Twenty descriptive case studies of computer applications in a variety of libraries are presented in this book. Computerized circulation, serial and acquisition systems in public, high school, college, university and business libraries are included. Each of the studies discusses: 1) the environment in which the system operates, 2) the objectives of…

A series of six functions and a station command have been designed to enable Coursewriter II authors to use the plotting capability of the IBM instructional system in presenting course material. This capability has been augmented to include the ability to graph mathematical functions or other data on the 1510 terminal. Documentation of the Plot…

A system of computer-assisted data analysis (CADA) was developed at the University of Iowa to handle the mechanical, arithmetical and computational tasks associated with Bayesian statistical analysis. The original programs were subsequently expanded and a CADA monitor constructed to aid their use; a search was then undertaken to find a means of…

The Concordia Parish, Louisiana school system established a program of computer assisted guidance with the purpose of increasing student's kmowledge and educational resources in the following areas: educational achievement, academic potential and limitations, attitudes and values relating to the educational program, vocational and educational…

Two computer-assisted courses taught at the United States Naval Academy, one in French and one in Computer Science, illustrate the ability of the computer to help teachers and students develop closer, more humanized relationships. In both courses the computer's basic role is to amplify the instructor's capabilities. Relying on its ability to…

A description of the NET-SCHOLAR system, an on-line aid for naive users of the Advanced Research Projects Administration (ARPA) Computer Network, is provided. The discussion focuses upon the system's representation and handling of functional and procedural information and its ability to deal with action verbs, all within the context of the ARPA…

The discussion of the contribution Australian universities might make in introducing computer technology to the developing countries draws upon over 20 years of experience with students from Southeast Asia. The results of several studies of the performances of these students both while in Australia and after returning to their own countries have…

Resource inventories are an important part of the data base to be handled in the planning process, both for theoretical analysis and design and for effective implementation. The classes of resources which must be investigated as an essential basis for modern planning include: (1) natural resources, (2) human resources, (3) physical capital and (4)…

Described herein are the activities of the Southwest Region Educational Computer Network (SRECN) which was established under funding from the National Science Foundation to provide, via a network, remote computing services to institutions lacking adequate facilities. The report details how SRECN sought to develop the teaching of computer science…

Research in Project IMPACT, prototypes of computerized training for Army personnel, is documented in an overview of the IMPACT computer software system for computer-administered instruction, exclusive of instructional software. The overview description provides a basis for an understanding of the rationale and motivation for the development of the…

The use of computers in bilingual vocabulary processing and the task of compiling a Canadian bilingual legal dictionary are discussed. A model for automating lexicography and an analysis of the variables of bilingual communication are presented. It is emphasized that both human decision-making and computer manipulation are involved in this type of…

Describes an experimental computer-assisted history tutoring system that uses augmented transitional networks to allow computer interaction in natural language. (IRT)

Attitudinal measures of training and control group engineering students showed positive and significant gains for the treatment group both in attitude toward the effectiveness of on-line searches and for the number of citations yielded. Cost-effectiveness was greater for on-line searches than for manual searches. (Author/IRT)

A 100-year scenario of the future of information technology. To achieve inexpensive, high-speed, and small computers, new techniques are likely to replace silicon technology. The ultimate computer might be biological and patterned on DNA. Future computers will require information rather than store it. Light wave communication will broaden…

Describes a self-paced mastery instructional computer programing course. States the objectives of the course, the way it was conducted, and the method of student evaluation. (GA)