This study demonstrates the systems approach to scientific and technical information behavior research through the application of a multidimensional model to data concerning the effects of higher level variables on professional job types. The model was first developed in a study examining organizational barriers to the flow of STI in…

This paper describes an intelligent decision support system for information on petroleum resources and use currently being designed by the Information Methodology Research Project as the first step in the development of a comprehensive intelligent information system for dealing with energy resources in the United States. The system draws on…

This catalog, a result of the program of Unesco's Adult Education Division to set up an information system in the field of adult education, contains a print-out of the computer-stored data on the Third World Conference on Adult Education - national reports, working papers, and the final report. A computer-compiled index directs the user to the…

THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO COLLECT, ABSTRACT, SYNTHESIZE, PRODUCE, STORE, AND DISSEMINATE CAREER INFORMATION TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF CAREER INFORMATION DESIRED BY STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS. THE INFORMATION WAS PUT ON MICROFILM APERTURE CARDS. EACH CARD CONTAINS…

THE PROCEEDINGS ARE THE RESULT OF A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ENTITLED, "SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS," HELD AT THE ARLIE FOUNDATION, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, MAY 1966. THE WORKSHOP WAS CO-SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS (AT THAT TIME THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS RESEARCH OFFICE) OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT…

CONTENTS--(1) AN ASSOCIATIVITY TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPTIMIZING RETRIEVAL RESULTS BY RONALD R. ANDERSON. AN ASSOCIATIVE TECHNIQUE BY WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO AUTOMATICALLY EXPAND AND NARROW THE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS RETRIEVED AND TO RETRIEVE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO A REQUEST EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE INDEXED BY THE EXACT TERMS OF THE REQUEST IS…

THIS REPORT DEFINES AND ANALYZES POTENTIAL ASPECTS OF WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATION BY SATELLITE, LISTS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, AND SUGGESTS USES OF SPACE COMMUNICATION TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND INFORMATION FLOW. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR $0.50 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS, OR FROM UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENDOY, PARIS-7E,…

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS IS THE INTERPRETATION OF WORDS USED TO INDEX DOCUMENTS. SEMANTIC TOOLS, DEFINED AS CHANNELS FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF WORD MEANINGS BETWEEN TECHNICAL EXPERTS, DOCUMENT INDEXERS, AND SEARCHERS, PROVIDE ONE METHOD OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF MULTIPLE…

THIS HANDBOOK FOR STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS WAS PREPARED TO PROVIDE A GUIDE FOR ITEMS OF INFORMATION USED IN KEEPING RECORDS AND MAKING REPORTS ABOUT CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION. IT IS CONCERNED WITH DESCRIBING INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR COLLEGE, AND ADULT SCHOOLS OR OTHER ADULT-EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS. IT…

THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF AN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IS REPORTED. THIS PLAN WAS BUILT UPON DETAILED SUBJECT ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL OF DOCUMENTS BY A NATIONAL NETWORK TERMED THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC). AN INVESTIGATION WAS ALSO MADE OF USE OF…

This report covers functional specifications for the OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Subsystem, designed to permit participating libraries to increase the availability of library resources to patrons by enabling these libraries to form, transmit, and fulfill loan requests more rapidly and effectively. It will provide rapid access to a large on-line…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO OUTLINE THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR VOCATIONAL DECISIONS DURING ITS SIXTH QUARTER (1 SEPTEMBER 1967 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1967) AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THE REPORT INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS ON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED, SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS, AND PLANNED FUTURE ACTIVITIES. IT COVERS THE…

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE MODELS PRESENTED SHOW HOW A SYSTEMS APPROACH CAN BE USED TO ANSWER SOME OF THE KEY QUESTIONS IN PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND EVALUATING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROGRAMS. MODEL 1 APPROACHES THE TASK OF DEFINING AND CATEGORIZING MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED PROBLEMS.…

The nature and extent of systems analysis in education is discussed in terms of the following specific applications: (1) Instructional systems where the concern is with the components of the system (e.g., teachers, students, material to be taught, or audiovisual systems) and their interaction in the learning process, (2) project management systems…

A fundamental problem in the two broad approaches to indexing in the social sciences--providing structure using preferred terms, cross references, and groupings of sets of materials, or compiling a concordance of an author's terms based on occurrence, leaving users free to impose their own structure--is that different indexers and users focus on…