Good planning and management for career awareness, career exploration and occupational preparation require good information, both data-based and document-based. Both kinds of systems are described. Both depend upon computers to store manipulate, and retrieve information; however, wise use of information depends on the individual using it.…

This article explores how knowledge-discovery applications can empower educators with the information they need to provide anticipatory guidance for teaching and learning, forecast school and district needs, and find critical markers for making the best program decisions for children and youth with disabilities. Data mining for schools is…

This paper examines the means by which the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) preserves historically valuable documents while still making them available to those who initially created them. The paper compares the policies for handling requests for access by donors of material and procedures for accessioned records among the three…

A discussion piece to assist the U.S. Bureau of the Census in planning for the effective use and dissemination of future census data and products in the Government Printing Office's Depository Library Program (DLP), this report identifies key issues that may affect the role of the DLP in providing the public with access to Census Bureau data. The…

Designed to demonstrate that the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is a useful source of information for educational practitioners at all levels, this digest provides an introduction to the ERIC system and describes the National Education Practice File Project (NEPF). This 2-year project was designed to find out from…

A videodisc system provides a means of storing substantial volumes of pictorial information. Individual pictures and sequences of images may be accessed directly thereby providing many novel approaches to image retrieval and display. When combined with an interactive computer system, a videodisc is able to create a useful tool to aid the…

An initial but comprehensive attempt to formally discuss the archiving of Chicano social science data archiving, reveals the range and quality of archivable datasets on Chicanos with a proposed taxonomic scheme for archiving them, and addresses technical and procedural issues and the strategies being adopted to establish a Chicano data archive…

This publication provides members of the House of Representatives information about the range of on-line computer services and data bases available for their use. Section 1 is an introduction. Section 2 describes the nature and general functions of time-sharing services, information systems, and data bases discussed in the document. Section 3…

The European Documentation and Information System for Education (EUDISED), a multi-lingual, computer-based information storage and retrieval system, has passed through four major stages of development: (1) the initial feasability studies; (2) elaboration of the thesaurus of subject listings; (3) field tests; and (4) experimental operation. A…

A system which lists current research in Israel in the natural sciences, medicine, agriculture and technology was inaugurated in 1967. This system now includes 4,000 current research projects on which 3,500 individual researchers are engaged. This represents about 90% of all scientists doing non-defense research in Israel. The system is run on an…

This paper briefly describes the organization of a "data bank" containing research on communication networks, specifies the kinds of information compiled about various network properties, discusses some specific results of the work done to date, and presents some general conclusions about the overall project and its potential advantages to…

CONDUIT is a consortium of five regional computer networks, and is designed to 1) establish a center for information collection and dissemination concerning computer-related curriculum materials; and 2) to identify and evaluate factors governing ease of movement of computer-related curriculum materials from one school to another. The information…

Extension personnel must learn how to use computer technology to provide information for decision making, to store and retrieve publications and information quickly and accurately, and to help people learn new things. The author suggests possible applications of computer technology to program needs in the extension service. (MF)

Religious library associations offer practical advice, preserve the literature on microfilm, publish useful books and brochures, and index and digitize key religious journals. The services of six varied library associations are described. A sidebar presents contact information for the six associations. (AEF)

A product of the UNISIST International Centre for Bibliographic Descriptions (UNIBIB), this reference manual presents a standardized communication format for the exchange of machine-readable bibliographic information between bibliographic databases or other types of bibliographic information services, including libraries. The manual is produced in…