The Master Technical Plan is divided into the following four main parts: (1) "Indroduction." (2) "A Description of the Proposed National Medical Retardation Information and Resource Center (NMRIRC)," consists of a series of descriptions of how the national center will serve its various organizational and individual…

The acquisitions and processing staff of the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center has prepared the manual in order to clarify and document procedures now in effect at the Center, to assist in training new personnel, and to provide a model for other information centers. All steps involved in the acquisition and processing of…

This directory was compiled to aid health, physical education, and recreation professionals locate and gain access to the information systems that store materials in their areas of interest. Information is included about (1) U.S.-based information centers, (2) many of the Canadian systems, and (3) the International Association for Sport…

Remarks regarding the current programs of information flow within the EOP, which include the creation of the White House Information Center, are prefaced by historical perspectives. (Author/MBR)

A look at how EUDISED (European Documentation and Information System for Education) has been planned and how the plan should be implemented. (HB)

Discusses the concept and organization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) with emphasis on current and planned services provided by the center. (DE)

From modest beginnings, ERIC has grown both as a documentation system and as a service organization. The current status of the system is reviewed in several areas: organizational structure and operation, collection strengths and acquisitions procecures, technical developments in vocabulary improvement, auxiliary reference tools, and efforts to…

AS A PREFACE TO A PANEL DISCUSSION, THE AUTHOR SPEAKS OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS OF A MULTILEVEL SET OF RESOURCES IN EDUCATION WHICH MAY PROVIDE A BASIS FOR BUILDING PROGRAMS THAT CAN FOSTER ADOPTION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEAS AND PRACTICES. HE CALLS ATTENTION TO THE ALREADY INSTITUTED NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CENTERS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL…

This paper describes the contributions of the Gerontological Information Program (GRIP) to the area of career preparation, particularly its role in (1) assisting college faculty in providing courses in gerontology, (2) training students in the utilization of gerontological information, (3) career placement, and (4) manpower assessment. A…

The regional information center is examined as an instrument for innovation in small library automation and as a basis for the evolution of national information systems. Summarized is development of regional information centers in education, including centers specially for handicapped children, and indicated are trends toward national information…

For the purposes of this Directory, information science includes the following subjects: library and information systems, library automation and networks, systems analysis, management information systems, information needs and uses, abstracting and indexing, advanced classification theory, non-traditional techniques of organizing knowledge,…

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…

The Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS) has developed the Research Information System (RIS), a central information base which evolved from research and demonstration (R&D) programs sponsored over the years by SRS. It was specifically designed for use by the practitioner rather than by the formal researcher in an area of special…

The University of Georgia Information Dissemination Center is profiled. Emphasis is on the organization and services of the system which primarily serves 27 state supported schools in Georgia. Based on a recent survey, the impact of the service on the users is discussed. (DH)