The terse conclusion--a brief statement written by one versed in a field after reading a document--is suggested as one answer to the problems of too much to read and of reading many foreign languages. (26 references) (Author/NH)

This report discusses an experimental inquiry into the nature and use of context data. The objective is to explore the implications of a system incorporating context data and, ultimately, to test the utility of context data for meeting the needs of users of information systems. The result of this inquiry has been the establishment of a context…

This report is a survey of five on-line retrieval systems that, with one exception, have been used to demonstrate on-line access to the recently developed Committee on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI) inventory of government sponsored work now in progress in the area of information sciences and technology. The report was prepared to…

This paper on Thesauri in Educational Documentation attempts to show by description and analysis the difference in application between thesauri and classification schemes as indexing languages in documentary information systems, and from this to infer possible future developments. First, the differences between the pre-coordination and…

Contained in this document are four selected articles from the Russian language periodical "Ekonomika i Organizatsiya Promyshlennogo Proizvodstva." The selections are: "The New Science of Information" by S.L. Sobolev, "On Ways to Develop Organizational Structures in Information Science" by V.D. Grober,…

Reported are the hearings held on April 29 and 30, 1969 before the General Subcommittee on Education of the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 8809, a bill to amend Title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to provide for the establishment of a national information retrieval system for scientific and technical information. The…

The American Institute of Physics Current Physics Information program offers new products to help scientists and engineers stay up to date, including a computer tape file and microfilm cartridge of selected articles. Later additions will include title, advance abstracts and bibliographic publications. (TS)

Testimony given by Dr. John Rothman, Manager of Information Services, New York Times, before the General Subcommittee on Education ... describes the information retrieval system of the New York Times. He describes how the system will process material efficiently and economically, store it securely and in proper order, and make it available via…

This article describes the five interrelated components of ERIC, a nationwide education information system, while focusing on the products and services of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education. (Editor/IR)

Surveys library technology in India, and describes the various documentation, bibliographic, and information retrieval services currently in operation, including those programs which train information professionals. A bibliography, appendix of definitions, and list of computer programs are given. (FM)

People who develop information into a consumable form seem at times to work in a vacuum, failing to consider the potential users. Some helpful tips for preparing documents for easy retrieval and use, based upon guidelines followed in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system, are presented. The three major areas of evaluation are…

SEARCH STRATEGIES WHICH CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY MODIFIED WERE DEVELOPED FOR COORDINATE SEARCHING SYSTEMS. USING THE FILES OF THE NASA TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION PROGRAM AT THE KNOWLEDGE AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE RETRIEVAL OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS BY BOTH MANUAL AND MACHINE METHODS FOR FIVE QUESTIONS…

The main objective of this comparative survey of the use of classification in science information is to explore the possibility of adopting a standard general classification in this field. Classification is defined as the grouping, division and/or sequencing according to meaning, of subject representations such as catalogue or index terms,…

TO FACILITATE GATHERING OF RESEARCH AND OTHER INFORMATION, RETRIEVAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN MANY FIELDS. THE ERIC SYSTEM IS A LARGE SCALE PROGRAM TO BRING THE LITERATURE OF THE EDUCATION FIELD UNDER CONTROL. ADMINISTRATIVELY, IT IS A COMBINATION OF CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED CONTROL, WITH A CENTRAL OFFICE, A DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION…

Discusses the 1995 OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop that met to define a standard set of data elements for describing network-accessible information resources. These document data elements had to be simple enough for authors and publishers to use, to facilitate discovery and retrieval, and to be useful as a basis for descriptive cataloging. (JKP)