Describes a system at Wayne State University comprised of ERIC and four other components. (DAG)

Applications of management information systems (MIS) in industry and government cannot be made directly to higher education. Realization of MIS potential will depend as much on finding solutions to communications and human relations problems as on advancing computer technology. (Author/IRT)

Discusses various applications of fiber optics technology: information systems, industrial robots, medicine, television, transportation, and training. Types of jobs that will be available with fiber optics training (such as electricians and telephone cable installers and splicers) are examined. (CT)

This document consists of the last two issues of the now discontinued printed "ERIC Administrative Bulletin" (EAB). For nearly twenty years, EAB was the internal "house organ" of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the nationwide bibliographic information system covering the educational literature. ERIC is…

A large-scale selective dissemination of information (SDI) system which is in operation at the Agricultural Research Service is described. The unique characteristic of this system is that the users develop and modify their own profiles. The implications of this user-dependent approach for information system planners are discussed. (2 references)…

A prototype of an interactive, conversational mass spectral search system, developed at the National Institutes of Health, has been tested since September 1971 and is now being used by more than 200 scientists in the U.S. and Canada, and will soon be used by the international mass spectrometry community. (17 references) (SJ)

The problems of using English for information retrival are delineated. The querying capability of a keyword dialog system is illustrated with actual computer output. Major advantages of this approach are: reduced ambiguity in requests, users may think in smaller functional units, and users may edit previous requests. (7 references) (Author/SJ)

A design method for information retrieval systems, based on a modelling technique, and derived from the general objectives and tasks set for the system is described. (12 references) (SJ)

The need to provide reliable information on the properties of substances and materials has led to the proposed establishment of a numerical data system. The problems this poses, the most urgent of which is that of developing basic methodological principles underlying the data system processes, are discussed. (32 references) (Author/KE)

The development of the Chilean National Center for Information and Documentation is traced. (8 references) (SJ)

A Mathematical model for use in studying how to minimize the cost of operating a mechanized retrieval system is developed. Through the use of cost analysis, the model provides a method for comparative evaluation between information retrieval systems. (15 references) (Author/SJ)

The authors envision the library of the future as part of a large network of dedicated computers, each with specialized data bases and inter-computer communications for accessing other data bases. (4 references) (Author)