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Peer reviewedHoward, Helen – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1980
Examines an organizational model which is innovative in grouping the library and one or more other information/communication functions under a senior administrator. Present university structures are deemed ill equipped to cope successfully with modern pressures and rapid change. Eight examples of the communication model are examined. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, College Administration, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedLong, Susan; Rawnsley, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Describes the services and resources of the San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC) and presents the results of a survey of linking agents operating within SMERC contracts, including findings about their organizational settings, educational backgrounds, marketing activities, and perceptions about the usefulness of the service. (FM)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Services
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1980
This guide is intended to aid Maryland educators in using Project LIFE (Library Information Functional Exchange), an information retrieval system designed to strengthen the resource base of the State Media Services Center, to support school library personnel by providing access to pertinent information which is not available in local resources,…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Facilities Improvement, Information Centers, Information Sources
Download full textRICH, JULIET V. – 1968
THIS PUBLICATION IS ONE OF A SERIES ON CURRENT RESEARCH AND RESOURCES COMPILED BY THE COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES INFORMATION CENTER. RESUMES OF SELECTED LITERATURE ON NEW INFORMATION TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO PERSONNEL WORK ARE PRESENTED. COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AND USING INFORMATION, APPLICATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR NEW INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Information Centers, Information Processing, Information Systems
Redstone Scientific Information Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL. – 1967
THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE MINUTES OF A WORKSHOP ON AUTOMATION IN LIBRARIES, HELD TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ARMY TECHNICAL LIBRARIES AND SPONSORED BY ARMY TECHNICAL LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT STUDIES (ATLIS). THE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED IN FOUR AREAS, EACH ILLUSTRATED WITH PRESENTATIONS BY PEOPLE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THESE SYSTEMS. THE FIRST SESSION…
Descriptors: Automation, Improvement, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
KINKADE, ROBERT G.; VAN COTT, HAROLD P. – 1967
EVALUATED WAS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A PILOT INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE AS A RESEARCH TOOL FOR DEFINING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION CENTER. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DEVELOP A METHOD FOR STUDYING THE SCIENCE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENTISTS, (2) TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE METHOD…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Information Centers, Information Needs
Schwartz, Eugene S.; And Others – 1970
The design, implementation and operation of the Computer Search Center of IIT Research Institute, an information center to educate and link industry and academic institutions to chemical and other scientific information systems, is described. Format conversion, profile input, search and output programs developed over a two-year period are detailed…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Programs, Education, Industry
Datsenko, V. P.; Zaytsev, N. G. – 1967
Organization of communication between the center of an automated system of information exchange and the subscribers to the system is described. The three requirements are: (1) those technical communication means must be chosen which will provide effective and convenient avenues for calls from the subscribers to the center, (2) the required…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Information Centers
National Agricultural Library (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1971
In October 1970, the Agricultural Sciences Information Network (ASIN) Committee was established by the joint landgrant/USDA Agriculture Research Policy Advisory Committee (ARPAC). The ASIN Committee was directed to review various network concepts as a means of improving information services to professional agriculturalists in the private and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Information Centers, Information Needs, Information Networks
Standera, Oldrich – 1971
The Text-Pac System is capable of generating indexes and bulletins to provide a current information service without the selectivity feature. Indexes of the accumulated data base may also be used as a basis for manual retrospective searching. The manual search involves searching computer-prepared indexes from a machine readable data base produced…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computers, Indexes, Indexing
Mathies, Lorraine – Junior College Research Review, 1972
The ERIC information system is designed for computerized information storage and retrieval. While the computer can play an increasingly more vital role in facilitating reference searches of large literature collections, experience shows that manual searching gives the user skills and expertise that are essential to effectively use the computerized…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Schlessinger, Bernard S., Ed. – 1971
Contained in this report are seven of the sixteen papers which resulted from the Seminar. The seven papers are (1) Trends in Informational Operations, (2) Present Status and Future Plans of Government Information Agencies, (3) The Congress and Research and Development, (4) Air Force Systems Commanded Comments on Technical Information Systems, (5)…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Harvey, John F., Ed. – 1970
The main objective of the conference was to explore methods for close and fruitful cooperation between the region's documentation centers. The conference was held to establish closer contacts between the documentation center staffs, to expand in-service training, and promote information and personnel exchange. The conference is considered to be an…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Peer reviewedLundu, Maurice C. – International Library Review, 1984
Examines the justification of a national information system in Zambia. Highlights include a definition of information; types of information and forms in which it is produced, organized, and transmitted; relevance of information resources to Zambia; need for a national information policy; and the role of existing information centers. Footnotes are…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Science
Peer reviewedPark, Margaret K. – Special Libraries, 1973
Information Dissemination Centers have emerged as brokers or retailers for computer-based information retrieval services. Areas which concern users and suppliers are the nature of data bases available for search, retrieval results and factors affecting them, timeliness of services, cost and prices, and practical operational considerations related…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
