Outlines the expansion since 1966 in the size, accessibility, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a national, computerized educational database. Describes four typical cases in which ERIC searches proved useful to clients of the San Mateo (California) Educational Resources Center, an agency offering ERIC search…

Examines an organizational model which is innovative in grouping the library and one or more other information/communication functions under a senior administrator. Present university structures are deemed ill equipped to cope successfully with modern pressures and rapid change. Eight examples of the communication model are examined. (Author/RAA)

Describes proposals for national programs intended to develop a national network system for library, documentation, and information services in Indonesia. (FM)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on the status of the National Media Center for Severely Handicapped Persons. Listed among the six major objectives of the center is the location and retrieval of instructional media materials. (PHR)

Summarizes trends in the dissemination and exchange of geoscience information. Two major themes in 1980 are (1) the growth and development of computerized data bases, and (2) increased cooperation among professional organizations and government agencies. (Author/WB)

The work of education and information services for adults consists of collecting information about the education resources available, reaching the intended audience, and assisting clients to identify and obtain the appropriate learning opportunities. (Author/MLF)

Describes the services and resources of the San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC) and presents the results of a survey of linking agents operating within SMERC contracts, including findings about their organizational settings, educational backgrounds, marketing activities, and perceptions about the usefulness of the service. (FM)

A communication program brought a smooth beginning to the desegregation process in the merger of Wilmington (Delaware) schools with those in the ten surrounding suburban districts. (Author/MLF)

Describes how staff at HarperCollins Publishers Information Center/Archives created HarperSource, an internal Web page customized with links to sites of special interest to the organization, Outlines other reference, archival, service, publishing, and training aspects of the intranet, and discusses page design, editing, and updating, training…

Describes the Information Center of the Women's Institute in Madrid (Spain) that was established to promote equality and to encourage wider participation of women in all areas of Spanish life. Generations of women's collections in Europe are explained; the Information Center collection is described; and a thesaurus for Spanish women is discussed.…

Examines the meaning of the term "value-added" to the Ottawa Information Resource Center for Bell-Northern Research (BNR) and how it delivers value-added services. Discusses the five major phases of the corporate development cycle--initiation, definition, development, verification, and general deployment--used by BNR to provide…

Examines the level of trust the general public has in competing sources of technical information. Survey data collected for 5 studies over a 12-year period indicate consistency in trust levels for sources of technical information. Specific environmental issues do not appear to change how the public perceives information providers. (LZ)

Describes the types and sources of information resources in adult education, outlines strategies for identifying resources, and suggests the following guidelines for selection: authority, timeliness, relevance, depth, accuracy, and replicability. (JOW)

Investigates how intranets are being used based on a survey of corporations and international organizations. Discusses good management practices for the development of intranets which stimulate knowledge sharing and the role they could play in facilitating knowledge management initiatives, and considers the role of libraries and information…

Summarizes presentations on profitability in the information industry from the viewpoints of producers, who have to have a reason to be in business, and users, whose businesses are often driven by the information they can access and the price of that information. (Author/CLB)