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Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Graduate School of Library Science. – 1978
This report provides a brief general summary of progress in a 2-year project renewing earlier work on the development of Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA)--a system for teaching online searching techniques for bibliographic data bases--as well as an in-depth report on the IIDA computer system design. The Connector for Networked…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers, Databases
Cramer, Robert F. – 1978
The techniques for data collection and storage using files and punch cards which are described are used by the computerized community skills exchange, A Person To Person Living Exchange (APPLE), in Portland, Oregon. Clients complete questionnaires that register up to seven skill-areas in which they seek help, or where they could provide service to…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Resources, Data Collection, Data Processing
NTS Research Corp., Durham, NC. – 1978
This document presents the research proposal and supporting documents for a study to evaluate the process of developing a comprehensive dissemination capacity in State Education Agencies (SEAs) and to assess the impact of the capacity building activities in the states, addressing two questions: Is dissemination capacity being built and, if so,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems
KAIMANN, RICHARD A., ED.; MARKER, ROBERT W., ED. – 1967
WRITTEN FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND PLANNERS, THIS ANTHOLOGY IS CONCERNED WITH INFORMATION PRINCIPLES, EFFECTS, DESIGN, AND INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS. CONCENTRATING ON THE CONSTRAINTS ON AUTOMATION AND ITS IMPACT ON EDUCATION, THE DOCUMENT CONSIDERS NEW USES FOR COMPUTERS IN REPORTING STATISTICS, SCHOOL CENSUS, ATTENDANCE COUNTING, GRADING, SCHEDULING,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Attendance, Automation
MEISTER, DAVID; SULLIVAN, DENNIS J. – 1967
REACTIONS OF A USER POPULATION (SCIENTISTS/ENGINEERS AND LIBRARIANS) TO AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF AN ON-LINE SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING DOCUMENT CITATIONS (RECON) WERE STUDIED AT SEVERAL NASA FACILITIES. DURING A TWO MONTH OPERATIONAL TEST PERIOD, DATA WERE COLLECTED REGARDING FREQUENCY OF USAGE AND DEGREE OF SUCCESS ENCOUNTERED IN CONDUCTING ON-LINE…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Evaluation, Feedback
SAVARD, WILLIAM G. – 1967
A PLANNING MODEL IS SUGGESTED FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SO THAT CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM AND THE PROGRAM CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVELY ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE REALIZATION OF LONG-RANGE AIMS, INTERMEDIATE GOALS, AND IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES. STEPS TO CONSIDER INCLUDE EVALUATION OF RESOURCES, MATCHING RESOURCES WITH AIMS, AND FORMULATING PLANS. A VITAL…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Critical Path Method, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Roberts, A. Hood – The Linguistic Reporter, 1968
Since 1967 the Center for Applied Linguistics has been conducting a survey and analysis of the field of the language sciences to determine the operational and technical requirements for an information system for the field. The first important fact to emerge from this study is that linguistics is no longer a very clearly definable area. It has…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Foreign Language Periodicals, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Faegre, Christopher L.; And Others – 1968
The strategy used to construct the Field Instrument for Evaluation of Learning Devices (FIELD) is described. FIELD is a data collection instrument which can produce useful information concerning the cost, utilization, pattern, and overall effectiveness of presently operating or proposed multi-media systems in higher education. Part I is an…
Descriptors: Communications, Data Collection, Educational Media, Educational Resources
Budke, Wesley E. – 1976
This index represents the fourth of five components of a project conducted to design a comprehensive information system (termed SYSTEM) for identifying, selecting, and disseminating relevant military curriculum materials to civilian vocational and technical education programs. The bulk of this particular document consists of abstracts of the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Correspondence Study, Course Descriptions, Indexes
Brandejs, J. F., And Others – Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1975
To effectively handle changes in health policy and health information, new designs and applications of automation are explored. Increased use of computer-based information systems in health care could serve as a means of control over the costs of developing more comprehensive health service, with applications increasing not only the automation of…
Descriptors: Automation, Clinical Diagnosis, Confidential Records, Health
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
Recommendations are made for the correction and collection of Veterans Administration overpayments of educational benefits. They include: improved compliance surveying; updates on overpayments balance reports to the states; identification of schools liable for overpayments; notification of veterans of their obligation to report training status…
Descriptors: Administration, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Finance Reform
Jones, Dennis; And Others – 1977
The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) has completed the development and demonstration of a library statistical data base addressing the management needs of academic and public libraries. A pilot test of the data base was conducted in late Spring of 1977 in five Pennsylvania academic libraries to determine feasibility…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Databases, Decision Making
Ferguson, Sarah Ann – 1978
This study describes the design and implementation of the Automated Library Information System (ALIS) as the pilot project for the Dallas County Community College District's Automated Information Resources System (AIRS). The focus of the report is the online circulation subsystem of ALIS, which was implemented in September 1977 as phase one of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Diagrams, Equipment Evaluation, Futures (of Society)
Greer, Roger C.; Paulson, Peter – 1977
This study had four major goals: the analysis of resources and services of existing libraries in state agency offices in the Albany area; identification of successful services provided by other state libraries that might be adaptable to the needs of New York State; an assessment of the range and variety of current New York State Library services…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diagrams, Information Needs, Information Services
National Testing Service, Inc., Durham, NC. – 1977
By providing access to samples of forms and other evaluation/management documentation, this compendium provides a working tool so that state projects can share methodologies for gathering data and applying it for both summative and formative evaluation purposes. This compendium may also serve to indicate procedural gaps in some projects, or to…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Documentation, Educational Programs, Feedback
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