Student personnel workers and services have increased without parallel increase in research in this area. To update and augment existing research skills, including knowledge of computers and computer language, to work toward a more adequate interdisciplinary conceptual base, and to encourage the establishment of information centers in the…

The U.S. Office of Education (USOE) sponsors a Special Education Instructional Materials Network which includes 14 regional centers. One of the tasks of the USOE/Michigan State University Regional Center is the collection and dissemination of the information about instructional and professional materials related to special education. The states…

The role of the information center in the National Program for Library and Information Services is projected. The various types of information centers are identified and defined, and the generation, processing, communication, and use of information and knowledge are reviewed. A plan is given for the integration of existing information centers into…

This study briefly describes the documentation and information projects of seven nations, stressing their use in the field of education. The sections are: (1) automated documentation and the human sciences in France, (2) documentation for education and the social sciences in the Federal Republic of Germany, (3) mechanized projects in library work…

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…

A description is provided of the structure, contents, and potential uses of a National Storehouse of Educational Materials Successes. The Storehouse is depicted as being a collection of evidence relating to what works in education. Details are presented on its contents, its expected users, the functions it could serve, and its operational and…

The report describes Wisconsin's information retrieval system with remote, on-line computer access to nearly 200,000 educational documents. Briefly outlined are the operations and indexing of materials for the computer program, documents of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), file access, training sessions, and remote location…

This ninth annual report of the Committee on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI) contains summary reports of COSATI and its Panels and Task Groups for the calendar year, 1971. This 1971 COSATI report reflects the initiatives taken by the Federal agencies not only in insuring to the scientific and engineering publics the prompt…

The thesaurus is explained to be a distillation of the more comprehensive Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors used by the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses, and contains approximately 1,500 indexing terms called descriptors selected from the ERIC Thesaurus on the basis of particular need to the Clearinghouse on Exceptional…

The purpose of this Guide is to help those receiving data and data products from the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) to make better use of the material obtained. In addition, it should help data requesters to intelligently formulate inquiries based on a knowledge of the capabilities (and limitations) of the data base. Chapter I of the…

The Institute of Scientific Information on the Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences (INION) coordinates social science information activities and processes both Soviet and foreign publications. The All-Union Scientific and Technological Information Center collects and disseminates information on unpublished scientific works and theses.…

Information needs are growing more rapidly than the abilities of research libraries and information centers to meet them. Two reasons and their influence on information systems are discussed: a shift in scientific endeavor from basic science to applied, leading to the emergence of programmatic research; and the technology of science itself. (16…

Paper presents an analysis of information exchange in the world and the development of systems designed to facilitate storage and retrieval of information. It also deals with all aspects of exchanging experience in adult education. (Author/RK)

A survey of the literature on the effectiveness of information analysis centers which also includes papers on less specialized information centers, by the Director of Information Sciences of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (JB)

Describes experiences of the Latin American Educational Documentation Network (REDUC) since 1972, providing details of its objectives and strategies for disseminating information and its products, and organization of the network and its plan for expansion. Addresses of 15 national centers in the REDUC network and 7 references are appended. (EJS)