The goal of Maine's Dissemination Capacity Building Project--the Information Exchange--is to build a comprehensive system for disseminating current information resources to Maine educators at every organizational level. This report begins with an abstract describing three major components of the information exchange: (1) a computerized information…

This project studied the feasibility of developing a computerized database of information about vocational and technical education curriculum materials. It was conducted in response to the need expressed by educators in the field for a comprehensive, centralized, computerized database of information on the availability of curriculum materials. The…

A descriptive model of the Fire Education Resources Information System (FERIS) is examined in this document. Information regarding educational materials relating to fire prevention, protection, and suppression is discussed. A description of the model is presented in two sections. Section 1, Problem Definition, surveys the background and needs for…

This document represents the first of five components of a project conducted to design a comprehensive information system (termed SYSTEM) for identifying, selecting, and disseminating relevant military curriculum materials to civilian vocational and technical education programs. This particular report identifies, reviews, and analyzes existing…

This document represents the second of five components of a project conducted to design a comprehensive information system (termed SYSTEM) for identifying, selecting, and disseminating relevant military curriculum materials to civilian vocational and technical education programs. This particular report discusses a survey involving 175 educators in…

Educational linkage is a system for sharing facts, ideas, values, and skills related to educational work. An extensive survey was made of educational linkage programs, and an evaluation procedure for these programs was designed. Over 40 linkage models were classified as to level of sponsorship and/or service, institutional setting, services…

Four speeches are presented, each of which deals with the use of conputers to organize and retrieve news stories. The first speech relates in detail the step-by-step process devised by the "Free Press" in Detroit to analyze, categorize, code, film, process, and retrieve news stories through the use of the electronic film retrieval…

The document contains the final four appendices to a staff paper submitted to the President's Task Force on Communications Policy. "The Digital Loop" describes changes in urban telecommunications which are predicted for 1970-80, considering three possible systems: paired wires with single analog signals (present telephones), coaxial…

Descriptions and appraisals of significant recent trends and developments in the field of information science are presented. The eleven individual chapters deal, respectively, with the following topics: 1) the economics of information, 2) document description and representation, 3) automated language processing, 4) microform technology, 5) library…

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Computer Utilization Group formed a Policy Panel. Its purpose was to assist its member governments by surveying the state of the art of computers and information utilities, to analyze applications and alternative policies relevant to conditions in member countries, and to make policy…

The State Research Coordination Units (RCU's) are in an optimum position to provide linkage between the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and its users as part of a comprehensive vocational-technical education information dissemination system. Realizing this, the Center for Vocational and Technical Education developed this guide with…

A "gatekeeper" is an individual within a communication system who, through a process of selection, restricts the flow of information to the receivers. To investigate certain demographic characteristics and opinions which influence county supervisors (gatekeepers) in the selection of publications for dissemination to vocational agriculture…

All aspects of a five-week field test of the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD) are reported. Sixteen students were involved; each averaged 3.5 sessions with the system. Results indicate that the most frequently accessed script was the Occupational Preference Script. Nearly half of the students (seven) accessed three data files,…

Reviews the work environments surrounding integrated office systems, and synthesizes the known effects of automated office technologies with regard to their impact on information networks, work flow/processes, and organizational structure and power. (CLB)

Examines challenges in providing a cost-effective means of information access for students at geographically dispersed DeVry Institute campuses. Describes several changes in library strategy and ongoing efforts to improve access to students in DeVry's dynamic and technically focused programs. (YKH)