A proposal is made to use LSCA funds for the purpose of establishing a community video center in the Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center (MSCPLIC). The center would be designed to assist citizen groups of all kinds in presenting programs on the new cable TV system now being installed throughout the city of Memphis. Such…

The Parent Information Center provides information on all 13 elementary schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Parents can then choose three schools (in order of preference) that they would like their children to attend. The system attempts to honor first choices so long as racial balance is maintained at each school. (GC)

Discusses on-demand publishing as a solution to the information explosion and cites ERIC, which specializes in unpublished materials, as a model for such a solution. Topics covered include role and functions of scholarly publishing (selection and dissemination), fractional publishing, service publishing, and scholarly journals. Eleven sources are…

Provides a brief introduction to computer applications in information organizations in China. Highlights include information retrieval (personnel, equipment, bibliographic databases, information retrieval programs and systems, service status); library management; and Chinese character processing (code method, character root method). History,…

The ways in which McGill University's information center meets the needs of end users by providing acquisition advice, training, consulting, technical assistance, and administrative services are described. Staffing, facilities, services, standards, policies, and long-term objectives are addressed. (Author/MLW)

To meet the growing need for immediate information to support administrative decision making, the Cooperative Computer Center, a computing consortium serving Chicago State University, Governors State University, and Northeastern Illinois University, established an Information Center. The heart of the center is its user-friendly software.…

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…

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)

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…