The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system and the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility are briefly discussed as introductory and background material to this paper on the technical and managerial aspects of operating an information processing center. The following topics are covered under the subject of managing the ERIC data…

"Coordinating Information for Texas Educators" (CITE) is a project of the Texas Education Agency designed to develop and coordinate a comprehensive communication program for elementary and secondary schools and to include an adequate resource base and linkage system. Project CITE was designed by Region XIX Education Service Center to…

This monograph is an overview of the present and possible future trends in networking, the use of computer communications technology to facilitate the sharing of information and computer resources over great distances. The text reviews networks already being used by universities to share instructional resources and computing ability, and by…