ERIC Number: ED118066
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Publication Date: 1975-Dec
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Information Revolution: Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting. (38th, Boston, Massachusetts, October 26-30, 1975). Volume 12.
Husbands, Charles W., Ed.; Tighe, Ruth L., Ed.
This volume of Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science is limited to the text of papers accepted and scheduled for presentation at the 1975 meeting. The papers reflect the need to address and define issues in national information policy, and they examine the current state of federal-level planning and funding of information systems. Contributed papers are categorized in the following manner: (1) information transfer mechanisms and phenomena; 2) library networks; 3) communication and classification theory; 4) user psychology; 5) library management; 6) education and careers in information science; 7) retrieval vocabularies: indexing, switching mechanisms, and text manipulation; 8) planning national and international systems, extending the application of technology, and using micromedia; 9) the future of information services and systems; 10) clustering and discrimination techniques and secondary sources; 11) using on-line retrieval services; and 12) applications in biology and chemistry. In all, 80 papers are included. (CH)
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Conference Reports, Data Processing, Dial Access Information Systems, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Information Systems, Information Utilization, Input Output Devices, Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Services, Library Technical Processes, Man Machine Systems, Online Systems, Reference Services, Technological Advancement
Publications Division, American Society for Information Science, 1155 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D,C. 20036 ($14.00, ASIS members; $17.50, others; payment must accompany order)
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Authoring Institution: American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC.
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