We present a developing distributed cognition theory of interdisciplinary collaboration that incorporates concepts from both situated cognition and information processing theory. This theoretical framework is being refined as it is used for analyzing interdisciplinary collaboration within the National Institute of Science Education (NISE). The…

Word government means some words are habitually used with certain constructions, which in a sense they control or govern. Because governing words are troublesome--high usage words which have acquired many meanings and usages--tabulating such words and documenting their use pay rich dividends in text processing applications. (12 references)…

Models of development and models of memory reflect either a mechanistic or organismic world view. A merger of the information-processing models of memory and qualitative models of development is suggested, and has valuable implications about the possible nature of "locus" of memory development (ST)

This article provides a feel for the "real world" of interactive computing systems and it offers a description of the enormous flexibility of the MISOE data files. (Author/RK)

A proposal for a computer-aided method of building up an indexing language is made. The method involves linking terms relevant to any special retrieval system into the UDC, via a video terminal, producing a hybrid thesaurus-classification. (5 references)

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is concerned with the retrieval, evaluation, synthesis, and dissemination of structural data obtained by diffraction methods. This paper describes the use of a computer-based file system of both bibliographic information and numeric data to produce a compendium of interatomic distances. (10 references)…

A new, universally applicable computer program is described for the whole complex of punched card oriented literature documentation. Its characteristics are: modular construction, therefore easily adapted to user-specific problems; extremely high searching capacity; comprehensive and elastic syntax makes possible new unconventional methods of…

Details the thinking that went into the decision to purchase a computer at a small technological university. (PG)

Implications of research findings comparing structural characteristics of two data bases for the development of screening systems for substructure search are set out. (4 references) (Author/SJ)

Transferring records to tape in libraries may be infringing on Canada's copyright laws. (PG)

Some of the interactions, between the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the Dept. of Commerce, and the Federal agencies that generate the reports that are in the NTIS system are described. Problems that result from this system of interagency cooperation are described also. (2 references) (Author/SM)

The study of the contribution of linguistics to the non-quantitative methods of document processing used in information science is the subject of this article. These methods are divided into two broad groups: tabulation (linguistics units extracted from natural language) and interpretative (syntactical and/or semantic analysis). (100 references)…

An interview with Robert E. Horn, the originator of information mapping, which is a technique that attempts to be a comprehensive design and presentation technology for making communication, especially learning and reference communication, easier and quicker. (GB)

A uniterm keyword system is explained which is thought to be suitable for small information centers operated by a staff of one or two. (3 references) (Author)

This paper sets the ERIC information system in the context of the more general characteristics and problems of social science information storage and retrieval. Social science information studies and attempts at organizing social science information are surveyed. (75 references) (Author)