A 1967 QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY IN THE EL CAMINO JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT INDICATED THE EXISTENCE OF 115 COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN 64 COMPANIES, WITH A TREND TOWARD THIRD GENERATION SYSTEMS. WHILE UNIT RECORD SYSTEMS WERE USED IN ABOUT HALF OF THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THEIR USE WAS DEEMPHASIZED, AND EMPLOYERS INDICATED NEED FOR TRAINING IN PROGRAMING,…

The importance of cooperative development among and exchange between university information systems is discussed. Cooperative developments in the California State University and Colleges System and exchange efforts between university systems in other states are described. (Author/BH)