Many small and medium-sized companies see a library as a luxury they cannot afford. They may have room set aside with a small collection of books, periodicals or reports, yet the use of this often unsupervised storage system is minimal at best. These same companies, however, usually place great importance on maintenance of and access to…

The electronic newspaper, using a television screen and a small keying mechanism to call for specific pages of interest, currently exists in England and may soon be common in the United States. Three systems of electronic information delivery (teletext) now operate in England: CEEFAX, ORACLE, and VIEWDATA. The first two make use of two television…

The workshop manual is designed to provide an overview of the information dissemination process for PRISE (Pennsylvania Resources and Information Center for Special Education), which provides information in response to requests from special educators throughout the state. The following aspects of the workshop are discussed (sample subtopics in…

This paper focuses on the importance of information and documentation (I&D) as one of the essential production factors in pharmaceutical industrial activities. The need for and use of I&D services depends far more on such factors as product profile, decision making processes within the organization, and ownership than on the size of the…

This discussion of the alternative design features being considered for the National Education Practice File presents three design configurations for each feature, demonstrating how they differ and suggesting which is the most likely candidate for the pilot test based on utility benefits, technical feasibility, adherence to Federal Information…

Databases and clearinghouses useful in education are described in this two part document. The first section contains one-page summaries of 55 databases of interest to people in education. The types of information provided by the various databases are indicated, including bibliographies, funding information, statistics, government publications and…

This overview of the use of computers in educational film library management provides brief discussions of some current issues and problems, descriptions of seven operating systems, and a case study of the selection of a computer system for the facility at the University of Minnesota. Described are basic computer systems; advantages of their use…

The Broad System of Ordering (BSO), a subject-indication coding and ordering scheme developed to meet the requirements of the UNISIST program for an international switching mechanism between information systems using diverse indexing/retrieval languages is described. The scope and purpose of the BSO, its development and testing, a schematic…

This manual presents the operations of British Columbia's computerized facilities inventory for post-secondary institutions. A brief summary describes the kinds of code tables used, the forms used to feed data into the computer, the types of printout reports available, and the responsibilities of institutions using the system. More detailed…

The users of online retrieval systems can and should provide feedback to the system operators or vendors to influence them to make changes and further improvements, or to reinforce operator's decisions to make changes in the systems. All members of the database chain--database producers, processors, search service brokers, searchers, and end users…

A primary goal of this project was to develop an interface that would provide direct access for inexperienced users to existing online bibliographic information retrieval networks. The experiment tested the concept of a virtual-system mode of access to a network of heterogeneous interactive retrieval systems and databases. An experimental…

THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF THE PERMISSIBLE LEVEL CONCEPT OF RADIATION CONTROL NECESSARILY ENTAILS A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM UNDER WHICH EXPOSURE MUST BE RECORDED AND EMPLOYEES NOTIFIED OF THEIR EXPOSURE HISTORY. IN AN INVESTIGATION OF RECORD KEEPING NECESSARY TO PROCESS RADIATION CLAIMS, QUESTIONNAIRES OR LETTERS WERE RECEIVED FROM 45 STATE AGENCIES…

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ESTABLISH A DIALOG BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE MACHINE. BY MEANS OF DISPLAYS, THE USER RECEIVES IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK OF THE RESULT OF HIS ACTIONS, AND HE IS ABLE TO MODIFY HIS DECISIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SYSTEM RESPONSE THAT IS MOST RELEVANT TO HIS NEEDS. BOLD (BIBLIOGRAPHIC ON-LINE DISPLAY) IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGHLY…

THE REPORT PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST GENERATION OF THE AUTOMATED LITERATURE PROCESSING, HANDLING AND ANALYSIS (ALPHA-1) SYSTEM. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OF ALPHA-1 AND THE USE OF THIS AUTOMATED LIBRARY TECHNIQUE ARE PRESENTED. EACH OF THE SUBSYSTEMS AND MODULES NOW IN OPERATION ARE…

A CUMULATIVE EDITION, CONTAINING TWO "INFORMATION BRIEFS" AND THREE "NEWSLETTERS," OF THE 1ST YEAR'S PUBLICATIONS OF ERIC/CRIER IS PRESENTED. THE EDUCATION RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER/CLEARINGHOUSE ON THE RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION AND EVALUATION IN READING IS A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION AND…