The stand-alone microprocessor is seen as one innovative tool that can be used both in the organizational management of decline and in meeting specific organizational needs such as those of the admissions director and staff. The term "microprocessor" is defined. (MLW)

This article discusses the use of computers in parks and recreation departments. (RC)

This article provides a feel for the "real world" of interactive computing systems and it offers a description of the enormous flexibility of the MISOE data files. (Author/RK)

There's more work for teachers who must compute and record laboratory and classroom grades. School using computerized registration could extend the use of these computers to processing and recording students' examination scores. (Final grades for four classes of forty students each were obtained at a total cost of seventy cents.) (Author/AJ)

Two systems, WLN and Ringcode, for retrieving structural information were analyzed qualitatively and evaluated for a series of chemical compounds. The studies ranged from specific to generic questions and also involved retrieval by fragments. Neither system was completely satisfactory for all types of searches. (6 references) (Author)

Describes the design and operation of a salary projection system. This computer program allows school system administrators to determine and evaluate the detailed, total costs of alternative salary scales for professional employees, including teachers and administrative and supervisory personnel. (Author/JF)

Feasible uses of the computer in curriculum management are in the areas of curriculum planning, curriculum implementation, and curriculum evaluation. (Author/CB)

Techniques, media, and systems for making organized data available exist, but have not been used extensively enough. Reasons for failure to use these are explored and recommendations made for extraction by authors at time of writing, centralized organization, and publication through existing organization. Datum signatures are described. (50…

The paper describes TSAR, a current awareness or SDI system which has been developed for processing MARC records in general, but is particularly concerned with the INSPEC service. Some statistics on the frequency of occurrence of words and comments on data compression conclude the paper. (7 references) (Author/SJ)

A design is described for a system to manage the information directly related to the experimental work in a toxicological laboratory. A number of distinct input procedures provide data to a set of co-existing data bases. Periodic, event-triggered, predefined demand, and ad hoc reports are posited. (12 references) (Author/NH)

Resource sharing of computer facilities is seen as the best hope in the future for computing facilities at colleges and universities and for dealing effectively with change. (RA)