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Winans, Glen T. – 1985
The installation of 275 microcomputers in 34 academic departments over 18 months at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is discussed. This undertaking by the Provost's Office of the College of Letters and Science was designed to enhance faculty productivity by increasing access to computing, and to enhance administrative support to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing
Krivacska, James J. – 1987
The preparation of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) for each handicapped child is seen as cumbersome and time consuming and involves writing similar goals and objectives repetitively for different students. Utilization of a microcomputer-based IEP preparation system has a significant impact on this process and what the school…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities
Download full textSmith, Gary R. – 1987
This brief paper discusses four of the computer applications explored at Wayne State University over the past decade to provide alternative solutions to problems commonly encountered in teacher education and in providing support for the classroom teacher. These studies examined only databases that are available in the public domain; obtained…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Demography, Employment Statistics
Bienia, Nancy – 1986
Designed specifically for state and local managers and supervisors who plan, direct, and operate child support enforcement programs, this workbook provides a four-part, step-by-step process for identifying needed information and methods of using the information to operate an effective program. The process consists of: (1) determining what…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1981
A general introduction to computer based national information systems, and the context and basis for future studies are provided in this report. Chapter One, the introduction, summarizes computers and information systems and their relation to society, the structure of information policy issues, and public policy issues. Chapter Two describes the…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Science, Computers, Data Processing
Morgan, James M. – 1982
The Cincinnati Public Schools have been exploring new applications of computers in the areas of program planning, management, and evaluation. For the past 10 years, they have collected and computer-stored information on student, staff, administrative, and socioeconomic variables for each school. Data on a selected set of the variables best…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Critical Path Method, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Processing
Troob, Charles; Ryzewic, Susan Remmer – 1982
The New York City Public School System has mandated an Integrated Student Data System (ISDS). This integrated system will include data already maintained in independent computerized files, as well as data that have not been computerized in any systematic way. This paper explores general issues about data accuracy for a system that covers all the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Confidentiality, Data Processing, Databases
Axtmann, Margaret Maes – 1982
Based on the experiences of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) library in employing dial access to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Acquisition Subsystem (ACQS), this paper presents an overview of dial access systems as an alternative to the use of OCLC dedicated terminals. Dial access into online systems is briefly described,…
Descriptors: Costs, Dial Access Information Systems, Information Networks, Input Output Devices
Pruitt, William N., Jr. – 1982
The development of a Planning, Management, and Evaluation (PME) system at Voorhees College, is described. The project at the small, liberal arts college was supported by an Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) grant. Primary objectives were to decrease the responsibility of the college's chief officer and to upgrade the academic…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Role, Higher Education
Raucher, S. M.; Koehler, T. J. – 1982
A Management Operations Review and Evaluation (MORE) study of the Department of Management Information and Computer Services, which was completed in the fall of 1980, strongly recommended that the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) develop a long-range plan to meet the computer needs of schools and central offices. In response to this…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Decision Making
Fanshel, David – 1982
This volume reports three related "mini-projects" building upon New York City's Child Welfare Information Services (CWIS) program, a management information system for children in care. A field trial was performed to assess the value of new data modules representing information domains which were thought to be highly useful and not…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Databases, Evaluation
Schwarz, Stephan; Winkel, Annette – 1984
This report briefly reviews the current situation in Tanzania with respect to scientific and technical (S&T) information provision at the research and development (R&D) level, and formulates proposals to revive a workable situation for the R&D community. A presentation of the objectives of a mission to Dar es Salaam is followed by a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Silvester, June P.; And Others – 1984
This report describes a new automated process that pioneers full-scale operational use of subject switching by the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Facility. The subject switching process routinely translates machine-readable subject terms from one controlled vocabulary into the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Information Science, Information Systems, Language Processing
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
The objectives of the Pell Grant quality control (QC) system and the general definition of QC are considered. Attention is also directed to: the objectives of the Stage II Pell Grant QC system design and testing project, the approach used to develop the QC system, and the interface of the QC system and the Pell Grant delivery system. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Error Patterns
de Man, W. H. Erik, Ed. – 1984
This preliminary conceptual framework and the 23 related guidelines have been prepared by specialists drawn from both developed and developing nations as a joint project of the International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC). The project was designed to analyze linkages between natural resource based data and certain types of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Databases, Developing Nations, Geographic Distribution
