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Mace, Richard E.; Lattman, Martin – Technological Horizons in Education, 1985
Since a university is an information processing organization, higher education is one of the first societal segments to be affected by the rapid expansion of the information age. Two experts in local area networks (LAN) describe what is needed to make a LAN work in a major university setting. (JN)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Processing, Universities
Bahniuk, Margaret Hilton – American School and University, 1983
Converting to word processors, microcomputers, or other automated systems requires that office needs be analyzed, equipment and software packages examined, and personnel eased through the transition. Guidelines are provided. (MLF)
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Equipment Evaluation, Information Networks
Bose, Anindya – 1984
Within the last 20 or 30 years, some technologies have mushroomed that have not only revolutionized the discipline and practice of librarianship and information management, but also christened our age as the Information Age. This paper identifies the technological breakthroughs that ushered in the Information Age and are transforming librarianship…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Information Processing, Library Automation
Maxwell, Terrence A., Ed. – Open Forum, 1998
This newsletter features innovations in resource management and information technology to support New York State government. The newsletter contains the following six sections: (1) "Electronic Commerce: Government Services in the New Millennium" -- examining the need for government involvement in electronic commerce policy and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Management, Information Networks, Information Processing
JEM Research, Victoria (British Columbia). – 1982
In 1982 a study was conducted to analyze educational software information currently available to Canadian educators and to develop a plan for effectively collecting, organizing, and disseminating courseware information in the future. The teachers, students, librarians, educational resource personnel, and administrators included in the study…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Catalogs, Check Lists, Computer Programs
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Marshall, Eliot – Science, 1989
Describes the formation of the supercomputer system which reaches from Seattle to South Florida. Explains the major obstacles of international protocols, billing, priority routing, and security. (RT)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers
Bourque, Joseph H.; And Others – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1985
Three articles discuss: (1) a Montana State University pilot project utilizing a local area network for word processing; (2) an interdisciplinary arrangement between Purdue University's Electrical Engineering and English Departments which utilizes computers to teach writing to engineering students; and (3) whether computers should be used to teach…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Engineering Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1988
This guide is intended for use in teaching a course in electronic communications systems. Class activities during the course examine the processes of creating electronic signals and transmitting various coded messages to other locations. Methods of changing the form of electric current are emphasized, and the latest techniques in data processing…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computers, Electronic Equipment, Grade 11
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Underwood, C. I.; And Others – Physics Education, 1987
Discusses the use of satellite data in physics classrooms. Describes the apparatus that can be used to collect and analyze data. Provides examples of how telemetry data transmitted by the satellite UoSAT-2 can be used not only in teaching physics, but also in geography, mathematics, and information technology. (TW)
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Communications Satellites, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC. National Crime Information Center. – 1992
This document is the first volume of a two-volume set of lesson plans which together make up a complete training package for full-service terminal operators. The lesson plans are designed to ensure that a state's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) training program meets Advisory Policy Board standards. (NCIC is a nationwide computerized…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Science, Computers, Crime
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC. National Crime Information Center. – 1992
This document is the second volume of a two-volume set of lesson plans that together make up a complete training package for full-service terminal operators. The lesson plans are designed to ensure that a state's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) training program meets Advisory Policy Board standards. (NCIC is a nationwide computerized…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Science, Computers, Crime