A framework for cooperation between Library of Congress and the RTSD/ISAD/RASD Committee on Representation in Machine-Readable Form of Bibliographic Information in regard to changes in the MARC System. (LS)

A number of basic concepts relating to debugging are identified and a gross theory of debugging is described. (Author)

Based upon a PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1963.

Rules and guidelines are provided for the handling and shipping of document and journal article information intended for announcement in ERIC's abstract journals "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education." The handling and shipping involved takes place between the ERIC Facility and the ERIC…

Two utilization and implementation frameworks (known as Knowledge Production Utilization (KPU) frameworks) are related to the planning and reporting aspects of an evaluation: the Dissemination Analysis Group (DAG) model and; the Halland Loucks' Level of Use Scale (LoU). This comparison is set against a background wherein literature is reviewed to…

The ERIC Data Access System (EDAS) is an information retrieval system developed at Eastern Illinois University to access the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database and make it available to Eastern faculty and students in a convenient and timely fashion. This paper describes briefly why and how Eastern developed and implemented…

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES FACTORS IN THE ACQUIRING, PROCESSING, AND UTILIZING OF INFORMATION IN TEACHER SELECTION, AND DESCRIBES TWO INDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN AN EXPERIMENT ON TEACHER SELECTION--NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS AND MASKING OF INFORMATION. THE DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON SELECTION STRATEGIES, VALIDITY OF INFORMATION, CURRENT PRACTICES OF GATHERING AND…

The objectives of this study were: (1) to create a set of computer programs capable of practical associative processing of NASA's growing document collection, (2) to process the collection with these programs, exhibiting the achievement of a capability to perform associative search of the collection, and (3) to study the use of statistical…

This Annual Report describes in detail the work performed during the first year of Task III of Contract NSF-C414 and the present status of Task III work. The programs and achievements described constitute the first significant efforts to develop a user-oriented, cooperative program between major secondary scientific and technical information…

The purpose of this project was to create a machine-readable format for genealogical data. The Library of Congress MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) bibliographic system was used as the pattern in producing the format. Tags and codes were used to uniquely identify the components of the record for computer manipulation. The resultant structure,…

The disadvantages for Canadians using the ERIC system are (1) fledgling Canadian computer information systems are deprived of their financial support; (2) Canadian research included in ERIC can not necessarily be retrieved by country of origin; (3) of the 200 journals indexed in Canadian Education Index (CEI), only 26 are to found among the 600 in…

Intended as an international medium for the exchange of ideas and experience in scientific and technical information, this journal publishes scholarly papers from various countries. The first issue contains: (1) articles on communication in science, (2) a book review, (3) a column intended to clarify concepts and terminology in the field of…

Presented are guidelines for the methodology of inventory assessment and suggestions of the type of scientific and technological information and documentation facilities to be included or omitted from the survey. The technique of tracing and contacting the selected facilities is presented in tabular form. Examples of useful byproducts which can be…

This study developed a variation of the DELPHI approach, a polling technique for systematically soliciting opinions from experts, to produce a technological forecast of developments in the information-processing industry. SEER (System for Event Evaluation and Review) combines the more desirable elements of existing techniques: (1) intuitive…

This report explores the bodies of literature pertinent to the economics of information, a topic of growing interest to the information community and to economists. As used here, economics of information refers to the concepts and tools of economics as they apply to information activities. The report consists of (1) a short section on the…