Nearly all organizations are faced with problems of classifying and coding financial data, management and technical information, components, stores, etc. and need to apply some logical and meaningful system of identification. This report examines the objectives and applications of classification and coding systems and reviews eight systems…

THIS PROJECT SOUGHT TO DEVELOP AN OPERATIONAL "TOTAL" DATA SYSTEM FOR AN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THE REPORT SYNTHESIZES MANY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES IN DATA PROCESSING, IN ORDER TO PRESCRIBE A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM SUITED TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. IT WAS FELT THAT A BROAD BASE, GENERAL PURPOSE INFORMATION SYSTEM WOULD…

The author proposes a system using the HUC to identify all information and knowledge which can be reduced to a written, pictorial, oral, or machine readable record. The code designations, which may consist of letters, numerals, and other symbols and which average 12 to 18 characters in length, provide information in 12 fields: type of material,…

Rooted binary trees with weighted nodes are structures encountered in many areas, such as coding theory, searching and sorting, information storage and retrieval. The path length is a meaningful quantity which gives indications about the expected time of a search or the length of a code, for example. In this paper, two sharp bounds for the total…

Of the problems discussed, those posing the greatest obstacle for the full utilization of microform systems are: (1) the problem of identifying the material on microforms when it is associated with key words in computerized digitalized systems; (2) the problem of copyright in converting collections of material into microform stores; and (3) the…

The establishment of a reference filing system, based on optical coincidence retrieval, for an eight-man research group studying gas reactions is described. The complete system is simple to use and gives rapid, precise reference retrieval. (1 reference) (Author)

The purpose of the present experiment was to study storage properties of dual codes for pictures and words by manipulating instructions and to study retrieval properties by manipulating the representational form of the test items. (Author)

A task force of librarians and audiovisual specialists was assembled to resolve differences among the several existing guidelines available for the cataloging of nonprint media and to establish a media code suitable for both manual and automated systems. The guidelines which it issued deal with procedures, terminology and codes, and set forth a…

THIS REPORT IS A BRIEF REVIEW OF RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE THE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL EFFICIENCY OF A MANUAL SPECIALIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON 700,000 DOCUMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, STRESS, MAST CELLS, AND ANAPHYLACTOID REACTIONS. THE SYSTEM RECEIVES 30,000 PUBLICATIONS ANNUALLY. DETAILED INFORMATION IS REPRESENTED BY…

The use of computer technology for the storage and rapid retrieval of information about instructional media requires the development of nationally accepted guidelines or standards for catalog information and computer input. The Department of Audiovisual Instruction (DAVI) organized a task force to develop standards for cataloging educational media…