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SCHEFFLER, FREDERIC L. – 1967
THE AVAILABILITY OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON HAD SUGGESTED THEIR POSSIBLE USE AS INDEXERS FOR INDEXING DOCUMENTS FOR THE AEROSPACE MATERIALS INFORMATION CENTER (AMIC). A STUDENT HAD BEEN EMPLOYED TWO YEARS AGO AND INFORMALLY TRAINED IN INDEXING. THE SUCCESS OF THAT EXPERIENCE, THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLED VOCABULARY, AND…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Katter, Robert V. – 1967
The investigation is part of a continuing project to find better means for studying and evaluating document representations (e.g., abstracts, indexes). The present study focused on understanding the ways individuals interpret index terms, with the goal of using the findings in improving indexing systems. Indexing systems use all-or-none bases for…
Descriptors: Classification, Correlation, Documentation, Evaluation
BERNINGER, DOUGLAS E.; AND OTHERS – 1965
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (FAIRS), WHICH SERVES DIVERSE INFORMATION NEEDS OF THE AGENCY'S TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL. FAIRS WAS DEVELOPED TO OPERATIONAL CAPACITY BY (1) ASSIGNING DESCRIPTORS AND IDENTIFIERS TO REPORTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR SUBSEQUENT RETRIEVAL, (2) EXPANDING, DEVELOPING, AND…
Descriptors: Aviation Technology, Documentation, Evaluation, Improvement
SELYE, HANS – 1967
THIS REPORT IS A BRIEF REVIEW OF RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE THE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL EFFICIENCY OF A MANUAL SPECIALIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON 700,000 DOCUMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, STRESS, MAST CELLS, AND ANAPHYLACTOID REACTIONS. THE SYSTEM RECEIVES 30,000 PUBLICATIONS ANNUALLY. DETAILED INFORMATION IS REPRESENTED BY…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Codification, Documentation, Evaluation
International Business Machines Corp., Yorktown Heights, NY. – 1966
The development of a large scale selective dissemination of information program, its experimental operation, and program evaluation is reported. An IBM 7090/94 computer program compared user interest profiles with the subject indexes of reports announced in "Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports." Users were provided with selected…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Documentation, Evaluation, Indexing
BIVONA, WILLIAM A. – 1967
A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING A REPLICA OF A PROTOTYPE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI) SYSTEM TESTED AT U.S. ARMY NATICK LABORATORIES, AND REPORTED IN LI 000 273, IS GIVEN IN THIS MANUAL. INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED WHICH IS USEFUL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing