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Download full textWeber, Lisa B. – 1990
Our society is witnessing an ever-increasing sophistication in the development and use of computer and associated telecommunications technologies. Archivists are no longer faced with preserving relatively simply numeric files, but with maintaining a vast array of electronic information holdings ranging from complex databases to compound electronic…
Descriptors: Archives, Computers, Databases, Electronic Publishing
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, CO. – 1982
Major databases and data collection efforts related to postsecondary education are described. Database selection was limited to data that was national in scope, of broad interest, and timely (after 1972). Approximately 95 databases are covered, each of a two-page abstract that describes the subject matter and scope of the database, the data…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Data Collection, Databases, Guides
Makowski, David J.; Passmore, J. Robert – 1980
Major databases and data collection efforts related to postsecondary education are described. Database selection was limited to data that was national in scope, of broad interest, and timely (after 1970). Over 75 databases are covered, each on a two-page abstract that describes subject matter and scope of the database, the data collection method,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Data Collection, Databases, Guides
Slamecka, Vladimir – 1984
The evaluation and selection of information/data management system software for the Egyptian National Scientific and Technical (STI) Network are described. An overview of the state-of-the-art of database technology elaborates on the differences between information retrieval and database management systems (DBMS). The desirable characteristics of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBerry, P. A. M.; Meadows, A. J. – Journal of Documentation, 1987
Reviews the current status of satellite remote sensing data, including problems with efficient storage and rapid retrieval of the data, and appropriate computer graphics to process images. Areas of research concerned with overcoming these problems are described. (16 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Computer Storage Devices, Copyrights
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1982
The Oklahoma State Capacity Building Project, Project SEEK (Sooner Exchange for Educational Knowledge) emphasized three approaches in working toward building a comprehensive dissemination system for Oklahoma's educators: (1) systematic information collection, storage, retrieval, and delivery to educators through state education agency information…
Descriptors: Administrators, Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Strauss, Diane; And Others – 1985
This report reviews machine-readable information storage technology as of fall 1985, describes its use at certain academic libraries, and makes recommendations for its implementation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Focus is on data disks (reference and research materials) rather than on program disks, and suggestions are made…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Science
