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Download full textEvans, Evan C., III – 1983
This paper describes several pilot systems of data management using telecommunications links, which have been tested by the Navy during an 8-year period in which emphasis has been on the development of relational database management systems, exchange protocols, and man-machine interface. An introduction discusses the background of the project,…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Data Processing, Databases, Design Requirements
Hoskin, Richard K. – 1972
Engineering procedures used in the design and construction of a high-speed, multichannel magnetic tape duplicator are described. The completed duplicator, a common mandrel duplicator, in which a single drive motor turns a common capstan shaft at high speeds and moves both master and copy tapes simultaneously, performs satisfactorily yet suggests…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Science, Data Processing, Design Requirements
ManTech Technical Services Corp., Fairfax, VA. – 1993
This final report presents results of the first phase of an effort to develop in detail the resource requirements, operating procedures, and estimated costs for several centralized braille service options at the Library of Congress. Existing procedures and services were analyzed, and three models for centralized braille services were formulated.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Books, Braille, Centralization
McManus, John F. – 1971
Version 3 of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS) is a fully automated system which accepts pupil criterion exercises from remote sites and returns various reports to the same location. This paper briefly describes the SWRL/IMS system design and functional characteristics. The instructional system…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection, Data Processing
ManTech Technical Services Corp., Fairfax, VA. – 1993
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, administers a free library program for those unable to read standard printed materials, reproducing and distributing works in braille, recorded disc, and recorded cassette. Previous studies of the distribution network had identified costs and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Books, Braille, Centralization
ManTech Technical Services Corp., Fairfax, VA. – 1994
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, administers a free library program for those unable to read standard printed materials, reproducing and distributing works in braille, recorded disc, and recorded cassette. A previous study of the distribution network identified costs and developed…
Descriptors: Blindness, Books, Braille, Centralization
