This report seeks to alert administrators, school staff, and database managers to variations in the naming systems of other cultures; to help these groups accommodate other cultures and identify students consistently in school databases; and to provide knowledge of other cultures' naming conventions and forms of address to assist in interacting…

Discusses the use of a repository's resources by researchers. (Author/PF)

As a fundamental responsibility of management, the payroll function needs attention. The computer naturally has an important role in the sophistication of the time card. (Editor)

Computers can be used for maintaining and producing student records. (CK)

Studies conducted in 1980s revealed that managers and direct service workers considered biggest record-keeping problems caused by lack of time. Findings from 114 agencies in 20 states that tried to resolve this problem revealed that agencies were more successful when they simplified recording and allocated new resources to task. (Author/NB)

This quasi-experimental investigation considers the second year of implementation of wireless laptops (1:1 ratio) in three 6th grade mathematics classrooms in one school compared to non-laptop classrooms (5:1 ratio) in seven other schools in the district. Comprehensive mathematics software from CompassLearning delivered via the internet was…

Dating violence among adolescents is a major public health concern. The purpose of this paper is to examine five factors of which school counselors must be aware in order to recognize, intervene, and report incidence of dating violence. These factors are (a) understanding the diverse definitions of dating violence, (b) recognizing dating violence…

A retrospective research design was used in an examination of resident records that lent support for the potential of a monitoring system for influencing the structure, content, and effectiveness of individual programs for residents. (Author/CL)

An automated recordkeeping system has been in use for three years at York University. This Fortran program provides a generalized practical (and portable) solution to the problems of recordkeeping in large self-paced courses. (Author)

Discusses the history of data processing from man's earliest forms of recordkeeping to the latest generation of computers. (HD)

The "BAS for Family Child Care" is the first valid and reliable tool for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child care settings. It is applicable for multiple uses, including program self-improvement, technical assistance and monitoring, training, research and evaluation, and public…

One of a series of general interest publications on science issues, this booklet describes the uses of tree rings in historical and biological recordkeeping. Separate sections cover the following topics: dating of tree rings, dating with tree rings, tree ring formation, tree ring identification, sample collections, tree ring cross dating, tree…