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Bourne, Charles P.; And Others – 1974
In order to identify and explain the reasons for differences in average on-line search rates among terminal installations, the operations and performance of several facilities using the Lockheed DIALOG system for on-line searching of the ERIC data base were studied. Detailed examinations were made of such aspects as the DIALOG system response time…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Equipment, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Texas State Office of Information Services, Austin. – 1973
To help develop a conceptual design and determine resources necessary to establish a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in Texas, a task force investigated factors influencing the balance between individuals in training and demand for trained people. State data forms and federal forms used to collect data in Texas are reviewed. HRIS systems…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Educational Planning, Human Resources
Wolfe, Howard; Foote, Thomas – 1972
Computer routines to summarize data and generate reports from weekly log records submitted by teachers participating in the Southwest Regional Laboratory's communications skills monitoring program are described. Written in Univac FORTRAN V, Communications Skills 1, Weekly Log Summary, Revision 1 (CS-1-WLSR1) displays information by student group,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Olson, Paul E.; Pletzke, Chester J. – 1975
A cost-benefit analysis of the 43-library, 260,000-title Midwest Medical Union Catalog (MMUC) of books, conducted from June, 1973, through May, 1975, under a grant from the National Library of Medicine, studied the 49-year-old catalog in the context of the interlibrary loan activity of the Midwest Health Science Library Network. The study tested…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Information Dissemination, Interlibrary Loans
McEwen, Hazel E., Ed. – 1974
Recent technological advances in computers and communications make possible the integration of data systems and the exchange of data among them on an expanding scale. However, the full effect of these advances cannot be realized unless the need for uniform understanding of the common information (data elements) and its expression in data systems…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Conferences
Zunde, Pranas, Ed. – 1974
This volume represents a partial collection of papers scheduled for presentation at the 37th conference of the American Society for Information Science, held October 13-17, 1974. The 57 papers are grouped into 10 sections roughly corresponding to the 10 technical sessions of the conference: implications for information utility, data base…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conference Reports, Databases, Information Science
Wooster, Harold; Lewis, Jinnet F. – 1974
The Lister Hill Experimental Computer Assisted Instruction Network has existed since July 1972. It has connected three university data bases to as many as 80 user institutions. The paper presents a history of the network, compares computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with information storage and retrieval, and summarizes the uses made of the CAI…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Facility Utilization Research
Byers, Bruce B. – 1973
The need for a management information system for a community college is developed. Based on this need, a system is outlined. The system and data base are modular in structure. The modules included are: (1) Student, (2) Personnel, (3) Financial, (4) Facilities, (5) Community Information. Examples of the data which are part of each module are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Decision Making, Guides
Murai, Shinnichi – 1973
A description is provided of GUIDE-0, an experimental information system. The system serves as a bibliographic aid for students who are taking introductory computer science courses whose material is at least partially implemented via PLATO-IV lessons. Following a brief introduction to the system in Chapter I, the second Chapter describes the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Databases
Higgins, K. Ronald; Conrad, M. J. – 1973
The report addresses itself to a basic need for educational planning--a data base for comprehensive planning--and documents the development of a planning information system at the completion of the third stage in a proposed 15-stage process. As such, the report is only in its initial phases of development. However, it is being disseminated on a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
City Univ. of New York, NY. Graduate School and Univ. Center. – 1971
The URBANDOC General Manual is the second volume of the final report of the URBANDOC Demonstration Project. All three volumes are concerned with the applicability of computerized documentation techniques to the literature of urban planning and renewal. The "General Manual" stands midway between the "Demonstration Report" (see…
Descriptors: Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Information Processing
Hazlett, C. B. – 1970
Medsirch (Medical Search) is an information retrieval system designed to aid in preparing examinations for medical students. There are two versions of the system: a sequential access file suitable for shallow indexing with a broad choice of search terms and a random direct access file for deep indexing with a restricted range of choices for search…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Coordinate Indexes, Costs
Lewis, S. G. – 1970
The Management Systems Series consists of documents of interest to persons concerned with the management of public resources. Operation PEP (Prepare Educational Planners), which called for a three-day session of instruction on Executive (Management Information Systems) was documented in detail as part of this series. This portion attempts to…
Descriptors: Accounting, Databases, Decision Making Skills, Educational Administration
Montgomery County School Board, Norristown, PA. – 1971
This manual was prepared to provide local school districts with a model to follow in implementing a local planning-programing-budgeting system (PPBS). Section I (chapters 1-4) gives the basic concepts and overall design of a PPB system for local districts. Section II (chapters 5-7) describes computations used in a semiautomated PPBS version,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Databases, Information Systems, Intermediate Administrative Units
BSIC/EFL Newsletter, 1972
The major systems development projects of the 1960's were concerned primarily with facility problems at the elementary and secondary levels. Rapidly increasing enrollments coupled with changes in both curriculum and in teaching methods created a demand for more flexible facilities that could be constructed rapidly and inexpensively. The success of…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Systems, Campus Planning, College Buildings
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