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Peer reviewedEgghe, Leo; Rousseau, Ronald – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
Examines the notions of aging, obsolescence, impact, growth, utilization, and related concepts in information science. Illustrates the influence of growth on aging, how aging rates can be corrected for growth, and the relation with impact measures. Presents mathematical results, practical calculations, and examples of these concepts. Gives a brief…
Descriptors: Age, Information Science, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedChenery, Peter J. – RQ, 1973
The program described has the primary objective of making Federally generated technology and research information available to public and private agencies. Cost analysis, data banks, and search strategies are explained. (Author/DH)
Descriptors: Costs, Information Centers, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Proposes a conceptual framework for studying the information-seeking behavior of executives when they scan the business environment. Research in management theory and information science is reviewed, and the principal elements of the framework are discussed, including the environment, acquisition of information, environmental information use,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Information Needs, Information Science, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedSen, B. K. – Journal of Documentation, 1999
Symbols for bibliometric concepts like "half life,""impact factor,""normalized impact factor," and "immediacy index" are proposed and formulas for the determination of their values are provided. The features of the bibliometric concepts are also highlighted. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Classification, Evaluation Criteria, Indexing
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
This publication contains Part I of the report by a study group dealing with the information requirements of the scientist, technologist and technician in Canada. These include such things as economic, statistical, and engineering data, medical and pharmaceutical information. In examining the many facets of the creation, handling, and use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
A number of large information systems operating in countries other than Canada were investigated. Some of these systems or combinations of them can be used as models for pilot applications in Canada. Some research and considerable development are required, however, to enable them to meet specific Canadian requirements. To create regional and…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Processing
Download full textOffice of Management and Budget, Washington, DC. – 1985
Directed to the heads of executive departments and establishments, this circular establishes policy for the management of federal information resources. Procedural and analytic guidelines for implemented aspects of these policies are included as appendices. The policies apply to the information activities of all agencies of the executive branch of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Government Publications
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
Canada's major scientific and technical information resources are supported largely by the Federal Government. They consist of libraries, data files, specialized information centers, and field services. The Canadian Government has no overall policy concerning the handling of scientific and technical information. The need for a national information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government (Administrative Body), Government Libraries, Government Role
Steere, William C., Ed. – 1970
Special problems in the handling of biological information arise from the diversity of biological subject matter and the complexity of biological approaches towards phenomena of the living world. This state-of-the-art report on communications of information in the biological sciences provides information on: (1) users of biological information,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Crowther, Warren – 1984
This article addresses the conditions of developing countries which must be taken into account in developing information strategies for their public and educational institutions or projects. Its central argument is that newer information science concepts, although they demand technological and conceptual sophistication, can be useful in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developing Nations, Human Resources, Information Needs
Irving, Ann, Ed. – 1981
Based on a survey covering 56 countries, this report lists internationally relevant instructional materials and research aimed at familiarizing school children with information concepts and skills, and also discusses the creation of new instructional materials in this area. The study's aims, methods, and rationale are briefly described, as well as…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Children, Elementary Education
Carroll, Bonnie C.; King, Donald W. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Presents a framework for measuring the value of information from three perspectives--the reader of information, the organization or funder, and society--which is based on use studies of the Energy Data Base by Department of Energy researchers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Information Centers
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy. – 1975
Research, teaching and communications activities of the Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy from September 1973 through September 1974 are reported and summarized. Background information on the program's structure, operating procedure, administration and finances also are provided. Research reports are subdivided by basic…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Science
Lambert, Roger H.; Grady, Carl R. – 1975
In compiling the final report of Wisconsin's ERIC on-line Information Retrieval Demonstration and Research Project, an extensive review of research on information science, user needs and perceptions, and information use and saturation was seen as a vital first step. Such knowledge might help explain the successes and failures of the Project, which…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Futures (of Society)
