State education data systems have often been described as data rich but information poor. Historically, these systems were created for compliance purposes and, therefore, designed and managed as information technology projects, but a culture change is under way. Educators and other stakeholders are beginning to value data as a tool to inform…

Explores the implications of individual effort amidst education's bigness and the possibility of retrieving new instructional "ideas" from the bewildering sea of new research and publications. Teachers need to be continuously informed and consistently encouraged to employ their new knowledge creatively. (Author/BEF)

The barter system for researchers consists of two parts: a list linking various research areas with researchers willing to entertain collegial inquiriies, and a clerk to note the number of hours that participants give and receive in the information exchange. (MF)

Findings from a study that explored the ways in which principals use information on school quality are presented in this paper. The effects of school level, years of administrative experience, students' socioeconomic status, and school performance are also examined. Methodology involved interviews and follow-up interviews with a total of 38…

To be effective, information on early childhood education should (1) be directed towards the appropriate audience, (2) be written so that it is understandable to that audience, and (3) provide data to help the user make meaningful judgements. The wide range of educational and occupational levels of people working in the field of early childhood…

A summary of the discussions held at the National Institute of Education (NIE) conference on information dissemination and utilization is presented. Four major questions relating to NIE information dissemination activities are raised, followed by a description of some major features of the incentive structure of information utilization. Five…

THREE ASPECTS OF POLICY PLANNING FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN INDUSTRY ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER. THE FIRST ASPECT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRY, WHICH NEEDS A PROPERLY ORIENTED NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN ORDER TO FLOURISH. THE SECOND ASPECT, INFORMATION…

To explore whether there is a recognizable point (a terminology-setting event, e.g., a scholarly conference, a special issue of a journal, or a particularly influential journal article) in the development of a new branch of knowledge that serves to codify a vocabulary for the researchers of that field, electronic and manual searches were conducted…

An analysis of the findings of a 1973 survey of research/information needs for promoting innovation in community colleges is presented. This survey was made of institutions which had previously expressed interest in information assistance. Analyses are made by topic area, region and topics by region. These tentative conclusions were reached: (1) a…

Identifies two major problems--first, both the formal and informal communication networks are extremely diffuse; and second, the interval from the start of a piece of research until its integration into the archival body of scientific knowledge is long--and presents some suggestions for alleviating them. (Author/JM)

To obtain user evaluations of the information analysis products (IAPs) produced by the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERIC/TM), subjects were randomly drawn from a 1976 list of the clearinghouse's IAP orders. The sample was stratified by the title requested and the following…

This report contains a summary of research done at Alfred P. Sloan School of Management to study the information requirements associated with research and development activity under the headings: parallel projects, laboratory communication networks, characteristic costs of information channels, and interorganizational transfer of information.…

SPIRES WAS PLANNED AS A FIVE-YEAR EFFORT TO DEVELOP AND STUDY AN EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION NEEDS OF PHYSICISTS AT STANFORD. THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE SPIRES PROJECT. ONE IS TO STUDY THE INFORMATION NEEDS AND INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF A USER POPULATION OF ABOUT 100 HIGH- ENERGY PHYSICISTS. DETAILS…

Institutional development research officers are problem solvers who can take a kernel of information about individuals and create a profile of their lifestyle and finances that provides fund raisers with a beginning point for contact. In turn, fund raisers in the field often can provide researchers with new information for profiling. Program…

The relationship between the social structure of knowledge systems and knowledge syntheses is explored in order to define the social and cultural requirements for effective linkage. Following an introduction (section 1), analysis is divided into 5 additional sections. Section 2 discusses tools for conceptualizing knowledge systems, including…