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Bearman, Toni Carbo – 1981
The executive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science presents her personal views on changes in the role of the government in information and the changing role of the Commission as reflected in its current and proposed activities. The strengths of the U.S. information community and its position in the international…
Descriptors: Change, Federal Government, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Schultz, Louise, Ed. – 1969
The 31 papers in this proceedings cover social as well as technical issues, mathematical models and formal logic systems, applications descriptions, program design, cost analysis, and predictions. The papers are grouped into sessions including: privacy and information technology, describing documents, information dissemination systems, public and…
Descriptors: Automation, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1971
The purpose of this inventory is to list a number of "major" information services and systems in the field of science and technology, either in the government or in the private sector. If a distinction is made between traditional information systems such as libraries, documentation services etc., and the wide spectrum of mechanized…
Descriptors: Automation, Directories, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, VA. – 1972
The bibliography is a compilation of annotated references on information sciences: data and information handling, storing, retrieving and dissemination, and is volume I in a four-volume set on information sciences. It is a revision to the unlimited references in two earlier bibliographies, AD-829 001 and AD-829 002, on the same subject. This…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Documentation, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1975
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) studied scientific and technical information (STI) policy in Ireland preliminary to proposing a coordinated nationwide policy. Following a brief analysis of the general demographic and economic situation in Ireland, the OECD examiners defined the major STI achievements in the areas…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Documentation, Information Dissemination
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1983
This report, submitted to the President in accordance with the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) Act (PL 91-345), describes NCLIS activities for the 12-month period from October 1, 1981 through September 30, 1982. Activities specially noted include the dissemination of the NCLIS report entitled "Public…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Federal Legislation, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, VA. – 1972
The bibliography is a compilation of annotated references on information sciences: information processing systems and techniques and is volume III in a four-volume set on information sciences. It is a revision to the unlimited references of the earlier bibliographies, AD-829 001 and AD-829 002, on the same subject. Volume III contains references…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Documentation, Information Dissemination
Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, VA. – 1972
The bibliography is a compilation of annotated references on information sciences; conferences, symposia, reviews, supporting research, and STINFO (Scientific and Technical Information Project) activities and is volume IV in a four-volume set on information sciences. It is a revision to the unlimited references in the earlier bibliographies,…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Automation, Bibliographies, Cataloging
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1982
This tenth annual report of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)--a permanent, independent agency in the Executive Branch--covers the period which marks the end of the first decade of the Commission's programs, and therefore a review of past accomplishments and a brief history of the origins of NCLIS are included.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Federal Legislation, History, Information Dissemination
American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1978
Presented as a public service in anticipation of the October 1979 White House Conference on Library and Information Services, the eight papers in this booklet call attention to the key issues which the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) believes have developed from proliferating information and for technological advances. Each of the…
Descriptors: Costs, Financial Support, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1974
The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, a permanent and independent agency within the Executive Branch, is charged with primary responsibility for developing and recommending overall plans for library and information services adequate to meet the needs of the citizens. This report, the second Annual Report of the Commission,…
Descriptors: Activities, Administrative Organization, Annual Reports, Federal Aid
Oettinger, Anthony G. – 1976
A study on information technology and public policy examined relationships among information providers and their clients in order to determine the economic, institutional, and technological factors that are key in deciding how people get the information they need. The research project was conducted to help the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Decentralization, Information Centers
Husbands, Charles W., Ed.; Tighe, Ruth L., Ed. – 1975
This volume of Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science is limited to the text of papers accepted and scheduled for presentation at the 1975 meeting. The papers reflect the need to address and define issues in national information policy, and they examine the current state of federal-level planning and funding of information…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers