This study provides the officials of Tempe, Arizona, with a wide range of baseline information regarding citizen attitudes toward the City. It contains a design for an information system which could increase the breadth of information available for decision-making city officials and increase citizen participation in the process. Sixteen community…

The document is the second of three volumes (see also EC 032 850 and EC 032 852) of State Analysis Reports resulting from Phase III of the Study of the Need for Educational Manpower for Handicapped Children and Youth, which involved a validation study and state surveys related to the Manpower Requirements Projection Model (MRPM). Included in this…

The document is the third of three volumes (see also EC 032 850 and EC 032 851) OF State Analysis Reports resulting from Phase III of the Study of the Need for Educational Manpower for Handicapped Children and Youth, which involved a validation study and state surveys related to the Manpower Requirements Projection Model (MRPM). Included in the…

This booklet uses the example of Micro-U--a hypothetical example intended as a training tool-- to illustrate the application of WICHE's basic Management Information Systems (MIS) concepts. Micro-U embodies a microcosm of higher education management problems related to the instructional functions MIS is designed to address. This initial version of…

The Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS) has developed the Research Information System (RIS), a central information base which evolved from research and demonstration (R&D) programs sponsored over the years by SRS. It was specifically designed for use by the practitioner rather than by the formal researcher in an area of special…

The characteristics of the Intrex subject/title inverted file are analyzed. Basic statistics of the inverted file are presented including various distributions of the index words and terms from which the file was derived, and statistics on stems, the file growth process, and redundancy measurements. A study of stems both with extremely high and…

A major design objective of the Natural Resource Information System entailed the use of remote sensing data as an input to the system. Potential applications of remote sensing data were therefore reviewed and available imagery interpreted to provide input to a demonstration data base. A literature review was conducted to determine the types and…

Two computer information systems, one for reference retrieval and the other for the retrieval of numerical data on atomic and molecular physics are being developed at the Queen's University of Belfast. The reference retrieval system is based on the atomic and molecular physics section of the INSPEC tapes. The tapes contain complete abstracts of…

The design of an English-like query language and an interactive computer environment for searching the full text of the U.S. patent collection are discussed. Special attention is paid to achieving a transparent user interface, to providing extremely broad search capabilities (including nested substitution classes, Kleene star events, and domain…

This discussion identifies some of the social and organizational issues which will affect the design and implementation of a university management information system (MIS). Implications are discussed which affect both the data collection, and analysis and reporting segments of the MIS process. The analysis points out the extent to which an MIS…

GANDALF (General Alpha Numeric Direct Access Library Facility) is an information retrieval system designed and implemented at the University of New Mexico for the purposes of retrieving abstracts from large abstract data bases, such as the ERIC system. Previous batch-process information retrieval systems for use with the ERIC data base have been…

Twelve papers written by fifteen authors from nine countries comprise this collection which embraces many of the crucial problems facing modern information science and scientific information activities, ranging from information needs of scientists and specialists to the specific aspects of computerization of various information processes. The…

Textbooks currently in use in courses on information science are listed in this bibliography under the following headings: Information storage and retrieval, Information systems, Information theory, Behavioral sciences, and Basic books. Some of the entries in each category contain evaluative annotations by the author, while others have only the…

Volume five continues with research memoranda numbers seven, eight and nine. (The general nature of the memoranda and related documents are described in SO 005 892). Research Memorandum #7, "Knowledge Utilization in Education: A Review of Significant Theories and Research," by Mary Trapp provides a background sketch of theories and research…

This report describes the NCHEMS model which consists of a Program Classification Structure (PCS), a student flow model, and a resource requirements prediction model; these data are all used in the construction of program budgets and long range management plans. The model is reviewed in its application to the college environment. The roles of…