Part I is a discussion of the following project tasks: A) development of an on-line, real-time bibliographic data processing system; B) implementation in library operations; C) character sets; D) Project MARC; E) circulation; and F) processing operation studies. Part II is a brief discussion of efforts to work out cooperative library systems…

The course treats the organization and structure of files including relationships between information representation and processing techniques, transformations between storage media, and the referencing of information as related to the structure of its representation. The intent of the course is fourfold: (a) To teach the underlying principles of…

Appendix A is concerned with the characteristics of the user communities and of the information service centers as important factors in the representation of an information service system. The basic characteristics of both centers and communities include their number, size, geographic distribution, and scope of interest. These characteristics are…

The report summarizes work done in the study of measures for the effectiveness of the performance of large file systems. It consists of six sections: An "Introduction and Summary" which describes the background for the study, the approach taken in it, and summarizes the results; A discussion of the "Forms of Input", which characterizes the basic…

Four papers are included in these proceedings. The first three discuss specific on-going programs, including details of operation: (1) "Automation of Serials," by Shula Schwartz and Patricia A. Bottalico, reports a serials records automation at Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas; (2) "From Texana to Real-Time Automation," by…

Project IMPACT (Instructional Model Prototypes Attainable in Computerized Training) is a comprehensive advanced development project designed to produce an effective and economical computer administered instruction (CAI) system for the Army. In this paper, the rationale for conceptualizing the instructional process in a form implementable by…

The main results of the survey-and-analysis stage include a substantial collection of preliminary data on the language-sciences information user community, its professional specialties and information channels, its indexing tools, and its terminologies. The prospects and techniques for the development of a modern, discipline-based information…

A record keeping system for adult basic education using automatic data processing was designed and operated for one year by the Arizona Research Coordinating Unit of Northern Arizona University. During the year, there were 3,163 students enrolled in 160 classes in 19 projects. Females outnumbered males by nearly two to one but male enrollment…

This pamphlet contains information and examples intended to show how the University of Toronto C.A.M.P.U.S. model operates. C.A.M.P.U.S. (Comprehensive Analytical Method for Planning in the University Sphere) is a computer model which processes projected enrollment statistics and other necessary information in such a way as to yield time-based…

The manual describes the generalized information retrieval Query System and provides procedures and instructions for creating the data base, loading a time-sharing computer, and retrieving specified information via a remote terminal. Using the system, an analyst may load into computer storage, in a pre-defined format, information or data and then…

The CSL Serials Control System is aimed primarily at satisfying control and retrieval requirements of serials data for subscribers to the California State Library Processing Center (CSL-PC). The primary objective of the system is to provide a method of serials control which will be very flexible both in terms of input requirements and output…

In this study the advantages and problems involved in using Generalized Data Management Systems (GDMS) to expand the capabilities of information retrieval (IR) systems are investigated. In particular, the design of a Data Manager-1 (DM-1) based system for the Reliability Analysis Center (RAC) at Griffiss AFB, Rome, New York is studied. A design…

The problem of quality service assurance in a computer networking environment is addressed. In the absence of any direct, well-defined, quantitative measure of service quality and reliability, error collection and analysis is the only basis for service quality control. Therefore, mechanisms are described which facilitate reporting of operational…

The Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) is revising and enhancing its data-processing capabilities with the development of a large-scale, multi-site, on-line, integrated data base information system known as the Advanced Logistics System (ALS). A data integrity program is to be built around a Data Base Manager (DBM), an individual or a group of…

A package of social science programs--Sociology Library (SOLIB)--for small computers provides users with a partial solution to the problems stemming from the heterogeneity of social science applications programs. SOLIB offers a uniform approach to data handling and program documentation; all its programs are written in standard FORTRAN for the IBM…