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MAXIMA Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
The National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES) is being developed in response to a national need to improve the awareness of and access to a broad range of environmental data files. Two studies were conducted in support of this effort: a survey of prospective users confirming the need for and willingness to pay fees for the service and…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
Forrest, Kathryn – 1980
Reviews of use studies of online systems at academic libraries support the need for aggressive public relations techniques to increase usage. An examination of user needs reveals the existence of a potential market of users that can substantially benefit from online services, but, so far, has not been reached by the libraries that supply these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Information Needs, Information Seeking
Auster, Ethel, Ed. – Canadian Journal of Information Science, 1987
Presents the opening remarks and keynote addresses of a conference held in Toronto June 1-3, 1988. In the first address W. David Penniman presents a brief history of information technology and discusses issues of current concern. In the second, Jeffrey Katzer questions current assumptions underlying information science and discusses communications…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Factors, Information Needs, Information Systems
Dennis, J. Richard – 1979
This discussion of the administrative uses of computers from the perspective of the school administrator is concerned with both the types and sources of information involved in school administration, and specific uses of this information. The paper focuses on those administrative tasks that can be effectively computerized in defining the role of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Guidelines

Bayer, Alan E.; Jahoda, Gerald – Online Review, 1979
Research results with industrial and academic users and nonusers of computer-readable bibliographic data bases indicate that prior information "style," satisfaction with more traditional information resources, and attitudinal predisposition to the possible utility of on-line search services have some small effect on subsequent usage of on-line…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Databases, Industrial Personnel, Information Needs
MAXIMA Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
A survey was conducted to assess environmental data users' interest in a referral system such as the National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES) and to gauge user willingness to participate in a proposed NEDRES network and to comply with a system of NEDRES user fees. Twenty-one organizations were identified and 3,200 individuals were…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
MAXIMA Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
Building on the findings of a survey of potential users and a descriptive review of five existing information networks, the present study represents an attempt to characterize several options for a voluntary confederation of participants in operating the National Environmental Data Referral Services (NEDRES) being developed by the Assessment and…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
Matross, Ronald – 1986
The role of information research centers in institutional research activities was explored, based on 1,040 requests for student data at an information center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, during 1980-1985. Three distinct information center markets were identified and mechanisms for serving each market were recommended. The first was…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Delivery Systems, Higher Education
Lupton, Aaron; Davidson, Catherine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
This article describes how York University analyzed the results from its 2010-11 implementation of the Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services for Libraries survey to measure value of investments in e-resources. The results were assessed through two variables: e-resources used by faculty when carrying out funded and non-funded…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, Library Research
Mojkowski, Charles – 1982
This paper reports on an evaluation of the first 6 months of operation for two new services developed by Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS): the School Practices Information Network (SPIN), a computer-supported network of educational information providers at all organizational levels, and the School Practices Information File (SPIF), an online…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Practices, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Andrew, Loyd D.; And Others – 1980
An attempt was made to determine who uses data from the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and for what purposes. The study objective was to learn if HEGIS is a necessary and useful data base for determining the condition of higher education and developing policy. The quality of the HEGIS data perceived in terms of accuracy,…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Information Needs

Borgman, Christine L.; And Others – Online Review, 1985
Results of survey indicate that: academic faculty are unaware of range of databases available; few recognize need for databases in research; most delegate searching to librarian or assistant, rather than perform searching themselves; and 39 database guides identified tended to be descriptive rather than evaluative. A comparison of the guides is…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Guides
Watt, James H., Jr.; Stefanov, Rebecca – 1984
The situational and personal factors affecting the usage of a computer based information service by health care professionals are described. Of 166 health care professionals who were identified as potential users of MEDLINE at the University of Connecticut, 126 carried out one or more online searches. Pre-use and post-use questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Databases, Health Materials, Health Personnel, Information Needs

Case, Donald; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) software research and development project described explores information seeking behavior of end-user energy experts and develops software offering tutorials on front-end use of DOE/RECON databases and active help in performing online searches. Software development is described and results of prototype testing…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Energy, Information Needs
Malrieu, Denise – Brises (Bulletin de Recherches sur l'Information en Sciences Humaines, Economiques et Sociales), 1983
This overview of the ERIC system begins with a brief history of the system; a description of the types and numbers of materials contained in the database; sources of types of information for educators that are not processed by ERIC; and the various publications and reference materials produced by and for the system. The analysis of ERIC usage in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Databases