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EUDISED: European Documentation and Information System for Education. Volume III, Technical Studies.
Download full textCouncil of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1969
An information system, either manual or computerized, is a system for collecting, selecting, validating and augmenting data to form a collection of information (the data base) which will form the basis from which various types of information services can be provided. These services may be individual (retrospective searching or current awareness)…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Documentation, Education
Clifton, Joe Ann, Ed.; Helgeson, Duane, Ed. – 1973
This collection of ten conference reports begins with "Historical Impact of Computers on the Operation of Libraries and Information Systems: A Personal Perspective" and is followed by "Tips on Computer Software: Advantages and Methods of Program Dissemination" and "BLOCS--A Unique Multi-Dimensional Approach to On-Line Circulation". Next, libraries…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Data Collection, Databases
Duchesne, R. M.; And Others – 1979
Conducted to review the present status of computerized bibliographic centers in Canada and to report on the most effective means of promoting computerized library network development in that country, this study summary of the findings of seven substudies (1) describes the salient features of 20 Canadian and United States centers; (2) reviews major…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Networks
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1975
The 1974-75 annual report of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) provides statistics, tables, and narrative information about OCLC's operation, particularly its on-line cataloging services. A detailed financial statement is included. Members as of June 1975 are listed, as are the OCLC trustees. (LS)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cataloging, College Libraries, Computers
HOLZBAUR, FREDERICK W.; FARRIS, EUGENE H. – 1966
DIRECT MAN-MACHINE COMMUNICATION IS NOW POSSIBLE THROUGH ON-LINE, REAL-TIME TYPEWRITER TERMINALS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO COMPUTERS. THESE TERMINAL SYSTEMS PERMIT THE OPERATOR, WHETHER ORDER CLERK, CATALOGER, REFERENCE LIBRARIAN OR TYPIST, TO INTERACT WITH THE COMPUTER IN MANIPULATING DATA STORED WITHIN IT. THE IBM ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL SYSTEM…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Data Processing
Henderson, Madeline M.; And Others – 1966
The purpose of the study of the literature on which this report is based was to examine those problems in the field of documentation and in the operation of information systems which could possibly be solved or alleviated by some greater measure of cooperation, convertibility, or compatibility among systems, particularly those systems for handling…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Automation, Clearinghouses, Coordination
Cuadra, Carlos A.; And Others – 1967
The application of technology to libraries, possible library systems of the future, and problems of effecting a transition between the present and the future are examined. The report identifies a series of recognized or assumed service and operations requirements, surveys major technologies applicable to libraries, and reviews current and planned…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computers, Electronic Equipment
Schutz, Harald – 1975
Discussions and recommendations for developing national documentation centers (library and information services) in developing nations are provided as a result of a study conducted by the International Federation for Documentation (FID) Committee for Developing Countries (FID/DC) and commissioned by Unesco. The ten facets studied include: (1) the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
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
