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Download full textKURLAND, NORMAN D.; SARGENT, SHIRLEY – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE (1) THE VOLUME AND NATURE OF STATE EDUCATION AGENCY DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE ERIC SYSTEM, AND (2) THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF COLLECTING, SELECTING AND ABSTRACTING THESE DOCUMENTS FOR THE ERIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THIS PURPOSE. CRITERIA TO…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Processing
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
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Occupational Education Research. – 1971
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a nationwide system which acquires and stores educational information and makes this information readily available to all educators. The ERIC system contains over 40,000 education documents. As the New York ERIC liaison, the New York State Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) has actively…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research, Guidelines, Information Centers
Kinkade, Robert G.; Bedarf, Erwin W. – 1967
Evaluated were the role and importance of request-receiver feedback in an information system. Participants were 50 university biological scientists who agreed to place requests for information by telephone with a specially established clearinghouse. One type of receiver was a scientist holding a Ph.D. in biochemistry, with over 20 years biological…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Comparative Analysis, Information Centers, Information Processing
Kinkade, Robert G.; And Others – 1967
Determined were the functional design requirements of two components of an information system, the request-receiver and request-processor. The participants were 46 university biological scientists in the Washington, D.C. area who agreed to place requests by telephone with a specially established clearinghouse. A trained, experienced biological…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Comparative Analysis, Information Centers, Information Processing
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
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1971
The purpose of this inventory is to list a number of "major" information services and systems in the field of science and technology, either in the government or in the private sector. If a distinction is made between traditional information systems such as libraries, documentation services etc., and the wide spectrum of mechanized…
Descriptors: Automation, Directories, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
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
Marron, Beatrice; And Others – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Databases, Information Centers
United Nations Economic and Social Council, New York, NY. – 1972
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…
Descriptors: Archives, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries
Moore, A. B.; Kreitlow, Burton – Adult Leadership, 1977
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…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Clearinghouses, Educational Research
Knox, Alan B. – NUEA Spectator, 1975
The article traces the development, scope, and functions of the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse in Career Education since its reorganization and consolidation in 1973. Located at Northern Illinois University, it serves all segments of the field of adult and continuing education, vocational and technical education, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Information Centers, Information Networks
Bleimschein, Sue, Ed. – 1986
Sixteen papers from a workshop on computer applications sponsored by the University of Cape Town (South Africa) School of Librarianship are presented in this volume: (1) "Introduction to the Use of Information Technology" (Sue Bleimschein); (2) "Searching Remote Databases" (Steve Rossouw); (3) "SABINET [South African Bibliographic and Information…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Indexing, Information Centers
McDonald, Dennis D; And Others – 1981
A detailed descriptive analysis of both the direct and indirect costs incurred by the Federal government in operating the ERIC system, and the user population and user demand for ERIC products and services, this study is based on data gathered from a number of complementary sources. These sources included a survey of ERIC's U.S. intermediate…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Resources, Expenditures, Indexes
Booz, Allen Applied Research, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 1966
This report summarizes the on-site study of mechanization in DoD libraries and information centers. Included are presentations and evaluations on thesaurus building, file structure, input processing, serial control, selective dissemination of information, circulation control, equipments being used, recommendations on information retrieval systems,…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
