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Linn, William Erwin, Jr. – 1972
The trend toward on-line utilization of computers in recent years has included the emergence of computer support systems to fill the information processing needs of individuals engaged in scientific research. In this study, a new approach to document description is applied to the design of a personal information storage and retrieval system,…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Programs, Indexing, Information Processing
Sherrod, John, Ed. – 1975
The papers in this volume constitute the proceedings of a symposium which examined the history, state-of-the-art and future utility of computer-based information systems. Emphasis is placed on the economics and potential uses of on-line interactive systems and their accompanying computer networks. Conceptual and descriptive papers dealing with the…
Descriptors: Computers, Conference Reports, Data Processing, Databases
Crick, Joe E.; Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1974
A Model 35 KSR teletype was installed in Roxbury Latin School and connected to the SDS 940 system at Harvard University. The equipment was used to teach secondary students to use computers to program and solve math problems. Students learned the Computational Algebraic Language (CAL) and were oriented to computers and programing. They followed the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Costs, Equipment Utilization
Download full textKilgour, Frederick G., Comp.; Davis, Hillis D., Comp. – 1973
The purpose of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computerized regional library system is to provide an on-line system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library costs. The research…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), College Libraries, Computer Programs
Kilgour, Frederick G., Comp.; Davis, Hillis D., Comp. – 1973
The purpose of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computerized regional library system is to provide an on-line system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library costs. The research…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Expenditure per Student
Kilgour, Frederick G., Comp.; Davis, Hillis D., Comp. – 1973
The purpose of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computerized regional library system is to provide an on-line system that makes available to faculty and students in individual colleges and universities the library resources throughout a region, while at the same time decelerating the rate of rise of per-student library costs. The research…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Expenditure per Student
Raitt, D. I. – 1971
A description of the system used by Space Documentation Service (SDS) to disseminate combined and accumulated knowledge, as widely as possible, throughout Europe is given. The RECON network, with the full support of NASA, has gradually been extended so that centers in Member States, may, by installing their own terminals, have direct access to the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Data Processing, Documentation, Foreign Countries
Thomas, David B. – 1973
A further development in the systematic development of individualized instructional materials coupled with the availability of interactive terminals linked to time-sharing computer systems (computer-managed instruction) is the implementation of a computer-assisted instructional design system. With existing computer technology, the common elements…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Stetten, Kenneth J. – 1972
A new computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system for college teaching is being tested in two locations by the MITRE Corporation. The system, called TICCIT (Time-Share Interactive Computer-Controlled Information Television), now interacts with more than 100 students, each moving at his own pace, for four semesters of community college math and…
Descriptors: Cable Television, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewedOeffinger, John C. – Telematics and Informatics, 1987
Discusses access to information through merging computers and new communications technology and its influence in developing nations. Highlights include a case study of InterNet/LACRIP (Latin American Cancer Research Information Project), a microcomputer-based international network involving institutions in the United States and Latin America that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Databases
Peer reviewedRochell, Carlton – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Explores issues associated with the imposition of fees on information obtained from sources made available by today's technology. Highlights include the commodification of information, economics of access to information, library costs and user fees, cost benefits of automation, financial support for automation, and implications for collection…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Fees, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedBuckland, Michael K. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
The characteristics of paper or microform library materials, electronic publications, and online databases are compared in terms of equipment needs, cost effectiveness, budgeting, and satisfaction of users' needs. Suggestions for the effective integration of these materials are offered. (13 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Peer reviewedYother, Larry W. – Electronic Library, 1987
Details the "painful" history, development, and progress of a "home-grown" library automation system at the Hartford State Technical College; describes several of the most common activities generated from menus; and looks at future prospects of the system. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Input Output Devices
Miller, Mary – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1987
Two technologies that promise to provide aid for educational endeavors are the optical laser disc and the compact disc. These two technologies incorporate the highest information storage density available today. When these audiovisual technologies are coupled with a microcomputer, a very effective instructional tool emerges. (MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Costs, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedJones, Ray; Kinney, Thomas – Government Publications Review, 1988
Describes government information available in machine-readable data files--primarily on computer tapes--in relation to other formats and examines requirements for their acquisition, preservation, and utilization in retrieval and reference services. Skill and knowledge adjustments on the part of librarians are also discussed, and a system in use at…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
