Purpose: Colleges and Universities have been established to provide educational services to the people. Like any other organization, the school has processes and procedures similar to business or industry that involve admissions, processing of data, and generation of reports. Those processes are made possible through a centralized system in…

Finds librarians increasingly dependent upon vendors to provide the information needed to make decisions regarding such diverse activities as microform conversion, storage, and library security. Explains the differences between the librarian's needs and the vendor's needs, concluding that a slightly adversarial relationship is healthy. (DMM)

The focus of this report is an in-depth analysis of the Research Services Office (RSO) at Lakeland Community College, including specialized information services and procedures of the RSO. Research services at Lakeland include but are not limited to: (1) acquisition, centralization, and coordination of internal reports; (2) collection of…

Data from a brief survey of current and potential uses of minicomputers in small educational institutions suggests that the principal role of minicomputers in such institutions will be for school administration and for teaching the use of computers. In the instructional area, emphasis should be placed on teaching (1) the potentials and…

Gives a definition for "trends" and describes ways to use and find trends. Discusses different types of trends including trends for academic libraries, trends for other types of libraries/general librarianship, trends for umbrella entities, and general societal trends. Concludes by giving recommendation for finding trends from various sources. (MZ)

The purpose of phase I of a feasibility study was to provide information to serve as guidelines for implementation of telecommunications into the office technology curriculum at Jefferson College. Extensive research of available literature and interviews with users and vendors of telecommunications equipment provided the background necessary for…

In this essay, discussions are presented of the current setting within which statewide planning for community/junior colleges is operating, the "impact" of the "1202 Commissions" proposed in the Federal Higher Education Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-318), simultaneous related special interests in information, and salient implications for…

Phase II of a feasibility study to gather information for implementing telecommunications into the office systems and technologies curriculum at Jefferson College began in January 1984. The objectives were to provide the instructional staff with the technical information needed to teach telecommunications and to explore the possibility of…

Geosystems are computerized techniques for matching information to places. They correlate demographic and socioeconomic information with locations on the surface of the earth. Using geosystems the college administrator can: (1) improve his overall planning, (2) define college service areas, (3) assist in site selection for new programs and…

Examines three generally held assumptions concerning the mission, resource management, and curriculum of two-year college occupational programs within the context of the current information society. Recommends using information networks to promote knowledge, acknowledging information as a dominant resource for management, and integrating learning…

The Santa Ana College (SAC) Research Office cataloging system based on ERIC subject descriptors and on an internally developed document source and author index is described. Each document entering the office is assigned a classification number which includes a subject index code, a source index code, the publication date, and a unique sequence…

Describes the Internet as a useful tool for communication between instructors and students via electronic mail and as a research engine using the World Wide Web. Delineates its potential use in education as a means of information delivery and access to sophisticated programs and as an additional link to the community. (VWC)

In the last of a three-part series, this study examined the information processing patterns of postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native students attending community and tribal colleges in the Southwest. Using a survey design, students completed the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, the Briggs and Myers Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Oltman,…

A matrix model for the collection, management, and utilization of data was developed at Eastern Iowa Community College District, (Davenport, Iowa) for evaluating institutional effectiveness. The model was examined in relation to various assessment instruments and the evaluation of functional areas and programs. Surveys of six different target…

A tech prep/associate degree program in information technology was developed to prepare workers for entry into and advancement in occupations entailing applications of scientific principles and higher mathematics in situations involving various office machines. According to the articulation agreement reached, students from five country regional…