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Download full textManandhar, P. K.; And Others – Development Communication Report, 1982
Eight articles on various aspects of communications in developing countries make up this newsletter issue: (1) "Extension and Communications in Nepal: Reforestation Program Uses Media Support" by P. K. Manandhar, E. Pelinck, and R. H. Gecolea; (2) "Using Puppets to Teach Ideas. 'Khel Dori Ka', an Audiovisual with Puppets from…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communications, Community Development, Developing Nations
Dubey, Yogendra P. – 1989
This paper begins with a discussion of the decision-making process. The application of operations research technologies to managerial decision-making is noted, and the development of management information systems in organizations and some limitations of these systems are discussed. An overview of the Human Information Processing System (HIPS)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Expert Systems, Futures (of Society), Library Administration
Varty, James W. – 1983
Prepared for cooperative education placement and career service professionals, this paper considers the applications of microcomputers in the development of a comprehensive management information system (MIS) for cooperative education programs. After noting the complicated information needs of cooperative education and common weaknesses of current…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cooperative Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Piotrowski, Chris; Perdue, Robert – 1985
This study investigated the efficacy of utilizing comprehensive database search strategies in performing an online literature search in the subject area of psychology, with special interest in the performance of the database PsycInfo. The DIALOG Information Retrieval Service's DIALINDEX subject category options were used as the major search…
Descriptors: Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Rutledge, Juli G.; Kartis, Alexia M. – Business Officer, 1984
The need for information controls for college records management programs and the elements of program organization, planning, and management are discussed. Conditions at institutions that indicate a flaw in information control are identified, along with the benefits of a sound records management program. The management of an information and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Data Collection, Higher Education, Information Processing
Rokicki, Phillip S.; Springer, Peggy – 1983
Guidelines for colleges seeking to interface their diverse student and administrative databases are presented. The following key concepts are addressed that need to be understood before solving the problem of sharing and transmitting data between diverse databases: effective management of data from an institutional and a user point of view; the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Goldfine, Alan H., Ed. – 1982
This workshop investigated how managers can evaluate, select, and effectively use information resource management (IRM) tools, especially data dictionary systems (DDS). An executive summary, which provides a definition of IRM as developed by workshop participants, precedes the keynote address, "Data: The Raw Material of a Paper Factory,"…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services
Simmons, Ralph; And Others – 1984
This buyer's guide for personal computers is the result of two initiatives: to meet the need for a government-wide policy concerning the management of end user computing (EUC); and to condense procedures for EUC acquisition. The guide is for federal government line managers and professionals who are unfamiliar with step-by-step procedures used in…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Cost Effectiveness, Information Networks, Information Services
Kaungamno, E. E. – 1980
This paper discusses the role of information in national development, addressing such issues as for whom and for what purposes information is needed in developing countries, the impact of the information explosion on the Third World, and the problems inherent in current national and international information infrastructures. A series of statements…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Documentation, Information Dissemination
White, George T., Jr. – 1985
The paper examines factors involved in applying microcomputer technologies to special education administration. The emergence of the "integrated electronic office" in which student records are stored so as to be available for immediate access is described, as is the complete electronic student record containing all programmatic information on each…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Data Collection, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Cheney, B. J., Ed. – 1984
The first of two volumes of a conference proceedings, this document contains the welcome, the opening, the keynote addresses, and the invited papers, as well as a submitted paper by John Gillam which was not available for publication in the pre-prints (Volume 2) prior to the conference. Three addresses are not included in these proceedings and…
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Cheney, B. J., Ed. – 1983
The second of two volumes of a conference preceedings, this volume contains the preprints of five submitted papers, which are published as submitted by the authors: M. Broadbent and L. B. McIntyre, "Information Management: Promise and Reality"; E. Spoor, "Management Information from Library Systems"; R. Walsh, "Integrated…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Interlibrary Loans, Library Associations
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1985
Developing countries are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that specialized information is essential to their economic and social development, and that it is an indispensable factor in the rational use of natural resources, the development of human resources, scientific and technological advancement, and progress in agriculture, industry,…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Needs, Information Science
Crump, Kelvin – 1978
An Australian university architect studying management information systems programs at academic institutions in the United States visited 26 universities and colleges and nine educational and professional associations, including extended visits at the University of Wisconsin and the National Center of Higher Education Management Systems. During…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Housing, Energy Conservation, Facility Planning
Peer reviewedLosee, Robert – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Presents a coordination level matching algorithm to be used in document retrieval systems that incorporate relevance feedback strategies. It is argued that this algorithm may eliminate the need for the frequent reevaluation of documents that is currently found in such systems, and conditions under which reranking is unnecessary are given.…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Criteria, Feedback
