This paper describes a proposal for an interoperable metadata model, based on international standards, that has been designed to enable the description, exchange and sharing of multimedia resources both within and between cultural institutions. Domain-specific ontologies have been developed by two different ISO Working Groups to standardize the…

Keyword and text string searches of online library catalogs often provide different results according to library and database used and depending upon how books and journals are indexed. For this reason, online databases such as ERIC often provide tutorials and recommendations for searching their site, such as how to use Boolean search strategies.…

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) network is described, with directions to assist educators in using the information retrieval system. Further assistance may be gained by writing to addresses given in the article, or by use of the ERIC Instruction Package for Vocational Educators of the CEDAR Catalog. Both are described. (AJ)

Mental health facilities that feed data about their patients into computers should be careful to follow civil liberties standards and those of professional ethics, so that they do not unwittingly contribute to unathorized breaches of privacy. (Authors)

Announces the availability of information about minority status of all existing people-oriented data banks of the American Chemical Society, including data gathering and file search procedures. Contained is a chart illustrating unemployment statistics for minority groups as self-identified by the Employment Clearing House registrants. (CC)

The development of special-purpose information products for clients of the LEADERMART information retrieval system is described. (9 references) (RS)

A system for the storage and retrieval of graphics-supported narrative presentations, such as blackboard lectures, is described and preliminary cost estimates are provided. (5 references) (Author)

A discussion of computer networks for educational purposes, primarily for information storage and retrieval. (HB)

SOLAR is an interactive Storage and On-Line Automatic Retrieval system which is operational at Washington State University. It can run continuously with virtually any mix of tasks in a general purpose computing environment. (22 references) (Author)

A storage and retrieval system for chemical structures, using optical coincidence, is in use at Schering Corp. The system rapidly provides the research laboratories with structural information at any generic level. The design, maintenance, costs, and applications are discussed. (4 references) (Author)

The set reduction algorithm is based on set theory and Boolean algebra rather than the graph-theoretic approach. Time trials with a small file of organic chemical structures indicate that the algorithm can be economically used for substructure (or complete structure) sequential searches on a file containing 30,000-50,000 computer-coded structures.…

Information overproduction and the lack of an adequate system for its storage and retrieval have frustrated integrative efforts and hindered orderly progress in the area of psychological testing. Describes a prototype repository system to handle and service the mass of information produced. (Authors)

Described in a filing system useful for both regular and special education teachers which involves sample work sheets in a master file numbered to correspond to files of previously prepared materials. (DB)

The first part of the paper deals with statute law and describes the inadequacy of the official Statutes Revised' system for maintaining up-to-date records. There is a similar lack of official retrieval tools for tracing information on case law. The problems of factual information retrieval are dealt with briefly. (Author/NH)