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Download full textBrong, Gerald R. – 1970
The problems and prospects faced by involving the nonprint informational units in interlibrary communication and information networks are described. Nonprint materials are defined as those materials not totally dependent on the printed word for meaning. Nonprint materials were further identified as storage devices for information or…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conferences, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
MORCHAND, CHARLES A. – 1967
THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AMONG THE APPROXIMATELY FIFTY AFFILIATES OF THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY, INC. (METRO) PROVIDES AN OUTLINE FOR AN INITIAL INFORMATION TRANSFER NETWORK WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF TIMES SQUARE. THE TECHNIQUE OFFERED IS THE MORCHAND INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Facsimile Transmission, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Farquhar, J. A.; Dei Rossi, J. A. – 1969
The paper concerns some of the economic considerations inherent in designing user services that incorporate various communication systems. It describes three such services considered important in providing information to the biomedical community comprised of practicing physicians and those engaged in teaching and research, as well as other…
Descriptors: Documentation, Economic Factors, Health Personnel, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedAvram, Henriette D.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
Report on the status of automation within Library of Congress's Processing Services notes the positive effects of progress in cataloging activities, acquisitions activities, information retrieval, and dissemination of bibliographic products. Systems in operation, distribution services and products, and automation tasks not yet scheduled are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Kilgour, Frederick G., Comp.; Davis, Hillis D., Comp. – 1973
The purpose of the research and development described in this report is to implement and operate an on-line, computerized regional library system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library…
Descriptors: Citations (References), College Libraries, Expenditure per Student, Information Dissemination
Wasserman, Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1972
The second edition of "Library and Information Science Today" (LIST) was designed, as was the first, to be a mechanism for gathering and disseminating timely information on significant work in progress in librarianship and information science. Introductory sections describe the registry and explain how to use it. The project descriptions which…
Descriptors: Computers, Directories, Indexes, Information Dissemination
Hess, Edward J. – 1974
On-line information retrieval systems will spread beyond its narrow scope with the widespread development of interactive communication capability in connection with cable television. There is a possibility of far better attention to the information needs of the non-specialist with a coordinated information source. The major problems of such a…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Educational Television, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Black, Claudia – 1986
Libraries are becoming information access points, not just book repositories. With greater distribution of printed materials, increased use of optical disks and other compact storage techniques, the emergence of publication on demand, and the proliferation of electronic databases, libraries without large collections will be able to provide prompt…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
Direct linkTheng, Yin-Leng, Ed.; Foo, Schubert, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2005
This book showcases some of the best digital library practices from organizations in the Asia Pacific. Particular emphasis has been placed on the design, use and usability of digital libraries. Not only are digital libraries examined, but related technologies, the management of knowledge in digital libraries, and the associated usability and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Design
Schwarz, Stephan; Winkel, Annette – 1984
Provision of information for research and development in science and technology in Ethiopia was studied by 50 participants in a seminar on evaluation and analysis of a national information policy and plan. Policy makers and planners, users, producers and suppliers of information, information specialists, and representatives of Unesco (United…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
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
