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Kirby, Douglas – 1990
This monograph describes three types of evaluation that are potentially useful to school-based clinics: needs assessments, process evaluations, and impact evaluations. Two important methodological principles are involved: (1) collecting multiple kinds of data with multiple methods; and (2) collecting comparison data. Student needs can be…
Descriptors: Clinics, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Management Information Systems
Brown, Eric H.; And Others – Information Management Review, 1988
Describes a survey of small to moderately sized organizations in South Carolina that examined the role of chief information officers. The discussion covers barriers to the establishment of these positions, the involvement of senior management in information resources management, organizational power structures, and the organizational role of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Business Administration, Change Strategies
Hubbard, William J. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Discusses participatory strategic planning and describes the use of IBM's Application Transfer Study process at Jacksonville State University to develop a master plan for a campuswide information system. Planning in academe is discussed, and the use of questionnaires and interviews for needs assessment is described. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Information Systems
Katzer, Jeffrey; And Others – 1985
This research project was motivated by results of earlier work (Katzer et al., 1982) on the overlap among document representations. In the earlier study, one representation used in the INSPEC database proved to perform unexpectedly well in comparison with other commonly used representations, such as controlled vocabulary or free-text terms from…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Blue, Richard I. – Online Review, 1979
Lists questions to be used for information retrieval system evaluations and for information gathering in comparison of retrieval systems. (CWM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computers, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria
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Misic, Mark M.; Johnson, Kelsey L. – Internet Research, 1999
This paper presents a case study on how benchmarking was used to determine how one organization's Web site compared to Web sites of related schools and professional organizations. Highlights include application of metrics, the Web site evaluation form, functional/navigational issues, content and style, and top site generalizations. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
Pane, John F.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Asmus, Gary J.; Stokes, Billy R. – RAND Corporation, 2006
The purpose of this technical report is to provide timely documentation of many of the short-term effects of the movements of students that occurred as part of the displacement of storm victims. The report will help guide educators and policymakers in their ongoing responses to this disaster and preparations for future events. Focusing on the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Information Systems, Public Schools, Natural Disasters
Pogrow, Stanley – Electronic Learning, 1983
Discussion of database integration and how it operates includes recommendations on compatible brand name word processing and database management programs, and a checklist for evaluating essential and desirable features of the available programs. (MBR)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Programs, Educational Administration, Evaluation Criteria
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Sampson, James P., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Career Development, 1990
Nine computer-assisted career guidance systems are assessed: the Career Information System; CHOICES; CHOICES for Adults; CHOICES Jr.; DISCOVER for Colleges and Adults, for High Schools, and for Junior High and Middle Schools; the Guidance Information System; and SIGI PLUS. Four detailed tables compare features in terms of career decision-making…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, Career Planning, Computer Software Selection
Sirotnik, Ken; And Others – 1983
The phrase "systemic evaluation" denotes the idea of a comprehensive information system for schools and districts that provides an in-depth quantitative and qualitative description of schooling and facilitates dialogue, judgment, decision-making, and action by those concerned with and/or responsible for schooling. Attention is on the…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Joint Committee on Printing, Washington, DC. – 1984
Representing both the public and private sectors, members of an ad hoc committee were charged by the Joint Committee on Printing of the U.S. Congress with evaluating the feasibility and desirability of providing access to federal government information in electronic formats to depository libraries. Appointed in May 1983, the committee was asked to…
Descriptors: Databases, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Information Retrieval
Bailey, Charles W., Jr., Comp.; Myers, Judy E., Comp. – 1991
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit presents the results of a survey of library members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) which assessed their perceptions of expert systems and determined their level of expert system development activity; 78 of these ARL libraries returned useable surveys, and 7 submitted planning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computers, Expert Systems, Higher Education
Sampson, James P., Jr.; And Others – 1987
The purpose of this research was to compare two widely used computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems, DISCOVER and System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI). The goals were to: (1) assist practitioners in learning more about the benefits of using a CACG system as a component of total program services; (2) assist CACG system…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, College Students
Peterson, Gary W.; And Others – 1987
The Computer-Assisted Career Guidance (CACG) Evaluation Form was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of CACG systems in performing three vital functions in career decision-making. This instrument was subsequently used to compare the effectiveness of DISCOVER, System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI), and SIGI PLUS using 132…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems, College Students
Niwa, Shelley; Brinkman, Paul – 1982
The feasibility of developing a refined national reporting classification system for colleges and universities to complement the present classification system of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) which categorizes institutions into five major classes was studied. For some types of national reporting the NCHEMS…
Descriptors: Classification, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Databases
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