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Jonassen, David H. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Briefly describes Project: Media Base, a national nonprint media data base; summarizes results of a survey to media personnel and librarians regarding this issue; and draws general conclusions for the practitioner and information science educator. (CWM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Databases, Information Networks

Greiger, Stephan – Educational Media International, 1973
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Educational Development, Educational Research
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
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY. – 1993
This 15-minute videotape introduces viewers to ERIC and emphasizes ERIC's connection to the electronic information highway. Topics covered include (1) the basic structure of the ERIC system, including the 16 subject-specialized clearinghouses; (2) benefits offered, including publications, the ERIC database, information quality, and the ERIC…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Database Producers, Electronic Mail
Weinberg, Alvin M.; And Others – 1963
The first two parts of the report describe some attributes of the information process and of various information handling systems. Recommendations to the technical community include: (1) The technical community must recognize that handling of technical information is a worthy and integral part of science; (2) The individual author must accept more…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Government Role, Information Dissemination, Information Needs

Bidd, Donald; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Description of national computerized information system for Canadian audiovisual material--FORMAT--highlights its development and management by National Film Board of Canada, system developments during past 4 years, system design and standards, database sources, and database processing (building database with UTLAS, cataloging, access to database,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Databases, Foreign Countries
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1989
The seven papers in these proceedings focus on the characteristics and potentials of non-bibliographic databases in the context of library and commercial networks. Following an introduction by Sandra K. Paul, this report presents the individual papers: (1) "User Perspectives and Requirements: Creator of Non-Bibliographic Databases Has To Share…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Full Text Databases, Information Networks
Matsumura, Tamiko – 1983
This paper describes the development of a proposed Japanese Science Information System (SIS), a nationwide network of research and academic libraries, large-scale computer centers, national research institutes, and other organizations, to be formed for the purpose of sharing information and resources in the natural sciences, technology, the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Check Lists, Databases, Design Requirements
Bedarf, Erwin W.; Korotkin, Arthur L. – 1969
A report is presented of a study undertaken to analyze the future clearinghouse requirements of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system. Volume 1 describes research on the domains of future ERIC clearinghouses. A taxonomy of education was created, a sample of educational literature categorized by means of it, and 21 domains…
Descriptors: Classification, Clearinghouses, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Coulson, John M. – 1975
The chief educational information unit in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the focus for dissemination of information to various agencies is the Department of Educational Information of the Scientific Research Institute of General Sciences, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (APS). The department services the whole of the USSR by…
Descriptors: Automation, Coordination, Databases, Delivery Systems