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Roach, Arthur J. – 1970
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 triggered the development of a number of computer based guidance projects. However a great majority of these projects have never been transplanted for field testing. Field implementation is essential in order to evaluate the systems and to provide information services which are lacking in many traditional…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Educational Technology, Field Studies
Fussler, Herman; Payne, Charles T. – 1967
Part I is a discussion of the following project tasks: A) development of an on-line, real-time bibliographic data processing system; B) implementation in library operations; C) character sets; D) Project MARC; E) circulation; and F) processing operation studies. Part II is a brief discussion of efforts to work out cooperative library systems…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computers, Data Processing
SAWIN, LEWIS; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE INTEGRATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PILOT STUDY EXPLORED PROBLEMS INHERENT IN CREATION OF AN INFORMATION SERVICE USING A SINGLE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COMPILATION CONTAINING EVERY ITEM WHICH HAS EVER BEEN LISTED IN A MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH STUDIES. PROVISION WAS MADE ALSO FOR CONTINUOUS ADDITION OF NEW ITEMS. A COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Programs, Computers, English
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. – 1969
After three years of preparation, the Project Intrex research team has begun to subject parts of its augmented catalog system to interactions with users who were interested in the substance of the stored information and uncontaminated by prior association with the Intrex research effort. The experiences with users to date, as well as progress made…
Descriptors: Computers, Display Systems, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. – 1968
This report describes the current status of Project INTREX experiments and provides a detailed technical record. Activities concentrating on the bibliographic access problem involve: (1) the investigation of a digitally-encoded, machine-manipulated augmented catalog, for which the task of preparing entries for 10,000 documents is about half…
Descriptors: Computers, Display Systems, Indexing, Information Processing
Langley, Ronald – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
For nearly a decade and a half, the California State University and Colleges has operated a distributed processing computing network with interconnected computer installations on all campuses. A new technologically advanced network that will deliver top-quality computing to students, faculty members, and administrators is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computers, Data Processing, Higher Education
Spigai, Frances; And Others – 1968
This report presents documentation of files, of file organization, and of 42 of the modular program subroutines used in a pilot project devised by the Oregon State University (OSU) Computer Center to simulate procedures in the Acquisitions Department of the OSU Library. A total of 224 bibliographically verified requests for monographs, 30 vender…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computers, Display Systems
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
USC reorganized computing administratively in early 1984. The university's financial accounting system was developed to provide better information to central administration, deans, and directors. USC is currently negotiating to install a digital telephone switch to handle voice and data communications on campus. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accounting, College Administration, Computers, Data Processing
Henderson, Harold C.; Eagar, Virginia L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
In January of 1979, the Contracts and Grants Office at Utah State University implemented a computerized system to keep track of pending research proposals, as well as active grants. The automation process used is described from its conception, design, and implementation to future enhancements. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Contracts, Data Processing
Woods, Bill M. – 1968
Objectives of this study of the operations of Engineering Index were to: (1) determine the need for a planning capability, (2) blueprint a mechanism to accomplish planning, and (3) recommend priorities requiring planning attention. Topics considered in the study are planning, the role of the board of directors and trustees, organizational…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Automation, Computers
Burgess, T.; Ames, L. – 1968
The Acquisitions System is just one segment of an overall system design that was made for the entire Technical Services System of the Washington State University Library. After an overall study of the Technical Services System was conducted, a detailed study was made of work in the Acquisitions Department, and the Telecommunications Control…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Computers
California Univ., Los Angeles. Inst. of Library Research. – 1967
The development of mechanized information services in a university library has the following design goals: (1) the center for information services should be operational, (2) it should be a general purpose system, (3) it should be adaptable, (4) it should be replicative, (5) it should encourage increased receptivity and use, and (6) it should be…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Computers
Syner, James C. – 1968
A digital computer based biomedical information system was designed to service the needs of physicians engaged in patient care and clinical research, and scientists engaged in laboratory research. The system embraces all functions of information processing which include information collection, storage, retrieval, analyses and display. The…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Computers, Hospitals
General Learning Corp., Washington, DC. – 1968
The feasibility of using a centralized data processing facility to sever a large group of secondary schools and the capabilities of two alternative systems were investigated. The population to be served included 100,000 students in grades 9-14 attending 50 schools in an area having a hundred mile radius. Service requirements were defined to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, Computers, Cost Effectiveness
Nunamaker, J. F., Jr.; And Others – 1973
A methodology is described for an automatic design system initially defined in terms of logical processes or program modules. Processes and files are grouped and reorganized in such a way as to produce an optimal design with respect to a specific target machine. Performance criteria for the optimal design are defined in terms of transport volume…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
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