustik, Joan M. – 1981
A project which developed a retrieval system to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of an interactive computer and video display system over traditional methods for using a slide library is described in this publication. The art school slide library of the University of Iowa stores transparencies which are arranged alphabetically within…
Descriptors: Art History, Computers, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
This evaluation of information security programs in the executive agencies of the U.S. federal government was requested by the Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, a part of the Congressional Committee on Government Operations. The report focuses on automated systems for personal, proprietary, and other sensitive…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Confidentiality, Federal Government
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Shekhel, Alex; Freeman, Eva – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Discusses the advantages of parallel processor computers in terms of expandibility, cost, performance and reliability, and suggests that such computers be used in library automation systems as a cost effective approach to planning for the growth of information services and computer applications. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Information Services
Virginia State Library, Richmond.
This feasibility study of an integrated statewide library network system consists of two main parts: the body of the report, which includes an introduction to the background and method of the study, the findings, and the modular plan for implementation; and supplementary materials presented in seven appendices reviewing basic facts. These…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Feasibility Studies, Federal State Relationship
Dominick, Wayne D.; And Others – 1980
This report addresses the critical importance of measuring and evaluating information systems functioning within computer network environments. The focus is on the significant benefits associated with using automated monitoring as the primary information system measurement mechanism within such computing architectures. The large scale,…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computers, Equipment Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Wirth, Arthur G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
The new postindustrialism is marked by three momentous developments: the electronic computer revolution; the emergence of a competitive global market; and the prospect of serious environmental damage. This article summarizes major themes of the author's book "Education and Work for the Year 2000," stressing the need to resolve the…
Descriptors: Automation, Bureaucracy, Competition, Computers
Ecelbarger, Louisa Kay – 1991
Many futurists envision that the development of information technology will greatly impact the libraries of tomorrow. In response to this prediction, the Montgomery County (Maryland) Department of Public Libraries conducted a study of key trends and issues that the Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) must consider if they are to remain a…
Descriptors: Computers, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Grantsmanship
Wessells, Michael B.; And Others – 1979
This study evaluates user satisfaction and the cost effectiveness of the use of computer systems in the Braille and Talking Book Program of the Ohio Regional Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and makes recommendations for patterns of service and funding. This report provides an executive summary as well as a 3-part presentation…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computers, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1983
This technical memorandum discusses procedures for evaluating potential employment change associated with automation and outlines associated problems. It also describes the nature and modes of delivery of education, training, and retraining for persons holding or seeking employment in manufacturing industries. An introduction provides a brief…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. School Buildings Services. – 1986
This report presents an information needs assessment for an office automation plan to be undertaken for the School Building Services Branch of the Alberta Department of Education. This exercise complements the work of two senior committees within the Department: (1) the Electronic Information Processing Needs Study Steering Committee, and (2) the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Collection, Data Processing