Modeled on public databases such as Lockheed and SDC, the information system described in this report was utilized in the creation of in-house databases in the Mobay Chemical Corporation's special library in Pittsburgh. Using IBM's Storage and Information Retrieval System (STAIRS), Mobay created two databases: one to hold product information, the…

THE MANUAL DESCRIBES AND DOCUMENTS THE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN TERMS OF ITS TAPE AND DISK FILE PROGRAMS AND ITS SEARCH PROGRAMS AS USED BY THE LEHIGH CENTER FOR THE INFORMATION SCIENCES FOR SELECTED CURRENT LITERATURE OF THE INFORMATION SCIENCES, ABOUT 2500 DOCUMENT REFERENCES. THE SYSTEM IS PRESENTLY ON-LINE VIA TELETYPE AND CONVERSION IS IN PROCESS…

SOURCES OF MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND NATURAL SCIENCE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ARE LISTED IN THIS UNESCO GUIDE. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM 144 INSTITUTIONS IN 65 COUNTRIES. ENTRIES ARE IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH AND ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY COUNTRY. THE GENERAL FORMAT FOR EACH SOURCE INCLUDES--(1) NAME AND LOCATION,…

EVALUATED WAS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A PILOT INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE AS A RESEARCH TOOL FOR DEFINING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION CENTER. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DEVELOP A METHOD FOR STUDYING THE SCIENCE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENTISTS, (2) TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE METHOD…

The study reveals that the federal government is making rapid strides toward the stage where information on a wide range of its activities, including programs of grants, contracts, and other forms of financial assistance to colleges and universities, will be stored and retrieved in machine-readable form in federal computer systems. Paralleling the…

This guide to programed learning materials provides teachers and industrial training personnel with information capable of immediate update by means of electronic data processing. Published twice each year, the Guide consists of four parts: appendices (methods of reporting the effectiveness of programed materials, bibliographies, periodicals,…

Of the problems discussed, those posing the greatest obstacle for the full utilization of microform systems are: (1) the problem of identifying the material on microforms when it is associated with key words in computerized digitalized systems; (2) the problem of copyright in converting collections of material into microform stores; and (3) the…

Utilizing both the experience gained from the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) Pilot Project, which tested the feasibility of distributing Library of Congress cataloging in machine readable form to various users, and the results of extensive consultation with the library community and persons at the Library of Congress, a format for…

There is little justification for research activities unless some plan is formulated to utilize their results. Consequently, a conference comprising representatives of rehabilitation agencies in the Southeast was held during June, 1968 to review ways and means of disseminating, retrieving, and utilizing research and demonstration results. The…

Formal proofs are given of the effectiveness under well-defined conditions of the thesaurus method in information retrieval. It is shown, in particular, that when certain semantically related terms are added to the information queries originally submitted by the user population, a superior retrieval system is obtained in the sense that for every…

Many of the techniques used to structure, record, and store information contained in printed material should now be applied to the field of audiovisual media. The rules of communication and association which apply to printed knowledge can serve as tools to critically analyze messages delivered via audiovisual media. This text describes the…

Past problems encountered in the use of computers are discussed. They include: (1) computing and data storage costs; (2) machine speed and capacity limitations; and (3) the limited number of languages and Input/Output devices available to facilitate man/machine communication. The improvements in all of these areas are explained. The problems which…

Organization of communication between the center of an automated system of information exchange and the subscribers to the system is described. The three requirements are: (1) those technical communication means must be chosen which will provide effective and convenient avenues for calls from the subscribers to the center, (2) the required…

A description is given of the RAIDS (Rapid Availability of Information and Data for Safety) method of information storage and retrieval. Acquired data are stored in the library in its original printed form. RAIDS provides three approaches to the identification and retrieval of data. The first approach is to organize the information into logical…

TRIAL is an information processing system that will perform editing, indexing, and retrieval of textual and certain types of numeric information. The system allows for: (1) the creation and maintenance of a master file, (2) indexing on words designated as 'key' words or, alternatively, on every word in the text, excluding those common terms that…