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Weiner, Sharon A.; Weiner, John M. – Education Libraries, 2010
A master's comprehensive University is planning a learning commons to support undergraduate learning. The planning process included a literature review, site visits to commons, consultations with experts in the field, discussions with campus specialists, and surveys of patrons. The literature reports two primary forms of data gathering for…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Information Processing, Information Needs, Student Surveys
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Taylor, Robert S. – Information Services and Use, 1984
Reports on study analyzing 13 abstracting and indexing (A&I) operations in order to ascertain those steps in specific processes that added value (i.e., were of benefit to user in making choices from information displayed). The user-driven/value-added model and a summary of value-added processes in A&I services are highlighted. (11…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Indexing, Information Processing, Information Systems
Paillet, Jean-Pierre – 1984
In an interview, a professor of linguistics at Carleton University (Ontario) discusses his use of computers and the programing language LOGO in a fourth-year linguistics course. LOGO was chosen because of its similarity to natural language and its method of structuring data. The first use was in an experimental linguistics seminar, in which the…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Divergent Thinking