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Peer reviewedDavies, Roy – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Discusses possibility of using expert systems to develop new model in cataloging theory made necessary by technological progress, rising user expectations, and economic pressures. A data structure for bibliographic information required by Anglo American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition, (AACR2) is suggested, and possible heuristics for interpreting…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Data Processing, Economic Factors, Expert Systems
Cronin, Blaise – 1986
An information society is one in which the expression "to earn one's daily bread by the sweat of one's brow" appears decidedly anachronistic. People have been seduced by the rhetoric of novelty and confused by the surface significance of terms which have become accepted parts of everyday speech. What do rubrics such as information society,…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Development, Economic Change
Peer reviewedBurton, Orville Vernon – History Microcomputer Review, 1991
Explores the increased use of computers in the humanities. Discusses computer applications in dissertation writing, research databases, classroom teaching, professional communication, and statistical analysis. Cites problems with data entry and sampling, record linkage, and resistance among some historians to new technologies. (SG)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Data Processing, Databases
Download full textRumberger, Russell – 1984
Job loss through technological advancement, particularly technologies based on microelectronics, is increasing for all economic sectors in a nation already hard challenged in world and domestic markets for goods and services. But assessing technology's employment impact remains difficult not only because of its direct and indirect effects and…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Processing, Dislocated Workers
Lenning, Oscar T.; And Others – 1979
A guide to acquiring information needed about postsecondary education outcomes is presented for campus and state-level officials. Attention is directed to: over 200 outcome measures or indicators; standard definitions of each outcome measure; data sources and procedures to acquire data for each outcome measure; and suggestions concerning the…
Descriptors: Classification, College Attendance, College Graduates, Cultural Enrichment
Clagett, Craig A.; Huntington, Robin B. – 1993
Focusing on the changing roles of institutional researchers (IRs) due to the widespread distribution of computer technology, this monograph explores the effective application of IR skills to maximize the impact of research on campus policy making. The discussion is centered around three major principles guiding institutional research: know the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Planning, Community Colleges, Computer Software
