Describes computer systems that combine drill and practice instruction with computer-managed instruction (CMI) and identifies system characteristics in four categories: (1) hardware, (2) software, (3) management systems, and (4) methods of daily operation. Topics discussed include microcomputer networks, graphics, feedback, degree of learner…

Explores the impact of information technologies on the institutional and organizational arrangements through which scholarly research is supported. Topics discussed include the advent of workstations for scholars that would be linked in with other workstations and with many kinds of information sources world-wide, and the functions which these…

Discusses microcomputer systems and networks and presents some economic considerations for their use in education. Highlights include the design of computer assisted instruction (CAI); the development of appropriate software; organization of lesson material; authoring systems and languages; and a checklist for designing or installing a CAI system.…

Describes the planning, implementation, and current status of a networking project that will eventually link all of South Carolina's public, academic, and special libraries. The discussion covers the task force approach taken, staff training, financial support, the automated system selected, materials currently accessible through the system, and…

Describes the growth of library networking activities in the General Electric Company. Topics discussed include complications resulting from the decentralized nature of the company; information services offered through the network; memberships in local networks; and plans for the creation of an online union catalog. (CLB)

Describes the activities of the Health Sciences OCLC User Group, which was organized to establish a forum for communication; provide information about National Library of Medicine cataloging rules in OCLC; maintain close relations with the National Library of Medicine and the Medical Libraries Association; and represent its constituency to OCLC.…

Outlines the history and curriculum of Stuyvesant High School, and describes both the intellectually gifted student body and the role played by the school's library media center. Topics discussed include the library facility; its collections; library instruction; reference services; and plans for the future. (CLB)

Evaluates various aspects of federal information resources management and reviews technological changes within the Department of Agriculture to illustrate current issues and future trends in information resources management. Topics discussed include telecommunications and networking; distributed processing and field office automation; the role of…

This article reviews the current status of research on technology in teacher training, identifies factors that are restricting experimentation with technologies, presents a model for selecting and applying technology to program design, and addresses critical questions to be answered. (IAH)

Effects of such characteristics as sparse population, poverty, and non-urban acculturation experiences are related to the difficulties in providing for the educational needs of rural gifted students. Promising solutions to these problems are suggested, including computer/video linkages between school systems, cooperative personnel development, and…

Computerized workstations at a teaching hospital were developed so that physicians in training could integrate and automate some of their information management tasks. The project is part of the National Library of Medicine's Integrated Academic Information Management Systems program at Georgetown University School of Medicine. (Author/MLW)

Describes the events that led to the creation of the Rural Information Center (RIC), a joint venture between the Extension Service and the National Agricultural Library to provide information to government officials involved in rural development. The databases accessed by RIC are described, and plans for a gateway system and network of all…

Discusses the feasibility of individual television film libraries combining film holdings onto optical disks and developing networks that would allow online searching of, access to, and transmission of video images. It is concluded that recent advances in technology would support fast and cost effective image retrieval with no loss in video…

Presents a summary of the history of academic library automation, and discusses some of the technological trends which are important to the development of an electronic library. Topics discussed include public services vs. technical services; cataloging and classification; serials control; computer networks; cooperative projects, including…

Describes a project which used basic writers in a pre-college English class to tutor deaf elementary school students. Focuses on the project's attempt to encourage discussions of writing on a local area computer network, as a means of developing deaf students' experience with informal and formal written English. (MM)