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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1971
This synopsis of a report prepared by a joint committee of UNESCO and the International Council of Scientific Unions contains 22 recommendations regarding the formation of a World Science Information System (UNISIST). The necessity for, and trends toward, co-operation in information exchange are outlined and the objectives of UNISIST listed. The…
Descriptors: Information Storage, Information Systems, International Programs, Program Descriptions
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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
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
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Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Science Information Exchange. – 1978
This international directory of existing information systems and services on ongoing research includes descriptions of planned systems and services, those under development, and those which are fully operational, as well as several institutional initiatives which represent innovative approaches to the field. Data collection for the inventory was…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Directories, Global Approach
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1977
This report describes the pilot program for SPINES, a computerized system for collecting, selecting, analysing, and disseminating documents and factual data that have a direct bearing on policy-making, arrangement, transfer, and assessment in science and technology. This data is needed in developing policies for the advancement of science and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Developing Nations, Exchange Programs
Parker, S. – 1982
In preparing this paper, which was designed to serve as a basis for discussion at the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on Education and Training Policy and Programme, a consultant surveyed and analyzed the activities carried out since the committee's fourth session in 1980 as well as those to be carried out during the remainder of the 1981-83…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Information Scientists