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Duckworth, Winston H. – 1969
Responsibility for operating the Defense Ceramic Information Center (DCIC) was assigned to Battelle in May 1967. This report tells of accomplishments during the first two years of the assignment. The mission, scope and operational standards of the Center are defined, and the report describes the nature and distribution of the various products and…
Descriptors: Ceramics, Conferences, Costs, Financial Support
Heenan, Daniel J. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
Describes development and utilization of microcomputer center at Nyack Hospital which decentralized information processing and implemented small-scale automation. Highlights include microcenter's role in: (1) training hospital staff in using database management; (2) providing advice, software/hardware evaluations, and purchasing assistance; and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Costs, Decentralization, Hospitals
Information Management, Inc., Burlington, MA. – 1967
THE DOCUMENT IDENTIFIES POLICY DECISIONS WHICH MUST BE MADE, SUGGESTS METHODS OF FUNDING, DESCRIBES WORK TO BE DONE, PROVIDES COSTS OF MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT, AND DELINEATES STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL CHEMICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM. ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS REQUIRED IS THE APPROVAL OR MODIFICATION OF THIS PLAN. IT THEN BECOMES A GUIDELINE FOR…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Chemistry, Costs, Equipment
SEGARRA, CARLOS O. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO IDENTIFY AND DEFINE THE PARAMETERS OF AN ECONOMICAL AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED FOUR PHASES--(1) DATA REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, (2) COST ANALYSIS AND SYSTEM DEFINITION, (3) HARDWARE SELECTION, SYSTEM TEST AND EVALUATION, AND…
Descriptors: Automation, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Data Processing
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1973
The conference proceedings contained in this document include invited papers, transcripts of discussions following those papers, and the reports of topical committees that met during the three day conference held in Luxembourg, May 1973. The focus of the conference was on the design and use of information retrieval and data base systems in various…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Costs, Databases
ALTMANN, BERTHOLD; BROWN, WILLIAM G. – 1965
THE FIRST-GENERATION APPROACH BY CONCEPT (ABC) STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL METHOD, A METHOD WHICH UTILIZES AS A SUBJECT APPROACH APPROPRIATE STANDARDIZED ENGLISH-LANGUAGE STATEMENTS PROCESSED AND PRINTED IN A PERMUTED INDEX FORMAT, UNDERWENT A PERFORMANCE TEST, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF WHICH WAS TO SPOT DEFICIENCIES AND TO DEVELOP A SECOND-GENERATION…
Descriptors: Automation, Catalogs, Computer Programs, Costs
Download full textOettinger, Anthony G. – 1976
A study on information technology and public policy examined relationships among information providers and their clients in order to determine the economic, institutional, and technological factors that are key in deciding how people get the information they need. The research project was conducted to help the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Decentralization, Information Centers
Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1976
Fifteen papers on computer centers and data processing management presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) 1976 convention are included in this document. The first two papers review the recent controversy for proposed licensing of data processors, and they are followed by a description of the Institute for Certification of…
Descriptors: Administration, Certification, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
