For the last three decades, the engineering higher education and professional environments have been completely transformed by the "electronic/digital information revolution" that has included the introduction of personal computer, the development of email and world wide web, and broadband Internet connections at home. Herein the writer compares…

THIS REPORT COVERS A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE DIAL ACCESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DAIRS), USED FOR RETRIEVING AND TRANSMITTING AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO CARRELS OR CLASSROOMS ELECTRONICALLY. AFTER FORMULATING A WORKING DEFINITION OF THE SUBJECT, A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND SPECIFIC SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR USE IN THE SEARCH…

An approach to a cost analysis of pilot, prototype, model and operational versions of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS) is described. Five classes of systems (conceptual, pilot, prototype, model and operational) are defined, and a system development process relating classes of systems in presented.…

A practical system for producing a union catalog of titles in the collections of the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (DBPH), its regional network, and related agencies from a machine-readable data base is presented. The DBPH organization and operations and the associated regional library network are analyzed.…

A look at Battelle's BETSY system, the primary objective of which is to provide users with a rapid, cost-effective means of retrieving resources suited to the needs of the learners. (Author/HB)

The modern educator needs accurate and current information to help make his decisions. Where and how to get it? The authors set out some basic criteria for an effective Canadian information system. (Editor)

Discussed the Research Coordinating Unit, designed to bring about change in the vocational-technical education system. Utilizing strategies suggested by Rogers and Havelock, a system of consisting of data and information bases, human resources, product utilization coordinators, extension-change agents, and regional resource centers was developed.…

This document provides a listing of descriptors used in the National Aquaculture Information System (NAIS), a computer information storage and retrieval system on marine, brackish, and freshwater organisms. Included are an explanation of how to use the document, subject index terms, and a brief bibliography of the literature used in developing the…

Gives an overview of MEDLARS II as an example of a major bibliographic processing system that supports on-line access to a number of very large files, has efficient throughput, and is operated on a single large-scale computer. (Author/PF)

This examination of abstracting-indexing services for the field of history focuses on Historical Abstracts (HA) and America--History and Life (AHL), and their relationship to the American Bibliographical Center's Subject Profile Index (ABC-SPIndex). The history, scope, selection criteria, and classification arrangements of the two databases are…

THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO COLLECT, ABSTRACT, SYNTHESIZE, PRODUCE, STORE, AND DISSEMINATE CAREER INFORMATION TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF CAREER INFORMATION DESIRED BY STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS. THE INFORMATION WAS PUT ON MICROFILM APERTURE CARDS. EACH CARD CONTAINS…

THE PROCEEDINGS ARE THE RESULT OF A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ENTITLED, "SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS," HELD AT THE ARLIE FOUNDATION, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, MAY 1966. THE WORKSHOP WAS CO-SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS (AT THAT TIME THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS RESEARCH OFFICE) OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT…

CONTENTS--(1) AN ASSOCIATIVITY TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPTIMIZING RETRIEVAL RESULTS BY RONALD R. ANDERSON. AN ASSOCIATIVE TECHNIQUE BY WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO AUTOMATICALLY EXPAND AND NARROW THE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS RETRIEVED AND TO RETRIEVE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO A REQUEST EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE INDEXED BY THE EXACT TERMS OF THE REQUEST IS…

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS IS THE INTERPRETATION OF WORDS USED TO INDEX DOCUMENTS. SEMANTIC TOOLS, DEFINED AS CHANNELS FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF WORD MEANINGS BETWEEN TECHNICAL EXPERTS, DOCUMENT INDEXERS, AND SEARCHERS, PROVIDE ONE METHOD OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF MULTIPLE…

The computer-sorted word index to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), 3rd edition, 1965 (two volumes, two supplements) was developed in 1974 by the Research and Training Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin to facilitate use of DOT. The publication contains a 17page index section which refers the user from a…