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Duckworth, Winston H. – 1969
Responsibility for operating the Defense Ceramic Information Center (DCIC) was assigned to Battelle in May 1967. This report tells of accomplishments during the first two years of the assignment. The mission, scope and operational standards of the Center are defined, and the report describes the nature and distribution of the various products and…
Descriptors: Ceramics, Conferences, Costs, Financial Support
PDF pending restorationFry, 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
Download full textFry, 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
PDF pending restorationFry, 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
Heenan, Daniel J. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
Describes development and utilization of microcomputer center at Nyack Hospital which decentralized information processing and implemented small-scale automation. Highlights include microcenter's role in: (1) training hospital staff in using database management; (2) providing advice, software/hardware evaluations, and purchasing assistance; and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Costs, Decentralization, Hospitals
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
Saracevic, Tefko; Wood, Judith B. – 1981
Intended as a pilot version, this handbook deals with the consolidation of scientific and technical information, i.e., the purposeful structuring of texts or messages from existing public knowledge in order to affect the private knowledge of individuals who otherwise might not be able to effectively and efficiently access or use the public…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1973
The conference proceedings contained in this document include invited papers, transcripts of discussions following those papers, and the reports of topical committees that met during the three day conference held in Luxembourg, May 1973. The focus of the conference was on the design and use of information retrieval and data base systems in various…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Costs, Databases
Summit, Roger K. – 1970
The utility of computer based on-line retrieval of material from the ERIC document files was tested by members of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Media and Technology at Stanford University and by the Region IX office of the U.S. Office of Education in San Francisco. The DIALOG retrieval system developed by the Information Sciences Group of…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Data Processing
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Information is repackaged to assist population education information centers in their goal of facilitating the appropriate dissemination and use of information. Repackaging of information refers to the presentation of information in more understandable, readable, acceptable, and usable forms. This manual includes (1) guidelines for choosing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Cuadra, Carlos A.; And Others – 1967
The application of technology to libraries, possible library systems of the future, and problems of effecting a transition between the present and the future are examined. The report identifies a series of recognized or assumed service and operations requirements, surveys major technologies applicable to libraries, and reviews current and planned…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computers, Electronic Equipment
Oettinger, Anthony G. – 1976
A study on information technology and public policy examined relationships among information providers and their clients in order to determine the economic, institutional, and technological factors that are key in deciding how people get the information they need. The research project was conducted to help the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Decentralization, Information Centers
