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Levine, Gwen Reveley – Online Review, 1981
Describes the six tasks required in the development of an online database: analysis, design, programing, testing, loading, and documentation. Figures illustrate file formats, and a bibliography lists five sources. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
American School and University, 1980
At San Diego State University, special card access terminals, attached to 32 copiers in 18 campus buildings, report each transaction to a central processor. This system controls access, bills the users by department, and provides comprehensive information on the copiers. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Equipment Utilization, Higher Education, Reprography, School Business Officials
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Wasserman, Anthony I. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Describes the motivating reasons for a systematic approach to the specification, design, and development of information systems, and surveys some of the methods developed to assist software specification and design. Ways that system development organizations can create and use such techniques are emphasized. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Design, Information Systems, Methods, Systems Analysis
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Chandler, G. – International Library Review, 1980
Contains the complete questionnaire used in an international survey to determine the range of responsibilities of national libraries and to identify specific roles which may warrant further investigation. A summary of replies is included. (FM)
Descriptors: Library Networks, Library Role, National Libraries, Questionnaires
Goh, A.; Hui, S. C. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1996
Describes how TES, a text extraction system, is able to electronically retrieve a set of sentences from a document to form an indicative abstract. Discusses various text abstraction techniques and related work in the area, provides an overview of the TES system, and compares system results against manually produced abstracts. (LAM)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Automation, Comparative Analysis
Hammer, Ben – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2003
Describes efforts by Bronx Community College, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, to establish a junior college system in South Africa. The project is working with the faculties of 56 training institutes to develop core competencies and to give participants the kind of credentials they can take from one area of the educational sector to another.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Bill, David T. – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1997
Electronic performance support systems (EPSS) can be used as a nucleus of a network fostering organizational learning within an organization. Presents a model for EPSS; explores three facets of the model: knowledge management, system design and individual behavior, and electronic communication. Outlines studies of computer use in the workplace.…
Descriptors: Behavior, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Models
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Syen, Sarah – Online Review, 1988
Describes the planning, research, and development of the BIOSIS Connection, an online reference service targeted to researchers in the life sciences. Product testing and preliminary response to the system are discussed, and highlights and disappointments of the project are summarized. (two references) (MES)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Online Systems, Reference Services, Systems Development
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Dron, Jon; Boyne, Chris; Mitchell, Richard – International Journal on E-Learning, 2004
This paper describes the use of the CoFIND (Collaborative Filter in N Dimensions) system to evaluate two assessment styles. CoFIND is a resource database which organizes itself around its users' needs. Learners enter resources, categorize, then rate them using "qualities," aspects of resources which learners find worthwhile, the n dimensions of…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Systems Development, Evaluation Methods, Databases
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McAndrew, Patrick; Clow, Doug; Taylor, Josie; Aczel, James – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
Knowledge Management (KM) and knowledge sharing are important factors that support lifelong learning, and enable people to continue developing throughout their careers. The concept of a Community of Practice ( Wenger, 2000) is attractive in drawing together people whose work shares similar aspects, and consideration is given here to how technology…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Lifelong Learning, Systems Development
Weinstein, Emanuel – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1975
The Standard Occupational Classification is a new approach to classifying occupations being developed that will furnish a coding system and nomenclature to meet the varied needs of those concerned with identifying, classifying, and coding occupations. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Grouping, Codification, Information Needs
Fayen, Emily Gallup – 1986
A common command language has been proposed for use by systems designers and those developing new user interfaces. There is controversy over the appropriateness of a standard command language, and those who are working in artificial intelligence believe that natural language interfaces will make it unnecessary for users to learn such a language,…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems, Online Systems
Van Baerle, Susan Lynn – 1985
This master's thesis begins by discussing the differences between 3-D computer animation of solid three-dimensional, or monolithic, objects, and the animation of characters, i.e., collections of movable parts with soft pliable surfaces. Principles from two-dimensional character animation that can be transferred to three-dimensional character…
Descriptors: Animation, Characterization, Computer Graphics, Production Techniques
Deck, Dennis – 1988
This report proposes a model for designing decision-making information systems in education. In the first section, several relevant themes in education and data processing are summarized, including user involvement, team effort, decision orientation, indicators, enabling technology, design methodologies, and process rather than product. The six…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Systems, Microcomputers
Carrithers, W. M. – Nat Bus Educ Assn Yearbook, 1969
Descriptors: Business Education, Communications, Computer Programs, Information Systems
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