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Urrows, Henry; Urrows, Elizabeth – Videodisc and Optical Disc, 1984
Report on Viewtron, first commercial videotex service in the United States, includes its multifarious services, subscription base, management by Viewdata, and failure to succeed as quickly as was expected. Explanations for this shortfall are discussed, and based on a review of the entire system, recommendations are made for boosting sales.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business Administration, Databases, Development
Library Association, London (England). – 1983
The most important developments now taking place or being planned are emphasized in this collection of eight papers on the emerging aspects of information technology. In addition to an introduction by Ric Foot and a keynote address by John Butcher, the specific papers are as follows: (1) "Telesoftware as Part of the Knowledge Network,"…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cable Television, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs
Widing, Robert E., II; Talarzyk, W. Wayne – 1983
Designed to provide an overview of the nature and focus of activity in the fledgling videotex industry in the United States and Canada, this updated and extended report presents in-depth reviews of 26 projects which reflect the involvement of such industries as publishing, retailing, agriculture, banking, other financial intermediaries,…
Descriptors: Costs, Delivery Systems, Financial Services, Home Programs
Illinois State Dept. on Aging, Springfield. – 1987
This document describes Illinois' Community Care Program (CCP), a program which provides chore housekeeping, homemaker, and adult day care services to older persons who cannot perform some tasks basic of everyday life without assistance, in order to help them live independently. Case management, information and referral, and nursing home…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Cleaning, Community Services, Daily Living Skills
