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Download full textMeredith, Joseph C. – 1975
A selective dissemination service (SRIM) of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) features semimonthly dissemination of microfiche copies of documents newly added to the NTIS collection, on the basis of interest profiles. The service was used to test a university subsystem wherein a number of individual profiles were combined and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Faculty, College Libraries, Databases
Dolan, F. T., Ed. – 1970
The two-day conference included the following: (1) a tutorial on Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) services including those of the National Science Library, COMPENDEX, and the retrospective and current-awareness searches of "Chemical Titles;" (2) a workshop on profiling and search editing, for the aforementioned services; (3)…
Descriptors: Automation, Conference Reports, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Blase, Nancy G. – 1975
The University of Washington Libraries offers a monthly computerized retrieval of medical literature (MEDLINE) based on a profile of interest supplied by the user. To evaluate user response to the service 136 questionnaires were sent out; 119 were returned. Among the major findings of the survey were: SDILINE is of major value in alerting users to…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Evans, L. – 1973
A study was conducted of the International Information Service in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers, and Control (INSPEC) selective dissemination of information (SDI) user profile generation. Five degrees of user involvement in the generation of profiles were investigated ranging from having the user provide only a statement of subject…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation, Indexing, Information Needs
University of Science, Penang (Malaysia). – 1983
A survey of 88 users of SISMAKOM, a computerized selective dissemination of information (SDI) and document delivery service provided by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and four other Malaysian universities, was conducted in August 1982 in order to collect data about SISMAKOM and to assess the value of a computerized SDI service in a developing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Carmon, James L. – 1974
The historical and current status of information dissemination centers and the problem of user interface are reviewed. During the past decade, the problems of technical data processing have been conquered; information dissemination has evolved from a loosely knit group of experimental centers to an organization of established centers, many…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Centers
Clague, P. – 1971
The investigation of the performance, economics, and acceptability to users of the selective dissemination of information (SDI) computer system that supported the International Information Service in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers, and Control (INSPEC) during its initial testing phase is described. The initial design of the study, involving…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Electricity, Evaluation
