Computer output microfilm/fiche (COM) combines the speed and laborsaving aspects of computer-based systems with the economy and physical compactness of microforms to provide the medium of the future for library management and information retrieval. The traditional card catalog and printed lists found in every library can be replaced in multiple…

The first day of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works' (CONTU) third meeting was spent at IBM processing headquarters, where commissioners learned about the history and terminology of computers, information storage methods, computer capabilities, computers and copyrights, future trends, and costs. On the second…

This manual is a compilation of information from the Government Code, the Education Code, and the Administrative Code, Title 5, of the State of California. It is designed as a reliable source of information to enable the Long Beach Community College District to develop an effective system of forms control and limit the number of documents…

A description of a retrospective document retrieval system is given in which equifrequent fragments are used as language elements for compression coding and retrieval. The critical parameters governing the system are identified, and restrictions imposed by the parameters on the selection of fragments are outlined. Changes necessary in the…

Instructional Management System (IMS) information cycles from participating schools to the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) for processing, returning again to the school in the form of summarized reports of pupil data. One segment of this cycle is managed by the IMS pupil data base processing program. The program generates reports from…

One of man's most distinctive characteristics is the manner in which he stores and communicates information. Language has always been an important part of this process, but recently machines have begun to share the spotlight. This book presents a look at the role of language in the process of communication and man's relation, present and future,…

A system which lists current research in Israel in the natural sciences, medicine, agriculture and technology was inaugurated in 1967. This system now includes 4,000 current research projects on which 3,500 individual researchers are engaged. This represents about 90% of all scientists doing non-defense research in Israel. The system is run on an…

The purpose of the serials record system is (1) to provide better service to the Library's patrons, (2) to attain a tighter control of existing records, and (3) to serve as a pilot project in the area of automated library record keeping, a recognized crucial area of necessary research in view of the current knowledge explosion. In this system, the…

The fifth and final volume of a series concerned with higher educational facilities planning expands the discussion of the utilities planning process initiated in the overview of volume one. Three major classes of utilities--energy utilities, service utilities, and communications utilities are studied. Their influences on the overall physical…

An educational methodology for the development of interdisciplinary, problem-solving skills was developed. Called the problem laboratory, the approach focuses on linking the student with the real problems of real organizations through specifically designed data bases. Students are presented with a brief problem statement and proceed to solve the…

This paper briefly describes the organization of a "data bank" containing research on communication networks, specifies the kinds of information compiled about various network properties, discusses some specific results of the work done to date, and presents some general conclusions about the overall project and its potential advantages to…

STITE (Scientific and Technical Information Transfer for Education) is basically a system to interface between science information and the science learner. As such STITE acts as a link between STIC (Science and Technology Information Centers) and LIS (Learning Information Systems). In this third progress report it is concluded from a questionnaire…

Outlined in this pamphlet are basic activities to teach students flowcharting techniques, logic principles, machine description, various memory storage devices, binary arithmetic, and input/output devices. Data processing principles are reviewed. The course objective is to prepare students for advanced courses in data processing. Course goals,…

Some on-going operational details of the Computer Aids to Teaching Project are cited, followed by a description of how individuals at separate locations can hold computerized conferences by utilizing remote terminals and a time-sharing computer as communications devices. Descriptions of two courses offered at Northwestern University, one treating…

An investigation was carried out to determine the feasibility and relative cost of developing pictorial procedures that could be used in conjunction with the Lincoln Training System (LTS) for task simulation in the support of performance laboratory instruction. Results showed that the technique was economical and effective. The storage and data…