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Lunin, Lois F. – Optical Information Systems, 1990
Describes technological aspects of image information, compares it with alphanumeric databases, and discusses applications in the areas of business, government, libraries, and medicine and more. The components of an image processing system are explained, systems analysis and design are discussed, and predictions for the 1990s are offered. (153…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Computer System Design

Diem, Richard A. – Social Studies, 1989
Examines applications of microcomputers and television to global education. Provides suggestions for developing an understanding of basic formats of data collection and analysis, and for using databases to understand the organization of information. Recommends the use of interactive television to develop a global perspective. (LS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Database Management Systems
Holloway, Mary A. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Discusses the need to develop more efficient information retrieval skills by the use of new technology. Lists four stages used in automating the media center. Describes North Carolina's pilot programs. Proposes benefits and looks at the media center's future. (MVL)
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Databases, Educational Media
Baker, Nick – Document Image Automation, 1993
Describes a British oil company's implementation of a document image processing system emphasizing the business and organizational issues. The project's objectives, perceived benefits, and issues of system ownership, planning, and implementation are described. An appendix includes documentation tables. (EAM)
Descriptors: Automation, Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries

Case, Donald Owen – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Examines how users interact with text to devise a more effective information retrieval interface. Research in cognitive psychology and information science that relates to the use of metaphors and document categorization is reviewed, and an example of text organization and retrieval by historians is presented. (60 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Computer System Design, Documentation
Pappas, Marjorie – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1993
Discusses trends evolving in schools and library media centers as a result of electronic information technologies, including the shift from acquisition to access, the storage of information, the growth of image-based technologies, technology and management, information skills needed for electronic resources, information networks, impact on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Curriculum Design, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Buchanan, Larry – MultiMedia Schools, 1998
Describes issues related to machine compatibility, download time, and storage space to consider when creating a downloadable library. Highlights include file storage on Web servers; compressing PC files; compressing and binhexing Macintosh files; setting up the library; and summer "standards institutes." (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries

Phillips, Margaret; And Others – inCite, 1996
Includes five articles that focus on the theme of "the future of the book" in Australia. Topics are library acquisitions and the impact of electronic publishing, censorship of networked communications in public libraries, copyright law reform in the digital environment, technology's implications for library facility design, and…
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Copyrights

Ratcliffe, Frederick W. – Reference Librarian, 1996
Describes a report (published in 1993) on British university libraries. The report addresses funding problems, the growth in desktop and electronic publishing and resulting archiving and preservation issues, the increased number of university students, the impact of information technology on the transmission and storage of information, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Publishing
Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Book Report, 2002
Examines the impact of technology on school library facilities and suggests some low-impact ways to optimize its use. Highlights include considering the role technology can play; educational goals; interior environmental factors; circulation desk needs; security; storage for hardware and software; handicapped accessibility; and future planning.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Storage
Armstrong, C. J. – 1995
The Centre for Information Quality Management (CIQM) was set up by the Library Association and UK (United Kingdom) Online User Group to act as a clearinghouse to which database users may report problems relating to the quality of any aspect of a database being used. CIQM acts as an intermediary between the user and information provider in…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Clearinghouses, Coding, Consumer Protection
Michelson, Avra – 1991
This report introduces archivists to the potential of expert systems for improving archives administration and alerts them to ways in which they can expect intelligent technologies to impact federal record-keeping systems and scholarly research methods. The report introduces the topic by describing expert systems used in three Fortune 500…
Descriptors: Archives, Business, Data Processing, Expert Systems
Brock, Jack L., Jr. – 1992
This testimony discusses ways in which some federal government agencies use technology to provide the public with cheaper, faster access to a wider range of information which can be searched and manipulated in ways never possible on the printed page. Technologies included in the discussion are compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM), electronic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail
Kamisli, Zehra – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2004
We live in the information and the microelectronic age, where technological advancements become a major determinant of our lifestyle. Such advances in technology cannot possibly be made or sustained without concurrent advancement in management systems (5). The impact of computer technology on organizations and society is increasing as new…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Case Studies, College Faculty, Open Education
Mandal, Chittaranjan; Sinha, Vijay Luxmi; Reade, Christopher M. P. – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
The architecture of a web-based course management tool that has been developed at IIT [Indian Institute of Technology], Kharagpur and which manages the submission of assignments is discussed. Both the distributed architecture used for data storage and the client-server architecture supporting the web interface are described. Further developments…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Computer System Design, Courseware, Database Management Systems