The fifth annual bibliography of Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse publications reflects the information analysis activities of each clearinghouse for Fiscal Year 1971. This is an annual bibliography of those publications of the ERIC Clearinghouses which reflect information analysis activities. In addition to the…

A methodology for categorically describing computer-based information systems was developed and applied to six university-based, NSF-supported systems. The systems under study all operate as retail information cneters primarily serving campus communities by accessing large commercially-available data bases using 3rd generation computer…

The development of an integrated national plan of information services is the topic of the provisional final report of the seminar which is in Spanish. The accompanying five-page declaration, conclusions and recommendations, in English, implicitly include concepts which will permit the drawing up of a national information policy. The Seminar…

This report describes the operations of the Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center (PNBC) which is located at the University of Washington's Library in Seattle. The Center's Union Catalog contains bibliographic citations for 1,778,000 different titles held by 45 libraries in the Pacific Northwest. The Union Catalog is supplemented by microfilm…

There are three phases in the development of new drugs aimed at determining adverse reactions or side effects. Each of these phases produces many different pieces of information. All of this leads to a major problem involving the professional/industrial and/or academic libraries serving the scientific-medical community through their information…

Describes project funded by U.S. Agency for International Development to provide short-term technical assistance (general, technology transfer, institutional development and training, information support) to rural and urban fringe water supply and sanitation projects. Initial steps, special collection, and future components of rainwater network…

The investigation and use of machine translation as an adjunct to human translation at the Soviet Union's All-Union Translation Center, a centralized scientific and technical translation facility, is examined. The issues of error correction, the variety of translation types needed, and special lexical considerations are discussed. (MSE)

This directory is designed to help users identify information centers in education and related fields that can provide up-to-date information. It includes both federally and privately funded organizations that provide services and products such as: reference and referral; online searches; publications; information dissemination; technical…

The evolution of Petroleum Abstracts,'' which was started in 1961, is described. The various methods used for retrieving are discussed. (5 references) (SM)

Now managed by the Educational Testing Service, the National Assessment of Educational Progress intends to generate current and reliable information on education; to communicate information in many different forms by various media; and to help educators, parents, legislators, and concerned citizens understand how to use that information. (PB)

An overview of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a nationwide information system designed to provide information and availability of current documents in the field of education, and specifically of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education, now located at Ohio State University, which includes the field of adult education within…

This article points out the critical importance of up-to-date information for small business entrepreneurs and describes two innovative initiatives of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): the national electronic bulletin board system called "SBA On-Line" and Business Information Centers in field locations. (JDD)

Presents the three phases of the implementation and operation of the Integrated Information Center (IIC) at the University of Minnesota from 1990-93. Competition between the IIC and information centers at the two schools the IIC was intended to serve--the School of Management and the Institute of Public Affairs--is addressed. (JAK)

Lists information storage and retrieval devices as a representation of improvements and changes throughout the past several millennia. Examines characteristics of past and present devices and identifies those characteristics that are important for carrying into the future. Discusses implications for information centers striving to provide…