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Clifton, Joe Ann, Ed.; Helgeson, Duane, Ed. – 1973
This collection of ten conference reports begins with "Historical Impact of Computers on the Operation of Libraries and Information Systems: A Personal Perspective" and is followed by "Tips on Computer Software: Advantages and Methods of Program Dissemination" and "BLOCS--A Unique Multi-Dimensional Approach to On-Line Circulation". Next, libraries…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Data Collection, Databases
Download full textBlanc, Robert P. – 1974
A descriptive summary is given of the technical characteristics of existing computer networks, including data communication technology and configuration related to support of resource sharing services for a computer network. Included are discussions of terminal support capabilities for the communications network and a development of relevant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, Computers, Electromechanical Technology
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1973
Financed with ESEA Title III funds since 1970, the School Information System (SIS) was designed essentially to furnish school administrators with data and information with which to make better decisions. The basic means were to (1) build and improve a data bank, (2) prepare and disseminate computerized reports to the decisionmakers--especially…
Descriptors: Administrators, Assistant Principals, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
Carr, Stephen – 1973
Signs/Lights/Boston, a project investigating environmental information systems in urban areas, was undertaken as the first step in a process of planning and controlling signs and lights for purposes of improving the flow of information in the city. This resulting report takes the city as it is and develops explicit means for revealing its form,…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Environmental Influences, Equipment, Information Dissemination
Thal-Larsen, Margaret; Nagarvala, Phiroze – 1971
This survey involving some 165 students from California's Berkeley High School was conducted to explore the requirements for the design of a labor market information system for a large metropolitan area. The students who were surveyed gave the following information: (1) The majority of the students wanted to know more about their chosen field, (2)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning, High School Students
Adams, Leonard D.; Anderson, W. Michael – 1971
Help Elderly Locate Positions (HELP), sponsored by the Emerald Empire Council on Aging and funded by the Administration on Aging, is a non-profit employment referral service for older workers, 55 and older, that has helped 1,206 elderly workers find jobs. A major area of involvement at HELP focused on exposing the older job seeker to the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Information Systems
Welch, James A., Ed.; Jackson, Linda M., Ed. – 1973
The Education Data Elements Dictionary (EDED) is divided into six main subject categories and related higher educational data elements are defined and described under each area and sequenced alphabetically. In instances where compound phraseology is appropriate, the key word has been utilized to determine its placing in the alphabetical sequence.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Colleges, Data Collection
Parker, Edwin B. – 1971
SPIRES (Stanford Public Information Retrieval System) is a computerized information storage and retrieval system intended for use by students and faculty members who have little knowledge of computers but who need rapid and sophisticated retrieval and analysis. The functions and capabilities of the system from the user's point of view are…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Guides
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Dept. of Computer Science. – 1970
On-line retrieval system design is discussed in the two papers which make up Part Five of this report on Salton's Magical Automatic Retriever of Texts (SMART) project report. The first paper: "A Prototype On-Line Document Retrieval System" by D. Williamson and R. Williamson outlines a design for a SMART on-line document retrieval system…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Design, Information Retrieval
Swift, D. F.; And Others – 1970
The OSTI-SEA (Sociology of Education Abstracts) project was conceived as a result of the awareness that the task of SEA as a service was steadily increasing in complexity and size. A three-year project was initiated to develop a system to meet information needs, patterns of inquiry and preferences as to type of service of its users. The study…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries, Information Needs
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1971
An ensemble of information systems being developed by the Central Library and Documentation Branch of the International Labour Office, a specialized agency of the U.N. located in Geneva is described. ISIS (Integrated Scientific Information System) was designed and is now being used to assist in the provision of library and documentation services,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Data Processing
Langston-Kitch and Associates, Inc., Wichita, KS. – 1970
Efforts of this planning study are limited to the pressing needs of state agencies for planning which were identified earlier, plus an attempt to identify data elements common to many agencies that relate directly to the State Economic Development Planning Program. The major categories of data types essential to the planning system are land use,…
Descriptors: Databases, Economics, Health, Human Resources
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. Dept. of Educational Administration. – 1970
This project has four major objectives: (1) the design and implementation of a computer-based planning and budgeting system oriented toward educational programs, (2) the design of a management information system focusing on educational programs, (3) a general design for a system to evaluate educational programs, and (4) the integration of the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, NY. Data Processing Div. – 1971
The ways in which digital computers can be used in information storage and retrieval are presented in the language of the nonspecialist. Indexing methods, file organization, and search strategies are discussed and a brief bibliography containing 30 IBM publications is given. The manual is intended as a first reader for those interested in the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Burr, Donald F. – 1971
The greatest challenge facing education today is the need to plan adequately for the future. Effective educational planning can work only if all elements of the community are involved in the decisionmaking process, the relevant factors and variables in the educational environment are considered, and the nature of the learning/teaching process in…
Descriptors: Architects, Community Involvement, Computer Science, Databases
