Discussion of knowledge-based technology highlights the ability of knowledge systems to integrate training and support for computer users in business offices. This type of expert system would use a common-knowledge base for computer-based training, online documentation, print documentation, and help systems for both experienced and novice users.…

Description of a comprehensive student administrative data system developed by Los Angeles Unified School District and embedded in a large distributed processing computer network discusses hardware, software, implementation, and further enhancements. Subsystems described include student identification, attendance accounting, class registration,…

Describes Clarkson College's Educational Resources Center, which is the hub of a campuswide system to provide computerized integrated information services and support systems for the instructional, research, and administrative activities of the college. Information on facility planning and services is included. (JJD)

Metropolitan State College's computer support system is described. Unique features of this system include: separate off-campus facilities for both academic and administrative computer support and a system where institutional research and administrative computer services report to the same office. (BH)

The author states that a systems approach to office work consists of combinations of people, processes, and equipment in subsystems of communication, processing, and storage. To complement advanced office technology, workers need education in such competencies as reprography, typewriting, records management, and human relations. (MF)

Suggests prerequisites for and content of a secondary data processing program to include computer hardware and software for specific vocational training. Presents two sets of guidelines, with academic preparation and with work experience, for business teacher data processing certification based on an analysis of existing standards. (MF)

The design and implementation of an integrated financial control system at Clemson University are described. The advantages of considering the integration of systems to meet university-wide objectives as design criteria are discussed as well as sub-system relationships. (Author/BH)

Presents results of a survey of faculty members in doctoral-level educational administration programs that examined the use of computers in administrative training programs. The present status and future directions of technological training of school administrators are discussed, and a sample curriculum for a course in technology and computing is…

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) approach to rapid development of an information warehouse to meet needs for executive information, decision support, and general management reporting is described. Logical, management, and technological infrastructure challenges are discussed. The approach taken, which delivers summary data first before…

Description of evolution of computer applications in U.S. educational administration is followed by an overview of the structure and governance of public education and Visscher's developmental framework. Typical administrative computer applications in education are discussed, including student records, personnel management, budgeting, library…

Discussed are how computer networks can affect the nature of work and the relationships between managers and employees. The differences between face-to-face exchanges and electronic interactions are described. (KR)

Description of a Canadian research and development project that involved the development of a library information system which would satisfy the needs of a variety of libraries focuses on the technological aspects of the system. Data manipulation is discussed, software is described, standards are considered, and customer requirements are examined.…

This report introduces archivists to the potential of expert systems for improving archives administration and alerts them to ways in which they can expect intelligent technologies to impact federal record-keeping systems and scholarly research methods. The report introduces the topic by describing expert systems used in three Fortune 500…

This report analyzes the implications of computerized medical information and the challenges it brings to individual privacy. The report examines the nature of the privacy interest in health care information and the current state of the law protecting that information; the nature of proposals to computerize health care information and the…

In response to a mandate in the 1984 Perkins Act, representatives of Hawaii's computer/data processing industry and state council on vocational education formed a technical committee to develop an inventory of the skills and knowledge necessary for a career as a data processing equipment maintenance technician, a computer technician, or a computer…