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Ah Mai, Karen L. – 1974
Organizational alternatives for a Pacific educational computer-communications network are studied through the examples provided by other networks. A survey of networks is provided with a discussion of the history and development of networks and the distinctions in network technology and applications. Nine specific networks are described. Libraries…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Programs, Computers, Information Networks
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East, H. – Journal of Documentation, 1978
Reviews a selection of international collaborative efforts in the production of information services and attempts to characterize modes of cooperation. Methods and rationale for international information transfer and future program prospects are discussed. (JVP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1973
As established within the framework of the UNISIST world science information system, the International Serials Data System (ISDS) is an international network of operational national and regional centers, jointly responsible for the creation and maintenance of computer based data banks, which contain essential information for the identification of…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Cataloging, Databases, Documentation
Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed.; Pennings, Anthony J., Ed. – 1986
The eighth Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC) proceedings contain 61 papers related to the conference theme, "Evolution of the Digital Pacific." These papers look at the ramifications of future technological breakthroughs and transitional needs. The first two days of the conference focused on state-of-the-art developments…
Descriptors: Computers, Information Networks, Information Systems, International Cooperation
Goodman, H. J. A. – 1978
This discussion of the design, development, and operation of information systems functioning at the national or international level focuses on some of the current interests and concerns of those networks designed to facilitate the sharing or exchange of particular types of nonprint media (NPM) materials. Three categories of NPM materials/resources…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Systems
Sviridov, Felix A. – UNESCO Bulletin for Libraries, 1978
Discusses two facets of the multi-aspect program of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) aimed at international cooperation with a view to standardizing documents and elaborating new patent information retrieval methods, while stressing the role of three international patent information organizations. (CWM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Assante, Leonard E.; Schrader, Stuart M. – 1993
The International Health Communication Hotline (InHealth) represents an attempt to firmly establish, develop and promote a new Communication Studies subdiscipline in the academic and health care arenas via computer networking. If successful, the project will demonstrate the power of computer networking as an agent of change. Health communication…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Content Analysis
Reid-Smith, Edward R. – 1977
The development of professional education in librarianship is reviewed from the national pattern conforming to the general system in each country, through the unilateral (paternalistic) internationalism in librarianship due to colonialism and the emergence of a new professional nationalism, to the opportunities offered by the growth of such…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Needs, Information Networks, International Educational Exchange
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on library statistics, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Network Statistics and Library Management," in which Glyn T. Evans (United States) suggests that network statistics can be used to improve internal library decisionmaking, enhance group resource…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Decision Making, Developing Nations