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Download full textStuart, Lorrie; Wise, H. Lake – 1977
Established to help solve the problems of rural attorneys in Nebraska via mail and telephone research services, the Creighton Legal Information Center (CLIC) is described in this manual in terms of project development and organization; project operations; replication and policy issues; costs and project budgeting; and program results.…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgets, Criminal Law, Information Centers
Mauerhoff, J. R. – Educational Broadcasting International, 1976
Discusses the history, objectives, sponsorship, and services of the Canadian Communications Research Information Centre. (JY)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Clearinghouses, Communications, Information Centers
Roth, Edith Brill – American Education, 1977
Anyone interested in children's literature should know about the services of the Office of Education's Educational Materials Center and its unique collection of text and trade books, past and present. (Editor)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Centers
Peer reviewedRoe, Peter – Zielsprache Englisch, 1977
Describes the function of the British Council's English Teaching Information Centre, which serves foreign students, teachers, teacher trainers, scientists, textbook writers, etc. Emphasizes the Centre's work in English for Special Purposes, including an ample library and many services. Address: ETIC, British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Information Centers, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedInformation Services and Use, 1987
Summarizes presentations on profitability in the information industry from the viewpoints of producers, who have to have a reason to be in business, and users, whose businesses are often driven by the information they can access and the price of that information. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Competition, Cost Effectiveness, Database Producers, Information Centers
Peer reviewedKirschenbaum, Harold L.; Rosenberg, Jack M. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1984
Surveys mailed to institutions known to be active in disseminating drug information as well as colleges of pharmacy indicated that many of today's pharmacy students may not be receiving sufficient drug information training to respond to the drug information needs of other health professionals and the public. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Drug Education, Higher Education, Information Centers
Peer reviewedBoadi, B. Y.; Havard-Williams, P. – International Library Review, 1984
Results of a study of the funding patterns of 148 library and information services over a three-year period (1976/77-1978/79) in the Anglophone countries of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and the Sierra Leone reveal that national governments are the main sources of income. Six references are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Financial Support
Kiratsov, P. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1983
Discusses the design and organization of the Automated Information Centre, a centralized automated scientific and technical information service established within the main organ of Bulgaria's National System for Scientific and Technical Information, with UNESCO and United Nations Development Program assistance. Problems and perspectives for…
Descriptors: Automation, Centralization, Computers, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLundu, Maurice C. – International Library Review, 1984
Examines the justification of a national information system in Zambia. Highlights include a definition of information; types of information and forms in which it is produced, organized, and transmitted; relevance of information resources to Zambia; need for a national information policy; and the role of existing information centers. Footnotes are…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Science
Peer reviewedTenopir, Carol – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
This article reviews and evaluates literature dealing with choosing software for creation of microcomputer-based in-house databases in the information center. Sections on purchasing versus programing, directories of software, evaluation of software, and sources for software descriptions or reviews are included. Appendices list microcomputer…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Centers, Merchandise Information
Emerson, William J. – Compact, 1974
Real accountability implies delivering specific, factual data to classroom teachers and administrators on which they can base decisions for improving students' performance. It also implies reporting the specific relationships between use of resources and educational outcome more accurately and concisely to the legislature, the State board of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Clinics, Computers
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Miller, Kathy C. – Journal of Chemical Documentation, 1974
Search procedures and techniques used by the Center staff are described; the computerized information systems and traditional resources used and types of search requests received are delineated. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computers, Databases, Information Centers
Nation's Schools, 1974
Describes a general resource center facility at Clear Creek Secondary School where items may be either borrowed, purchased, or rented. Items include cameras, film, and videotapes and casettes; telescopes and microscopes; model kits; carpentry tools and lumber; art supplies; math games; yarn, weaving looms, and sewing machines; typewriters; seeds;…
Descriptors: High Schools, Information Centers, Innovation, Interior Design
Environmental Design, 1973
A process cooling system that provides a proven method of environmental control for computers as well as for occupants. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Climate Control, Computers, Conservation (Concept), Controlled Environment
Josephine, Helen – School Library Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Information Centers, Information Services
