Directed toward librarians and library administrators who wish to procure automated systems or services for their libraries, this guide offers practical suggestions, advice, and methods for determining requirements, estimating costs and benefits, writing specifications procuring systems, negotiating contracts, and installing systems. The advice…

This booklet contains listings for California's 15 cooperative library systems and three single-jurisdiction library systems organized under the California Library Services Act (CLSA), as well as listings for the regional reference centers or networks serving more than one system which were organized as demonstration projects under the federal…

This study examines (1) subject content, (2) file size, (3) types of documents indexed, (4) range of years spanned, and (5) level of indexing and abstracting in five databases which collectively provide extensive coverage of the forestry and forest products industries: AGRICOLA, CAB ABSTRACTS, FOREST PRODUCTS (AIDS), PAPERCHEM, and PIRA. The…

This paper proposes a user designed system, HUC, intended to provide a single index and retrieval system covering all recorded knowledge and information capable of being retrieved from all modes of storage, from manual to the most sophisticated retrieval system. The concept integrates terminal hardware, software, and database structure to allow…

Summarizing the methods currently being employed at the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) for user interaction analysis, this study presents suggestions and provides examples for the use of audit trail data available from most online interactive systems. The sample data used in the analysis are from the OCLC online system used for cataloging,…

The goal of this second EDICO colloquium was to evaluate the development of innovation processes and information systems in UNESCO member countries, including the identification of the most significant areas for the exchange of educational information, and the discussion of possibilities for joint action in the future. The mission of EDICO-2 was…

This document is a narrative description of an interactive, online registration system, which was designed and written for the San Jose Community College District. The document includes the machine configuration, the history and development of the system, how the operators and students interact with the system, and examples of various hard copy…

THE LIBRARY RESEARCH CLEARINGHOUSE, ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, WAS EXPANDED TO DEVELOP THE REQUIREMENTS OF A SYSTEM OF RETRIEVAL AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH IN PROGRESS IN LIBRARY SCIENCE. THE BASIC OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO CREATE THE CLEARINGHOUSES'S SERVICES IN ACQUISITION, STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, AND…

A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ON EVALUATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE, CENTER FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS. DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SURVEY, THE LITERATURE WAS DIVIDED AMONG DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS WHICH COMPARED THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO OR MORE…

AS A PREFACE TO A PANEL DISCUSSION, THE AUTHOR SPEAKS OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS OF A MULTILEVEL SET OF RESOURCES IN EDUCATION WHICH MAY PROVIDE A BASIS FOR BUILDING PROGRAMS THAT CAN FOSTER ADOPTION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEAS AND PRACTICES. HE CALLS ATTENTION TO THE ALREADY INSTITUTED NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CENTERS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL…

VARIOUS COUNTY, PUBLIC, AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES HAVE UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF CENTRALIZED CATALOGING AND PROCESSING CENTERS. TO DETERMINE WHETHER PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS MIGHT ENABLE PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO ESTABLISH SUCH A SYSTEM, 35 JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE SENT A CHECKLIST OF 100 TITLES, A QUESTIONNAIRE…

RESEARCH RESULTS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTER ARE REPORTED. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDE (1) A DESCRIPTION OF ACQUISITION PROCEDURES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF NEW-MEDIA RESEARCH, (2) DETAILS ON A PILOT USER GROUP'S PARTICIPATION IN SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND…

THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA PROJECT (ITM) HELD A THIRD ADVISORY PANEL MEETING IN LOS ANGELES ON JANUARY 7, 8, AND 9, 1965. RELATIVE TO THE MEETING, THIS REPORT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS AMONG OTHERS--(1) AN OUTLINE ON TECHNIQUES OF MULTI-STREEN-MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION, (2) FILM TREATMENTS WITH FORWARDING LETTERS TO THE U.S.…

This paper describes the contributions of the Gerontological Information Program (GRIP) to the area of career preparation, particularly its role in (1) assisting college faculty in providing courses in gerontology, (2) training students in the utilization of gerontological information, (3) career placement, and (4) manpower assessment. A…

This report discussed the conceptual and technical problems which constrain information systems (acquiring, classifying, storing, searching, retrieving) and shows how these are affected by certain characteristics of educational administration's knowledge base. The following constraints are identified: (1) the eclectic and multi-disciplinary…