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Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information Computer System; A Survey of User Evaluation.
Sage, C. R.; Anderson, R. R. – 1968
An evaluation of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information - Computer System based on 40 production runs from February 1965 through February 1966 was made by 31 scientist users. Users' comments about the system were correlated with results of a statistical study for the period. It was shown that users were more satisfied with the…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation, Information Dissemination, Information Systems
Anderson, R. R.; And Others – 1968
The SDI system now operational at the Institute for Atomic Research, Iowa State University, is implemented with the concept of feedback. The profile user is notified of a document which may be of interest to him and indicates his response to this document on the response card accompanying the notification. The profile words carry individual…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation, Feedback, Information Dissemination
Sage, C. R. – 1968
A resume of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Computer System is presented. The results of three types of evaluation studies made of the Ames Laboratory SDI systems are discussed which include: evaluation of model studies utilizing restricted document and user sample sizes; statistical evaluation of production runs…
Descriptors: Computers, Documentation, Evaluation, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedPryor, Harold E. – Special Libraries, 1975
NASA interviewed users of its scientific and technical information system in order to assess the usefulness of the present system and to find ways to make it more effective. Emphasis was on announcement and current awareness services, the publication program, and the interactive retrieval system. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Download full textScheffler, F. L.; March, J. F. – 1971
The Aerospace Materials Information Center (AMIC) Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program was evaluated by an interview technique after one year of operation. The data base for the SDI consists of the periodic document index records input to the AMIC system. The users are 63 engineers, scientists, and technical administrators at the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Services
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
Evans, L. – 1973
A study was conducted of the International Information Service in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers, and Control (INSPEC) selective dissemination of information (SDI) user profile generation. Five degrees of user involvement in the generation of profiles were investigated ranging from having the user provide only a statement of subject…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Needs
BIVONA, WILLIAM A. – 1966
THIS REPORT PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF OVER EIGHTEEN SMALL, INTERMEDIATE, AND LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS FOR THE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI). SYSTEMS ARE COMPARED AND ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO DESIGN CRITERIA AND THE FOLLOWING NINE SYSTEM PARAMETERS--(1) INFORMATION INPUT, (2) METHODS OF INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING, (3) USER INTEREST PROFILE…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Costs, Data Processing
Clague, P. – 1971
The investigation of the performance, economics, and acceptability to users of the selective dissemination of information (SDI) computer system that supported the International Information Service in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers, and Control (INSPEC) during its initial testing phase is described. The initial design of the study, involving…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Electricity, Evaluation
