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Peer reviewedKochen, M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1972
The primary message of the SIG/BSS panel discussion at the 1971 ASIS annual meeting was the need to probe more deeply into the utility of knowledge for decision-making and to shift priorities toward making data more usable to policy-makers than to collectors and disseminators. (17 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Discussion Groups, Economic Factors
Download full textInstitute of Information Scientists, London (England). – 1969
The primary purpose of the Conference was to emphasize the value of technical information to leaders of British industries by relating the use of technical information to economic development, showing that there are weaknesses in the collection and use of technical information, trying to cost these failings, and indicating some of the remedial…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Development, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1971
In pursuance of resolution 2.141 (a) adopted by the General Conference at its sixteenth session (October-November 1970), the Intergovernmental Conference for the Establishment of a World Science Information System (UNISIST) was organized by Unesco. The purpose of the Conference held October 4-8, 1971 was to make recommendations covering the basic…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Fretwell, Jan, Ed.; Thomas, Charles R., Ed. – 1977
This is a collection of papers presented at an annual conference of the College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE). Conference activities included a keynote address, general session, and five tracks of presentations: (1) Information Systems Development and Management's Expectations; (2) Information Systems Benefit Analysis; (3) Small College…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Reports, Data Processing
McEwen, Hazel E., Ed. – 1974
Recent technological advances in computers and communications make possible the integration of data systems and the exchange of data among them on an expanding scale. However, the full effect of these advances cannot be realized unless the need for uniform understanding of the common information (data elements) and its expression in data systems…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Conferences
BLK Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
Included are issue statements, workshop reports, and recommendations. The conference was held for educators and educational data collectors to exchange ideas on improving postsecondary education surveys and to plan for making such surveys universally compatible. Among the issues discussed are the uses of information, government concerns in…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Factors, Educational Planning, Educational Quality
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit. – 1972
A 2-day dissemination conference was held to provide opportunities for participants from eight states to share ideas concerning information dissemination and to discuss regional communication efforts. Presentations during the first day of the conference centered around the dissemination and communication efforts of the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Communications, Conference Reports, Educational Programs
1971
The purpose of this report is to focus attention on nurse manpower data and the related coordinating activities of the Interagency Conference on Nursing Statistics (ICONS). The report describes ICONS and its objectives and presents a summary of the proceedings of the organization's 1971 conference. The papers which are included provide information…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Collection, Educational Programs, Employment Statistics
Mann, Richard L.; Thomas, Charles R. – 1976
This is a collection of papers presented at an annual conference of the College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE). Thirty-one papers are reproduced in their entirety and 39 are presented as abstracts. Of the 31 complete papers, 12 have been individually abstracted for "Resources in Education" (RIE). The major topics of the…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
Husbands, Charles W., Ed.; Tighe, Ruth L., Ed. – 1975
This volume of Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science is limited to the text of papers accepted and scheduled for presentation at the 1975 meeting. The papers reflect the need to address and define issues in national information policy, and they examine the current state of federal-level planning and funding of information…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
