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Organizing, Indexing, and Retrieving Information.
Fidel, Raya – School Library Media Quarterly, 1989
Reviews the literature that examines new capabilities and new problems associated with online catalogs, online searching of bibliographic databases, indexing, full text retrieval, and expert systems. The need for research that focuses on individual needs and that adopts an integrated approach which views indexing and retrieval as interrelated…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Expert Systems, Full Text Databases, Indexing
In Support of Collection Assessment: The Role of Automation in the Acquisitions and Serials Departments.
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Hawks, Carol Pitts – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes the role of automation in library acquisitions and serials departments in support of collection development. Highlights include workstations and expert systems; links to external databases; vendor services, including serials services and online review and selection of approval books; and automated access to collection development…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Databases, Expert Systems, Library Acquisition
An Automated Approach to Instructional Design Guidance.
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Spector, J. Michael; And Others – 1993
This paper describes the Guided Approach to Instructional Design Advising (GAIDA), an automated instructional design tool that incorporates techniques of artificial intelligence. GAIDA was developed by the U.S. Air Force Armstrong Laboratory to facilitate the planning and production of interactive courseware and computer-based training materials.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Authoring Aids (Programming), Automation, Computer Assisted Instruction
A Reference-Librarian Model for Computer-Aided Library Instruction.
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Binkley, R. David; Parrott, James R. – Information Services and Use, 1987
Describes a computerized reference and bibliographic instruction system currently under development at the University of Waterloo Library. The functions of the system, which will include query negotiation, suggestions for research strategies, referral to appropriate reference materials, information on library services and locations, and library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries
Public-Access Computer Systems: The Next Generation of Library Automation Systems.
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Bailey, Charles W., Jr. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes nine categories of library automation systems intended for direct use by library patrons: catalog information systems; electronic information systems; information presentation systems; instructional systems; consultation systems; information services and delivery systems; conferencing systems; integrative systems; and user computing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Information Networks, Information Services
150 Years of Medical Information Research.
Siegel, Elliot R. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Traces the history of the National Library of Medicine with emphasis on research and development activities in biomedical communications and information science. Highlights include the areas of bibliographic control, library automation, information retrieval, knowledge management systems, and educational technologies. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Expert Systems
Teaching Library Skills for the 1990s.
Buboltz, Dale; And Others – Book Report, 1991
Includes 10 articles that address issues involved in teaching library skills in middle schools and junior and senior high schools. Topics discussed include computer-based technology; blending print and electronic sources; search strategies for online systems; expert systems for reference questions; information skills and thinking skills; and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities