Over the past several decades, millions of digital objects of significant scientific, economic, cultural, and historic value have been published and distributed to libraries and archives on removable media. Providing long-term access to these documents, media files, and software executables is an increasingly complex task because of dependencies…

The final report describes the work performed by Riverside Research Institute (RRI) for the New York State Education Department in regard to the Reporting and Evaluation System for Occupational Education (RESOE). A brief introduction is followed by a section dealing with RESOE's design, development, and operation, and including general discussions…

Deals with conceptualization of problems of information, the empirical results obtained in the program of action launched by the Centro Latinoamericano de Documentacion Economica y Social (CLADES), and the proposal to establish interorganizational cooperation and coordination to draw up a regional plan for information development. A 17-item…

To support the New York State Education Department's efforts, a project was carried out to design and implement information and reporting systems that serve the needs of occupational information. Technical assistance was provided throughout the project to implement an occupational education reporting system in New York City and coordinate that…

The need for information controls for college records management programs and the elements of program organization, planning, and management are discussed. Conditions at institutions that indicate a flaw in information control are identified, along with the benefits of a sound records management program. The management of an information and…

The implementation plan, database design and data relationships, and benefits achievable through an integrated online/database approach to a university information system are presented. The core of the Washington State system is a central name and address file. (Author/MLW)

This report of the UNISIST II conference presents the general proceedings of the conference and makes recommendations on the future activities at national, regional, and international levels in the field of scientific and technical information. The opening section reports the welcoming addresses to the delegates and the administrative business of…

Career Key is a microcomputer library management system designed to access the cataloging records of the Career Development Library at Florida State University. The Career Key system, which provides access to a comprehensive and integrated multi-media collection of about 1,500 career resources, is based on a classification system involving 35…

This paper is one in a publication series containing general knowledge which can help colleges and universities in the various phases of developing comprehensive cooperative education programs (see note). It focuses on design of a suitable cooperative management information system. The paper begins by establishing a perspective about management…

One of 10 publications from a long-range vocational education planning project, this dictionary is designed to help the planner identify vocation planning data elements and organize them for storage and easy accessibility. This publication serves to identify and describe (1) those data elements required to support current planning and…

Procedures utilized during the 1971-72 IMS (Instructional Management System) exercise to record and monitor the flow of data-gathering forms are described and explained. Mailing, logging, pre- and post-processing and filing operations are discussed. Operational problems are identified. Examples of forms are appended. (SK)

The purpose of this project was to develop computer techniques for the production of VT-ERIC publications and to report these techniques so that they might be used by other ERIC Clearinghouses for production of their publications. The Clearinghouse needed to: (1) generate bibliographies from its own collection upon which to base information…

THIS REPORT ON ERIC FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1968 DESCRIBES (1) STATUS OF TRENDS FROM 1967 AND EARLIER, (2) MAJOR CHANGES IN ERIC COMPONENTS, (3) GROWTH OF ERIC, (4) INCREASED USE AND IMPACT OF ERIC, AND (5) COMING DEVELOPMENTS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE VALUES OF THE DECENTRALIZED PLAN OF OPERATION ARE DEMONSTRATED IN THE GROWING TIES AMONG…

The Cincinnati Public Schools have been exploring new applications of computers in the areas of program planning, management, and evaluation. For the past 10 years, they have collected and computer-stored information on student, staff, administrative, and socioeconomic variables for each school. Data on a selected set of the variables best…

The developmental paper, one of a series written as the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) was conceptualized, is a first attempt to picture the computer system necessary to carry out the project's goals. It describes the basic structure and the anticipated strategies of development of the computer system to be used.…