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Download full textStandera, Oldrich – 1970
This report evaluates the engineering information services provided by the University of Calgary since implementation of the COMPENDEX (tape service of Engineering Index, Inc.) service using the IBM TEXT-PAC system. Evaluation was made by a survey of the users of the Current Information Selection (CIS) service, the interaction between the system…
Descriptors: Costs, Information Centers, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Price, Douglas S. – 1971
This document attempts to provide managers and designers of information systems with a usable, practical "building block" system for unit costing. The model is sufficiently flexible to be applicable to a wide variety of cost control requirements; costing elements include project, product, account, organization and function. Design of the cost…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Costs, Economics, Information Centers
Robertson, W. D.; Summers, Edward G. – 1976
Directed to the educational community of British Columbia, this booklet introduces the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system. Included are a description of the system, a list of local contacts, cost information, instructions on organizing and interpreting computer searches, a description of ERIC indexes, and a list of recent…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Educational Research, Educational Resources
Volpe, John A. – 1969
This report presents an initial five-year program for meeting the critical transportation information needs of industry and government at national, state and local levels. The program provides for information on the flows of persons and goods, information on the activities (population and industry) that generate the flows, and information on the…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Data Processing, Government (Administrative Body)
Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, VA. – 1968
This bibliography is a compilation of literature existing in both the government and public sectors and concerning Cost/Benefits of Technical information Services and Technology Transfer. Not only was the cost-benefit to the user reflected, but consideration was given to the initial cost of information collections, the cost of processing the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Sparks, David E.; And Others. – 1965
Appendix A is concerned with the characteristics of the user communities and of the information service centers as important factors in the representation of an information service system. The basic characteristics of both centers and communities include their number, size, geographic distribution, and scope of interest. These characteristics are…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Programs, Costs, Data Processing
Oberender, W. – 1970
The objectives of this study were to submit all the information necessary for making a decision on the establishment of a comprehensive materials data bank for West Germany. The problems investigated were: determination of the present state of the art, examination of a number of systems and other resources existing in the subject, site visits to…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Feasibility Studies, Information Centers
System Development Corp., Falls Church, VA. – 1968
A project definition study was conducted for the development, implementation and operation of a National Traffic Safety Documentation Center. Included in this final comprehensive report are: (1) the results of nationwide surveys of users and sources of traffic safety information; (2) a review of relevant information technology in terms of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Computers, Costs
Sparks, David E.; And Others – 1965
A mathematical modeling technique has been developed to provide those having administrative responsibilities for establishing scientific and technical information systems with a flexible and powerful tool for making management decisions. A large number of factors (user communities, document forms, subject disciplines, etc.) are involved in…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Programs, Costs, Evaluation Methods
Sherman, George B.; Anderson, Robert A. – 1968
A document storage and retrieval system for the library of the Materials and Research Department of the California Division of Highways is described. The system was designed and installed as part of a research project whose objectives were to evaluate a concept-coordinated document retrieval and storage system for internally and externally…
Descriptors: Costs, Documentation, Feasibility Studies, Indexes
Safety Management Inst., Washington, DC. – 1968
A study was conducted to determine the most advantageous method of acquiring selected bibliographic data collections specializing in highway safety literature in order to provide the National Highway Safety Documentation Center (NHSDC) with a significant data base. This data base is necessary for NHSDC to accomplish its objective of being a…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Clearinghouses, Costs, Data Collection
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
Peer reviewedHensley, Oliver D.; Williams, Kathleen – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1981
A pilot study is described showing that when the costs associated with a centralized research administration library are analyzed, all functions do not have equal expenses, and unit costs for information dissemination are relatively inexpensive. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administration, Clearinghouses, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
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
Slater, Frank, Ed. – 1973
Twenty papers were selected from the Technical Program of the First Mid-Year Regional Conference of the American Society for Information Science, held at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio in May 1972. The papers cover a range of subjects related to the general theme of cost reduction in libraries and information centers. Following an…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cataloging, Computers, Costs
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