This is a feasibility study of a communications system for Wyoming libraries with recommendations for its installation. The basic recommendation calls upon the Wyoming State Library to undertake a demonstration project in rapid interlibrary communications, using teletype (TWX) facilities between selected libraries for a period commencing as soon…

The Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) is a highly sophisticated scientific information center operated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Its information file, which consists of both data and bibliographic information, is computer stored and numerous programs have been developed to facilitate the…

The series, of which this is the initial report, is intended to give a selective overview of research and development efforts and requirements in the computer and information sciences. The operations of information acquisition, sensing, and input to information processing systems are considered in generalized terms. Specific topics include but are…

Eight Canadian and U.S. universities that have combined several information services under one administrator were studied. These services include the library and one or more other information handling functions such as audiovisual services, technical aids to instruction, computing services, telecommunications, bookstore, artistic properties,…

A selected set of terms and definitions relating to computer networking is presented in a coherent manner. An introduction gives the rationale for the glossary, defines the scope by a brief tutorial overview, and states the glossary format and conventions. The glossary is arranged alphabetically and contains about 140 definitions and associated…

The results of a survey of cable television (CATV) and related technological industries are summarized. In this, the first of a series of seven reports, attention is focused upon some major technical factors which need to be considered in order that a transition from the technical state of today's cable television and services to new teleservices…

Various published computer programs for fixed/broadcast communication satellite system synthesis and optimization are discussed. The rationale for selecting General Dynamics/Convair's Satellite Telecommunication Analysis and Modeling Program (STAMP) in modified form to aid in the system costing and sensitivity analysis work in the Program on…

Citations of nearly 800 materials of different types--including books, journal articles, papers and reports--comprise this bibliography. Taken as a whole, the work offers teachers, administrators, researchers and policy-makers an overview of the most significant recent literature on the topics of communication systems, educational and…

Forty-five job descriptions relating to the cable television industry are stated in terms of duties and responsibilities, experience, requirements, and educational requirements in order to lessen the wide disparity within the industry concerning requirements for engineering, technical, and owner/operator work. The job descriptions are not offered…

The INTELSAT definitive arrangements establishing a new regime for INTELSAT and telecommunications are detailed in this monograph. A first part presents a review of the general climate of the definitive arrangements negotiations and an examination of several factors which greatly influenced their outcome. The second part considers negotiations of…

At the request of the National Science Foundation, the Panel on Telecommunications Research of the Committee on Telecommunications of the National Academy of Engineering has made a preliminary survey of the status and trends of telecommunications research in the United States and selected foreign countries. The status and trends were identified by…

Federal and state law provides, for the most part, little specific guidance to persons tape recording their own telephone calls for their own record-keeping purposes. In a specific case, a Pennsylvania newsman was prosecuted in 1972 on charges of wiretapping his own telephone conversations without notice to the other parties in the calls. A review…

Intended mainly for the amateur radio operator, or "ham," this book outlines some of the pleasures to be had in amateur radio, including DXing (calling distant stations) and helping in emergencies. The steps in starting out on this hobby, including getting Citizens' Band (CB) gear, a CB license, and a receiver and antenna, are described.…

Part of a continuing study of application of communication satellites for helping to meet educational needs, this memorandum discusses operating frequencies for educational satellite services. Each of the factors affecting choice of transmission frequencies is identified and discussed in a separate section. Included among these factors are…

The focus of this paper is on the development of telecommunication networking by library and information networks. The word "development" here includes all the processes necessary to broad application and encompasses the necessary social, political, industrial and professional responses to technological advancement as well as…