The changes that are occurring at an accelerating rate in the field of technology can be both frightening and challenging to the broadcasting industry. Some recent developments that affect the field of communication include an information bank that makes it possible to collect and store years of publication issues and then, through computers, to…

The Santa Ana College (SAC) Research Office cataloging system based on ERIC subject descriptors and on an internally developed document source and author index is described. Each document entering the office is assigned a classification number which includes a subject index code, a source index code, the publication date, and a unique sequence…

This report contains descriptions of 44 exemplary parent oriented early childhood education programs plus a locator system designed to facilitate access to the information in these program descriptions. The program descriptions are organized into four sections: (1) programs in which school systems are the agencies responsible, (2) programs in…

The objective of the project was to provide the guidelines and format for a procedure that could be used for assessing the placement and followup of vocational graduates. A model for obtaining accurate feedback as to the kinds of success graduates are having in the world of work was developed. The survey instrument used for collecting data was…

The conference proceedings contained in this document include invited papers, transcripts of discussions following those papers, and the reports of topical committees that met during the three day conference held in Luxembourg, May 1973. The focus of the conference was on the design and use of information retrieval and data base systems in various…

Media service is explored as a disciplinary application of general systems science. Media service for the nonresearcher, for the practitioner in the behavioral sciences, and for the professional researcher is examined from the premise that the media specialist generates and performs media service in an interventionist, advocacy role. The design of…

The characteristics of jobs that constitute the mix for lower division FORTRAN classes in a university were investigated. Samples of these programs were also benchmarked on a larger central site computer and two minicomputer systems. It was concluded that a carefully chosen minicomputer system could offer service at least the equivalent of the…

Research and development projects for improvement of the administration of vocational education at the State level are described in the report. These projects, supported by the Office of Education for fiscal year 1975, are efforts to develop management information systems that will make available to State administrators information to aid in the…

The hypothesis that the existing Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) can be used to promote continuity of learning for adult migratory farmworkers was tested. After an initial and careful study of the existing MSRTS combined with an analysis of the new system to be implemented, it was determined that the MSRTS can be used. The…

This booklet is one of a series of publications designed to present a complete system for planning, organizing, and directing the development and operation of individual volunteer programs, as well as the management of a comprehensive volunteer system consisting of many individual programs. This particular booklet discusses the concepts and…

An introductory overview of the Information System for Adaptive, Assistive and Recreational Equipment (ISAARE) is accompanied by the locator index containing information on 666 types of equipment for physically handicapped students. It is explained that the federally funded program was designed to improve the information base with which school…

The components of an information system for institutions in higher education are described. The information produced from such a system will be that which is required not only for record keeping and operations but also for planning and budgeting. Technical details are not included, only an overview of the main components of the system as seen from…

The author has developed a model for transferring and implementing educational innovations from one institution to another. The model consists of an organized set of variables whose precedence relationships were determined by statistical analysis of collected data. A questionnaire was sent to a sample of prospective consumers of educational…

The Council of Europe's Documentation Center for Education in Europe sponsored case studies of research and development information systems for education in Finland, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The resulting case studies are each divided into the following six sections: (1) the problem of information and documentation in…

This book was designed to meet five specific criteria which allow development of a course parallel to the treatment of the book's subject matter, active student involvement in testing and developing their own nonverbal communication capacities, delineation and analysis of the functional capacity of different nonverbal communication systems, an…