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Download full textBess, James L. – 1977
This report summarizes the finding from the evaluation of the Entering Freshmen Topology program and lays out the parameters of a new system for the collection of data at William Patterson College. The profile includes student and faculty responses concerning styles, decisions and background information. While the notion is not new that student…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Environment, College Freshmen, Data Collection
Houff, David E.; Helwig, Carl – 1978
The Computer-Assisted Career Information System (CACIS) is designed to assist high school pupils in planning toward a meaningful career. The system contains a data bank on each individual pupil including biographical data and information on the job market. The evaluation scheme in this report, the second of a three-year evaluation, stresses…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Planning, Dial Access Information Systems, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationSmithsonian 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
Management Analysis Center, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
The document offers guidelines for developing a management by information system for special education services, a system that organizes people, equipment, procedures, and communications to collect and present accurate data that administrators can use to make decisions and to provide information to state and federal governments. Following a…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Administration
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1976
The introduction to this UNISIST seminar report discusses problems in training present and potential users of scientific and technical information and emphasizes the importance of better recognition and formulation of information needs in order to effectively assess and use available libraries, information systems, and services. Papers presented…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Seeking, Information Services
Directory of Adult Education Documentation and Information Services. Second Edition. IBEDATA Series.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1980
This second, revised edition of the Directory of Adult Education Documentation and Information Services is a reference tool for those seeking information and documentation on adult education in other countries. In the first part 154 national adult education documentation services in sixty-five countries have been listed by country in alphabetical…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Adult Education, Documentation, Information Centers
Strenglein, Denise – 1980
The importance of information systems management to institutional research efforts of colleges and universities is discussed. The goal of information system management is to make an institution's information system more consistent, efficient, and informative. Each of the different functions of the university, such as admissions and registration,…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Smith, Douglas H. – 1980
The purpose of this project was to develop a comprehensive system for recording enrollment and accomplishment information about Adult Basic Education (ABE) students for use in preparing state and federal reports. Project goals were: (1) to develop a systematic program of individualized instruments and procedures for functional data gathering on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Data Collection, Data Processing, Enrollment
Lawrence, Barbara; And Others – 1979
The development of a unified information handling program to meet the needs of the rapidly growing environmental health staff of the Research and Environmental Health Division of the Medical Department of Exxon Corporation was achieved by using systems analysis techniques to evaluate both information needs and existing information services. The…
Descriptors: Environment, Graphs, Health Personnel, Information Needs
Jacobs, Mary Ellen; And Others – 1979
This comparative study of three major online bibliographic systems is designed to provide assistance to library administrators in the assessment of the potential impact of such systems upon the operations of their libraries. A side by side arrangement of the text allows an overview of any specific characteristic under consideration. These…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Systems
CREAGER, WILLIAM A.; SPARKS, DAVID E. – 1965
THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CONTINUING NATIONAL INVENTORY OF THE WORLD'S SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERIALS. THE MAJOR TECHNICAL, OPERATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF SUCH A SERIALS DATA PROGRAM HAVE BEEN EXAMINED. THE BASIC PARAMETERS OF A SERIALS DATA…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Automation, Bibliographies, Cataloging
Baldwin, Paul E.; Swain, Leigh – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to (1) estimate the alternative costs in 1980 Canadian dollars of using four bibliographic utilities to accomplish the retrospective conversion (RECON) of eight British Columbia public libraries' manual card catalog files, (2) make recommendations as to which alternative should be selected and how it should be…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cost Estimates, Feasibility Studies, Information Systems
Powers, Roderick W. – 1977
Directed to local superintendents of schools and local coordinators who desire assistance in developing and implementing student information systems in their districts, this guide summarizes material presented in the Alabama State Department of Education's LEA Basic Data Systems: A Manual of Developmental Activities. It describes Alabama's…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Powers, Roderick W. – 1977
Intended to assist school administrators in developing both student information systems and total information systems, this guide contains suggestions which, when considered in terms of local characteristics and concerns, can be used to create such systems to support administrative decision making, state and federal reporting, guidance, research,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1976
Presented are the proceedings from a workshop held in Rabat, Morocco from May 24-28, 1976. The main objective of the workshop was to evaluate progress made in information transfer and prepare a program of action enabling documentation centers created or assisted by UNESCO to cooperate in such areas as staff training, translation activities, and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
