The Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) Examination conducted by the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP) is one of the qualifications for the CDP. The May 1981 administration tested 3,601 candidates at 149 international test sites. Half of the candidates were taking the examination for the first time and were taking all…

A case history is presented of the development and initial operation of the special library at the Criminal Justice Training and Education Center, Toledo, Ohio, during an internship for the Community Information Specialist Program at The University of Toledo. Description is given of efforts in organizing an existing collection of books, documents,…

The State Planning System (SPS) is presented in the context of a mathematical model used to generate information about the possible impacts of postsecondary education policy decisions. Section I provides an introduction to modeling in higher education management, identifies some current postsecondary education modeling efforts, offers some…

Condensed from "The Record, Teachers College, Columbia University, Volume 70 (November 1968), 109-19.

Excerpts from a speech delivered at the Annual Teacher Education Conference (22d, University of Georgia, January 17, 1969).

The purpose of this paper is threefold: to describe grounded theory research strategies, to present a summary of several studies in education that have followed this approach, and to explore the potential uses of the grounded theory techniques in curriculum theory generation. The paper is arranged into six parts. In the first and second parts of…

Evaluation is data gathering, analysis, and interpretation that leads to decisions about practices and goals. Relatively simple analytical techniques can suffice for many evaluation purposes. Evaluation of inservice education may be viewed as an operating system where input is provided, processes are implemented, and products are generated. When…

A review of the current status of data processing (DP) in management information systems, including the functions assigned to DP in organizations, what it was designed to do, and levels of training of personnel, provides the basis for an examination of new demands on DP. An approach which is advocated as a means of overcoming many of the…

This evaluative study hypothesizes and addresses three system approaches to a National Periodicals Center (NPC) that could be pursued at this time: (1) System A, a non-intervention approach which assumes events will be allowed to develop without introduction of federal legislation designed to subsidize or create a National Periodicals System (NPS)…

IN A STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA, A SIMULATION MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO AID INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL OF HIGHER EDUCATION. BY DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, THE AUTHORS EXPLORE THE EDUCATION FUNCTION IN TERMS OF THE FACTORS OF CONTROL AFFECTING DECISION MAKING…

PROCEEDINGS FROM A 1966 CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE USE OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IN EDUCATION ARE REPORTED. PARTICIPANTS FROM EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES CONSIDERED THE APPLICATION OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS TO EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS. THEY AGREED--(1) THAT THE TECHNIQUES HAVE…

Intended to strengthen the Information and Systems Sciences Program of Stockton State College, this 5-year developmental plan for 1980-1984 defines specific goals in three areas: (1) curriculum and faculty, (2) laboratory and equipment, and (3) faculty professional development. Recommendations are designed to bring about a stable faculty and a…

Systems analysis of an operating system consists of the evaluation of the efficiency, economy, accuracy, and productivity of existing procedures measured against the stated objectives of the library; and the design of new procedures to satisfy the demands of management and user. The data processing subsystem performs ongoing operations of function…