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Download full textFry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
Fry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
PDF pending restorationFry, Bernard M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to examine the use made of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services by members of the educational community, and in this context to evaluate the extent to which the ERIC system is achieving its objectives of guaranteeing ready access to the nation's current significant literature in…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Networks
Listowski, David – 1976
A study of library shelving to determine the work load of personnel at an information center was undertaken in three separate time periods during 1975-76. A statistical technique was utilized to help in the determination of work performed. This information can be helpful to management in work allocation. Statistical tables are included. (Author/AP)
Descriptors: Information Centers, Library Administration, Management Systems, Medical Libraries
California State Library, Sacramento. – 1969
Library services to industry was the theme of four workshops held in Fresno, Altadena, Palos Verdes and Sacramento during March 1969. The composition of the panel at each workshop and the procedure for each panel presentation were basically the same. Each panel had a representative from industry and four practicing librarians: a public librarian,…
Descriptors: Communications, Industry, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
California State Library, Sacramento. – 1970
In 1969, four Workshops on Library Service to Industry were held in California (see LI 002 163). Expressed interest in additional workshops on the same subject resulted in the two workshops reported here. The composition of the panel at each workshop and the procedure for each panel presentation were basically the same. Each panel had a…
Descriptors: Communications, Industry, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Heenan, Daniel J. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
Describes development and utilization of microcomputer center at Nyack Hospital which decentralized information processing and implemented small-scale automation. Highlights include microcenter's role in: (1) training hospital staff in using database management; (2) providing advice, software/hardware evaluations, and purchasing assistance; and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Costs, Decentralization, Hospitals
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
Moore, Maxwell J. – 1972
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…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Needs, Information Systems, Instructional Materials
Olson, Edwin E. – 1970
The areas of strength and the areas of weakness in the general patterns of library user service policies in Indiana are identified. The study also presents information which will have an impact on planning and provision of future library services in the state. The current pattern of library service policies in Indiana are compared with the optimal…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Services, Libraries, Library Policy
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
Scheffler, F. L.; March, J. F. – 1971
The Aerospace Materials Information Center (AMIC) Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program was evaluated by an interview technique after one year of operation. The data base for the SDI consists of the periodic document index records input to the AMIC system. The users are 63 engineers, scientists, and technical administrators at the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Services
Magisos, Joel H. – 1972
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system, a useful source of information on educational resources, is described briefly. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education has been trying to develop an effective information network within that field by developing information resources, producing a guide to information…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services
Wooster, Harold – J Amer Soc Inform Sci, 1970
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)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
