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Weisman, Herman M. – 1973
It is necessary to distinguish the functions, services and products of various types of information services. For example, document centers, clearinghouses, referral centers, and special libraries deal mainly with information in a broad sense. The main function of information analysis centers, however, is to optimize the ratio of knowledge to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks

Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks

Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks

Tucker, Chris – 1975
A generalized file-conversion program suite for the EUDISED (European Documentation and Information System for Education) information network, suitable for running on a wide range of mainframe computers, is suggested and described. Time and expenditures required to implement the system are assessed. Two other possible methods of handling the data…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Catalogs, Computer Programs, Databases
Fife, Jonathan D. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1977
The article examines goals of information systems and basic areas that must be considered before an information system is established. The ERIC system is described as an example. Administrative organization, information processing, and problems of the system are discussed. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Information Centers
Paisley, William – 1971
Information systems for the sciences and professions should differ from those of traditional libraries because their purpose is to disseminate information, not to archive it, and their holdings should reflect user needs, not the size of the knowledge base. Various information system models may be identified, such as the discipline-oriented, the…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks
Moore, Lorna; And Others – 1971
Difficulties encountered by users of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) idexing and abstracting services are: (1) coverage too broad for a single index, (2) duplication of material indexed or distributed elsewhere, (3) multiple number series, (4) inconsistency of bibliographic entries and (5) coverage unpredictable. The difficulties…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Government Publications, Information Centers, Information Networks

Bonnefoi, Claude – Educational Media International, 1973
In addition to books, brochures and other printed materials, collecting operations gather together a daily increasing number of records, tapes, slides, cinematographic films or magnetoscopic tapes. Author discusses the special problems of processing these documents. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Communications, Cataloging, Communications

Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System. – 1971
This report summarizes the final results of project activities to define a discipline-based information system program for the language sciences. The Center for Applied Linguistic's successful efforts to consolidate the relatively large and heterogeneous professional community are described in part one, Cooperation in the Language Sciences. Part…
Descriptors: Automation, Clearinghouses, Information Centers, Information Networks
Brandhorst, Wesley T. – 1972
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system and the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility are briefly discussed as introductory and background material to this paper on the technical and managerial aspects of operating an information processing center. The following topics are covered under the subject of managing the ERIC data…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication Problems, Computers, Coordination
Meyboom, W. B. – Higher Education and Research in the Netherlands, 1977
Describes the efforts of the Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation to develop an international center for the promotion of university cooperation. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Charts, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Collection, Educational Mobility
Hurst, James C.; Weigel, Richard G. – 1969
Counseling center efforts to establish and maintain relevant effectiveness in the services they offer, must be based on valid and reliable feedback from critical sources. Record keeping and data collection are the procedures by which this feedback can be acquired if they are designed to answer questions and do not become ends in themselves. A…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Evaluation, Followup Studies
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