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Showalther, A. Kenneth – 1968
The OSIRIS system is a prototype information retrieval system having the following components: an automated microfiche file having a capacity of 5000 punch card sized microfiche with a remote control 21 inch TV console for retrieving, magnifying (0-250X), and displaying any of the images on the microfiche; and a remote computer terminal for the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Display Systems
Diamond, Robert M. – 1969
A project designed to permit people from different disciplines to locate and retrieve rapidly, and as specifically as possible, all items in a slide collection that fill their specific needs, is the subject of this paper. A field-test of the system for 35mm slides used within the fields of Art, History, Literature and Drama yielded the following…
Descriptors: Art Education, Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Data Processing
National Training Labs. Inst. for Applied Behavioral Science, Washington, DC. – 1968
Progress on projects within the overall program of the Cooperative Project for Educational Development (COPED) are described in this interim report and some tentative target dates for completion are indicated. The working documents include a report on data processing and a description of data feedback models developed by the Michigan COPED staff.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Feedback
David, Austin – 1974
This paper reviews a financial management system developed to process accounts payable, general ledger, and budgeting for a large private school system. Tuition billing procedures as well as fund raising applications are also discussed and outlined. Strategies of reporting and systems are developed on the basis of fund accounting procedures. All…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Educational Finance, Financial Services
Davis, Charles H. – 1974
Intended for teaching applications programing for libraries and information centers, this volume is a graded workbook or text supplement containing typical practice problems, suggested solutions, and brief analyses which emphasize programing efficiency. The computer language used is Programing Language/One (PL/1) because it adapts readily to…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
European Broadcasting Union, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1972
Individuals involved in all aspects of radio and television in the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) met to exchange ideas. Their focus was upon how the modern management methods which their large scale industrial communications enterprises required might be adapted to the specific needs of their cultural mission. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Zagorski, Henry J.; And Others – 1973
The Computerized Academic Counseling System (CACS) designed by the System Development Corporation is reviewed. Aspects of the system, constructed to assist counselors in guiding undergraduates in the selection of academic majors, which are discussed include: problem definition, system analysis, design rationale, methodology, measurement…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Copa, George; Irvin, Donald – 1973
The report presents the results of a pilot test of a procedure for conducting a school-directed assessment of former high school students to obtain information about their educational and employment activities. Criteria for the assessment procedure were: provide information useful in assisting local school personnel in planning and evaluation; be…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Dropouts, Educational Assessment
Fullum, Stephen L. – 1973
A description is provided of the implementation and operation of a Regional Data Processing Center. The Center services the county government, the community college, and the school districts of Burlington County, New Jersey. Topics which are discussed include: 1) the planning study which indicated the feasibility of a regional center; 2) the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, County Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1971
The California Education Information System (CEIS) consists of two subsystems of computer programs designed to process business and pupil data for local school districts. Creating and maintaining records concerning the students in the schools, the pupil subsystem provides for a central repository of school district identification information and a…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Attendance Records, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Baker, W. O.; And Others – 1958
In simple terms, the scientist's problem with respect to information is: How can the present volume of research results be published promptly? What is being published now? Where is it? and How can I get at it? The purpose of this paper is to examine these problems and to suggest possible ways in which they can be solved. In regard to what the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Government Publications, Government Role
West, Leonard J. – 1971
This review of 81 research studies is primarily confined to the research on business education that concerns relationships between teaching acts and learning outcomes. Attention is directed to investigations that permit generalizations about the consequences for learning of specifiable instructional behaviors bearing on the materials and methods…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Bookkeeping, Business Education
Irwin, Manley R. – 1971
Vertical integration stands as the salient structural configuration of the telecommunications equipment market. Computer hardware manufacturers are obviously potential competitors with the captive telecommunications equipment suppliers. Direct government policies, such as patents and a permissive attitude toward mergers, and indirect policies,…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Communications, Communications Satellites, Computers
Minker, Jack; Sable, Jerome – 1970
A relational data system (RDS) is one that has the capability not only to retrieve specific facts but also the ability to deduce facts that are implicit rather than explicit in the data base. The study investigated the application of RDS technology to intelligence data processing. RDS technology and the nature of intelligence data processing are…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs
Palmer, David C., Ed. – 1970
A design for a nationwide system of library statistics is provided along with specific recommendations for its structure and development. The proposed system depends upon a much more active role of the states and upon the input of research, interaction of advisory groups, inservice training, and relatively small amounts of money at strategic…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs
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