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Landry, Bertrand C.; Rusk, James E. – J Amer Soc Info Sci, 1970
Deals with the relationship between a theory of indexing and a theory of information storage and retrieval. Attention is directed to the view that indexing is an order increasing operation, and some thermodynamic notions are invoked to aid in this description. (MF)
Descriptors: Classification, Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Jenkins, Gwen – Adult Educ (London), 1970
The Unviersity College of Swansea Department of Extra-Mural Studies has computerized their class satistics and sees possibilities for computerization of similar statistics on a nation-wide scale. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Extension Education, Statistical Data, Student Records
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Ernst, William B., Jr. – Library Trends, 1971
Only the imaginative combination of space utilization and collection organization will help solve the problems of the most efficient and effective ways to handle the storage of large masses of little-used books. (NH)
Descriptors: Books, Buildings, Library Collections, Library Facilities
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Budington, William S. – Library Trends, 1971
The dimensions of the book storage problem vary from rigid to flexible and from conventional to futuristically hazy. The library network, conceived as a channel of access to information, has definite promise of assistance--but not total solution--for storage problems. (NH)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Library Collections, Library Materials, Library Networks
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Totten, Herman L. – Library Trends, 1971
Selection of the storage facility is only part of the larger problem of how to select books for storage and in what form to store them. (NH)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Material Selection, Library Materials, Microforms
Artandi, Susan; Wolf, Edward H. – Amer Doc, 1969
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Indexing, Information Retrieval
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Swan, Alice – Library Trends, 1981
Provides specific information on varying photographic materials and processes to aid archivists and curators in preserving photograph collections. Preservation problems related to major types of silver prints on paper (salt, albumen, collodion, gelatin) and to the silver image (oxidation, silver sulfide) are covered. Twenty references are cited.…
Descriptors: Archives, Information Storage, Microfilm, Oxidation
Cercone, Nick; Mercer, Robert – ALLC Journal, 1980
Discusses an investigation of certain problems concerning the structural design of lexicons used in computational approaches to natural language understanding. Emphasizes three aspects of design: retrieval of relevant portions of lexicals items, storage requirements, and representation of meaning in the lexicon. (Available from ALLC, Dr. Rex Last,…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Design, Dictionaries, Information Retrieval
Bezilla, Robert – Online, 1982
This overview of the current users, common features, functions, and applications of online electronic information exchange systems, includes a discussion of both the benefits of such systems, and the problems they are likely to create. (RBF)
Descriptors: Computers, Information Networks, Information Storage, Online Systems
Dick, Ernest J. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1979
Discusses oral history interviews in terms of selection criteria, identification, storage conditions, and duplication. (CHC)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Collections, Media Selection, Oral History
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Burns, Christopher – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1981
Reviews the state of information technologies involving teletext, viewdata, interactive graphics, videodisc, audio synthesis, and holography, and discusses the current understanding of access schemes and cognitive processing. Sixteen suggested readings and nine references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Display Systems, Holography, Information Storage
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Ansell, Michael – Visible Language, 1979
Considers systems for the classification of handwriting features, discusses computer storage of information about handwriting features, and summarizes recent studies that give an idea of the range of forensic handwriting research. (GT)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Storage Devices, Courts, Handwriting
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Mathews, William D. – Journal of Library Automation, 1978
Provides a brief overview of advances in electronic technologies during the past five years in the processing, storage, and transmission of information. The author also comments on software implementors, systems designers, management teams, and their organizations, and notes some problems. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Essays, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Problems
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Mann, Thomas J. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1979
A system for processing and shelving mixed media works is described, the advantage of which is its ability to make value judgments reflecting the author's intention as to which format is primary. Security needs, storage space problems, and desirability of maintaining browsing capabilities are also incorporated in this system. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Guidelines, Libraries, Library Technical Processes
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Wierschem, David; McMillen, Jeremy; McBroom, Randy – Educause Quarterly, 2003
Describes how, when used effectively, data warehouses can be a significant component of strategic decision making on campus. Discusses what a data warehouse is and what its informational contents may include, environmental drivers and obstacles, and strategies to justify developing a data warehouse for an academic institution. (EV)
Descriptors: College Administration, Databases, Decision Making, Higher Education
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