By installing a computerized energy management system in only four of its schools, the Portsmouth (Virginia) school district has cut its electrical use 23 percent. (Author/MLF)

Utilization of telecommunications and computer technology to increase access to information is identified as a primary goal for public libraries. To further service in the future, libraries should consider database services, online access to library resources, online community conferencing, community databases, network resource sharing,…

The advantages of centralized and decentralized computing facilities within institutions of higher learning are discussed; arguments for the decentralized but not random distribution of computing facilities for schools of teacher education are presented; and the organizational structure of one "centralized but decentralized" computing…

This description of a project to review computer impact on society and computer literacy courses and materials includes the effort to gather and maintain a comprehensive bibliography, an analysis of the literature currently included, a set of objectives for courses, and future plans for refinement. (Author/JEG)

In an information society, a computer literate populace is as important as energy is to an industrial society. Other nations have begun the task of restructuring their systems to include computers and unless the United States begins soon, the next crisis in American education will be the computer literacy crisis. (Author)

As many national communities transform their socio-economic environment to that of the information society, an examinination of the new discipline of informatics is outlined. (Author/BB)

The rethinking and remodeling of an established library system in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, to respond to contemporary and future informational needs of an entire culture are described. (Author/BB)

Examines the definitions of information science, the general development of information science education, and its present status in graduate library education in Canada, including specific lists of courses offered and a list of information science topics. (CWM)

Discusses a few possibilities that computer-assisted learning holds for the problems of learning music. (Author/RK)

ENTER: History, geography, consumerism, science facts. COMPUTE: Totals, averages, percentages, etc. READ OUT: Enriched, integrated learning. (Editor)

Computer-based educational information systems produce information that provides decision-makers with a more complete knowledge, an increased range of alternatives, and an improved capability for anticipating decision consequences. (Author/IRT)

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Discusses the English words "computer," and "calculator" and other related terms, their equivalents in French, and problems resulting from discrepancies in translation. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

The National Science Foundation will increase support for supercomputer centers at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, while leaving unclear the status of the program at Cornell University (New York) and a cooperative Carnegie-Mellon University (Pennsylvania) and University of Pittsburgh…

Discusses whether machines can think in the same sense that humans think. Provides four conclusions based on axioms of differences between computer programs and human minds. Compares claims of strong and weak artificial intelligence. (YP)