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Landau, H.B. – 1969
This is the second in a series of eight reports of a research study for the National Agricultural Library (NAL) on the effective utilization of bibliographic data bases in machine-readable form. It consists of two parts. The first part defines the basic interaction alternatives and subalternatives open to the NAL with respect to its interfacing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Automation, Citations (References), Costs
Download full textTowne, Douglas C. – 1970
One of seven coordinated inservice institutes to be conducted during 1970 for vocational education and related personnel representing rural areas of the United States is discussed. This specific institute was concerned with the procedures of application of innovations resulting from research and development programs. The program relies primarily…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Innovation, Inservice Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1968
A description of the College Board's College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) presents a statement of its purpose; its five major objectives; a list of prospective users; the role of colleges, business and industrial organizations, and certification and licensing agencies in determining the nature and character of the program; and a description…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Objectives, Information Utilization
Carlson, Dennis – 1974
The National Dissemination Project was originally funded by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity to develop and test a more aggressive model for educational dissemination--a model aimed at increasing the usefulness of information for the practictioner. In this final report, the NDP dissemination model is presented, predicated on the following…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Improvement, Information Dissemination, Information Utilization
Weisman, Herman M. – 1973
It is necessary to distinguish the functions, services and products of various types of information services. For example, document centers, clearinghouses, referral centers, and special libraries deal mainly with information in a broad sense. The main function of information analysis centers, however, is to optimize the ratio of knowledge to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Purvine, Margaret – 1972
The project's purpose was to develop a source book on manpower, to be used by social workers to increase their knowledge and enhance their professional skills in this area. The report describes the sources of information used and the problems encountered in developing the source book and discusses ways in which the book can be used in social work…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Utilization, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization
Mikhailov, A. I., Ed. – 1973
The approach taken in preparing this collection of papers was to focus upon questions of an applied nature pertaining to the studies of information needs and connected with the theory of scientific information, rather than to approach the problems of user needs in information science from a purely theoretical point of view. The nine papers…
Descriptors: Documentation, Information Needs, Information Science, Information Systems
Beaulnes, Aurele – 1973
The problem of dissemination and utilization of scientific and technical information (STI) is of particular importance to Canada since it is not a major generator of STI. On the overall basis, it is in fact, one of the largest importers of scientific and technological knowledge. In this presentation, Dr. Beaulnes discusses: Approaches to STI…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Systems
Skelton, Barbara – 1971
The Investigation into Information Requirements of the Social Sciences (INFROSS) was initiated in 1968 because it was feared that in the absence of knowledge about information requirements of the social sciences, solutions adopted in science, based on the findings of science user studies, would be applied to the social sciences. It is now…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Information Needs, Information Systems, Information Utilization
Overhage, Carl F. J. – 1971
Project Intrex is a program of information transfer experiments directed toward new services and facilities for people who seek information in large libraries. The Project Intrex program includes: (1) the assembly and organization of an information store of sufficient size; (2) the development of the essential facilities for storing, retrieving,…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Utilization
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Center for Research in Scientific Communication. – 1971
This study focuses on the production, dissemination, and assimilation of material published in the major journals on geography. The "core" journals selected for the study were: "Economic Geography,""Geographical Review,""Annals of AAG" and "Professional Geographer." The tangential journal included…
Descriptors: Authors, Geography, Information Dissemination, Information Processing
Parker, Edwin B. – 1973
The influence of social trends, economic trends and developments in information technology on the information needs of the people of the United States is examined in this essay. The focus is on the period from 1975 to 1980, a time close enough to the present that some projections and predictions may be based on more than guesswork, yet far enough…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Information Needs, Information Science, Information Systems
Nelson, Carnot E. – 1972
A series of studies concerned with the dissemination and assimilation of material contained in journal articles in educational research were conducted. These studies dealt with authors of the articles and other educational researchers conducting research in the same subject matter areas as the articles. The dissemination process was found to be…
Descriptors: Authors, Citations (References), Communication Problems, Educational Research
Thayer, Lee; And Others – 1973
Research memoranda numbers 10 through 14 are included in this 6th volume. (The general nature of the memoranda and related documents are described in SO 005 892). The Research Memoranda essays are: #10) "On the Meaning of Demand for Knowledge" by Bent Stidsen; #11) "On Knowledge Utilization in Education: Some Strategic Explorations by Lee Thayer;…
Descriptors: Communications, Educational Demand, Information Dissemination, Information Theory
Wellar, Barry S.; Graff, Thomas O. – 1971
The aim of this bibliography is to provide a guide to the diverse body of literature that deals with the "geographic or spatial characteristics" of the data elements and data items in each of the following five phases: (1) Specification, (2) Acquisition, (3) Processing, (4) Dissemination and (5) Application. It is intended to provide…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Data Processing, Databases, Geography
