Describes the establishment of an online retrieval system in a Turkish documentation center and the problems encountered, including lack of training for personnel; incompatible telecommunications channels; the need to execute searches using English; and unrealistic user expectations. (CLB)

Argues that students must be introduced to information technologies to prepare them for the future and recommends that the library media center be made the information center for both teachers and students. Sources of information on CD-ROM, telecommunications, online searching, instructional television, and change strategies are provided,…

A STEP BY STEP OUTLINE OF THE SYSTEM DEVELOPED TO MAKE AND KEEP RECORDS FOR A 2-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY OF IOWA HEADSTART PARTICIPANTS (SUMMER 1965), SUPPLIES DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SIMILAR SYSTEM. THE IOWA EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COOPERATED TO DEVELOP AN…

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…

IN GENERAL, PROBLEM SOLUTIONS CAN BE FOUND ALONG A CONTINUUM OF ABSTRACTION FROM THE SPECIFIC TO THE GENERAL. THERE IS, AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLUTION, A MOST EFFICIENT OR OPTIMUM STRATEGY. IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION IS USUALLY OBTAINED, AT A MORE SPECIFIC RATHER THAN AT A MORE ABSTRACT LEVEL. THE…

In simple terms, the scientist's problem with respect to information is: How can the present volume of research results be published promptly? What is being published now? Where is it? and How can I get at it? The purpose of this paper is to examine these problems and to suggest possible ways in which they can be solved. In regard to what the…

Nineteen documents on various aspects of information science are included in this introductory book of readings. The documents were selected because they are relatively easy to read for beginning students and are likely to be useful for a number of years. The documents cover the literature from 1958 to 1970. They are: (1) Information Science: What…

Provides technical description of system (SOCRATE) used to re-transmit searches from searching terminal to second, remote terminal, where end user or inexperienced searcher can observe search strategy development and interact with search. Use of the system as searching and training aids and experiences at Consorci d'Informacio i Documentacio de…

Analysis of requests received at the Pharmaceutical Information Center of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science contributes to: (1) the task of educational planning for health-science professionals, (2) identification of pharmaceutical literature retrieval skills needed, and (3) identification of sources which contain information…

Describes a project that aims at providing information retrieval services in which the user, connected to a network node, will be able to access databases in host information centers without the need to re-establish connections when changing databases. The current status of the project and planned network services are discussed. (eight references)…

Papers presented at an August 1982 international seminar on online user education include "The Impact of New Technology on Libraries and Their Users," Brian C. Vickery (United Kingdom); "The Role of NORDINFO in Promoting Online Activity: NORDINFO-Origins and Control," Theodora Oker-Blom (Finland); "Librarians and the New…

This paper describes the development of a proposed Japanese Science Information System (SIS), a nationwide network of research and academic libraries, large-scale computer centers, national research institutes, and other organizations, to be formed for the purpose of sharing information and resources in the natural sciences, technology, the…

This report focuses on the fiscal year 1987 activities of the Education Information Center (EIC), a service operated by the Georgia Department of Education. Designed for use by top public school administrators and consultants, the purpose of the EIC was to help them save time and do a more effective job by expanding their knowledge about…

Fifteen experts in the fields of medical education and biomedical communications identified 95 events and conditions that might occur during the next 20 years in the area of biocommunications, health care delivery, and medical education; this document contains the verbatim comments provided as responses to these conditions by the study…

AFTER A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TEST PROGRAM (DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN LI 000 318), THE STATISTICAL RESULTS TABULATED AS OVERALL "ABC (APPROACH BY CONCEPT)-RELEVANCE RATIOS" AND "ABC-RECALL FIGURES" ARE PRESENTED AND REVIEWED. AN ABSTRACT MODEL DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAX WEBER'S "IDEALTYPUS" ("DIE OBJEKTIVITAET…