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Download full textShort, Craig; Christal, Melodie E. – 1985
The use of the floppy disk as an alternative mode for delivering Information Services reports was evaluated for fiscal year 1985 by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). A 5.25 inch, 8/9 sector, 40 track ASCII floppy disk used under PC-DOS on the IBM PC and IBM PC compatible hardware was tested. Tabular data but not…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Delivery Systems, Higher Education, Information Centers
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
School Resource Center, Austin, TX. – 1986
The School Resource Center (SRC) in Austin, Texas, is intended to provide a system to link teachers and parents with various public and private information sources in order to improve instructional practice and eliminate unnecessary and costly referrals to special education services. It will collect information from private education agencies,…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Information Centers
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by information professionals working in an information center/clearinghouse. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which information center professionals perform: acquisitions; thesaurus development and control; indexing/abstracting;…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Competence, Employment Patterns, Information Centers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1981
This booklet presents proceedings from hearings on H.R. 3781, the Missing Children's Act, legislation which proposes the establishment of a centralized computer system that would become a national clearinghouse of information on missing children and would expedite the efforts of both parents and police in locating and identifying dead and/or…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Children, Clearinghouses, Federal Legislation
Sullivan, Karen Collamore; Pigozzi, Mary Joy – 1984
Fourth in a series on nonformal education, this manual describes the networking experiences of the Non-Formal Education Information Center (NFEIC) and examines three complementary components: the letter answering services, the publications program, and the resource collection. Types of letters received are outlined, including those requesting…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Services
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1984
Topics of importance to rural America in three general areas--rural community and individual information needs, available answers to these needs, and policies and strategies to meet these needs--were addressed in a joint congressional hearing held at the Fourth General Assembly of the World Future Society in July 1982. This transcript presents…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Information Centers
Bryson, Charles H. – 1977
Discussed is the reporting quandary at higher education institutions. These points are appraised: the clearinghouse function, data definitions, and the data base management function. The author warns against the suggestion that the institutional research office should assume the responsibility for all reports prepared by and departing from the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Clearinghouses, Databases
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
Knight, Nancy H., Ed. – 1981
Included in these proceedings are edited versions of presentations given at a conference which was designed to provide an overview of some of the major telecommunication developments likely to impact libraries and information centers in the future. Technologies reviewed include slow-scan television, teleconferencing, and videodisc. Other papers…
Descriptors: Communications, Computers, Equipment Standards, Futures (of Society)
Schuler, S. C., Ed. – 1980
The third of four volumes in a series describing the basic documentation practices involved in the initial setting up and subsequent operation of an information-library organization to provide defense-aerospace scientific and technical information services, this manual consists of three sections. "Information Retrieval," by Tom Norton,…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Coordinate Indexes, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Wentling, Tim L., Ed.; And Others – 1978
The resource directory for vocational education teachers contains information on serving the needs of the handicapped student. Each of the approximately 70 entries lists the following information: title, author(s), publisher, publisher's address, publication date, type of materials, target population, availability, and content description. The…
Descriptors: Directories, Educational Resources, Handicapped Children, Information Centers
Chase, Judith Wragg – 1978
The project described analyzed all of the resources in the Old Slave Mart Museum, the oldest museum of Black Heritage in the United States, and cataloged all its materials, including library components and its core collection of artifacts. The background and methodology for identifying and cataloging each item, improving storage and retrieval…
Descriptors: Background, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies
Freedom of Information Center, Columbia, MO. – 1980
An index of the reports and articles appearing in the 1970-79 issues of the "Freedom of Information Digest," a bimonthly newsletter, presents the titles in more than 100 subject categories. The topics covered by the index include access laws, general/school censorship, access to records, employee records, executive privilege, financial disclosure,…
Descriptors: Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Indexes, Information Centers
Garfield, Iris – 1980
This report discusses the 1980-81 program and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics that involve collection and dissemination of data monitoring trends in education, and address key policy issues. The report identifies and describes the regular and special surveys being conducted in the areas of elementary and secondary education,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
