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St. John, Edward P. – 1979
An institutional management systems development study examined the Management Information Systems (MIS) needs of 23 public institutions of higher education in Missouri. The result was a model framework for other institutions to develop MIS appropriate to their needs. One of five distinct structural development phases could be related to all…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Educational Planning, Information Processing
BIVONA, WILLIAM A. – 1967
A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING A REPLICA OF A PROTOTYPE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI) SYSTEM TESTED AT U.S. ARMY NATICK LABORATORIES, AND REPORTED IN LI 000 273, IS GIVEN IN THIS MANUAL. INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED WHICH IS USEFUL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
New Zealand Computer Society, Auckland. – 1978
Speeches made by five keynote speakers, summaries of five forum sessions, and one paper are included in this collection of presentations at a conference on the application of computer technology in New Zealand. The keynote addresses include "Analysis of Key Factors for Motivation of Data Processing Professionals," by J. Daniel Couger;…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
Kaminecki, Ronald M.; And Others – 1975
Batch mode processing is compared, using cost-effectiveness, with on-line processing for computer-aided searching of chemical abstracts. Consideration for time, need, coverage, and adaptability are found to be the criteria by which a searcher selects a method, and sometimes both methods are used. There is a tradeoff between batch mode's slower…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computers
Download full textDuchesne, Roderick M. – 1974
This study shows strategies which can be used to plan and implement the Canadian National Library's bibliographic data base and the systems which it is to support. The data base would be a subset of a national bibliographic data base which can be brought together in the context of the projected Canadian Library and Information Retrieval Center.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Computers
Oppendahl, Alison; And Others – 1974
Four speeches are presented, each of which deals with the use of conputers to organize and retrieve news stories. The first speech relates in detail the step-by-step process devised by the "Free Press" in Detroit to analyze, categorize, code, film, process, and retrieve news stories through the use of the electronic film retrieval…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Output Microfilm, Computer Science, Data Processing
Cooperative Educational Research Lab., Inc., Northfield, IL. – 1969
The proposed taxonomy of tasks to be performed in an educational evaluation system encompasses tasks appropriate for evaluators, members of an evaluation unit, and members of facilitation and coordination units. The taxonomy classifies and specifies tasks for (1) developing a climate for evaluation; (2) selecting decision situations, selecting…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Path Method
DeHart, Florence E.; Stutzman, Margaret – 1971
Two questions arise in regard to the computer-based humanities reference services: (1) What knowledge, abilities, and attitudes should the information specialist or librarian in the university library have in order to aid users in fully exploiting the innovative humanities information handling processes? (2) To what extent do users in the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Pechenizkiy, Mykola; Calders, Toon; Conati, Cristina; Ventura, Sebastian; Romero, Cristobal; Stamper, John – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2011
The 4th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2011) brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large datasets to answer educational research questions. The conference, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 6-9, 2011, follows the three previous editions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Logical Thinking, Profiles, Tutoring
Wright, P.; Wernik, I. – 1985
This report presents an evaluation instrument through which school districts and schools can identify and select computer-based school information management systems (SIMS) suited to their needs. These selection criteria were identified through a survey questionnaire and interviews at 18 representative schools in the Edmonton (Alberta) Public…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Hall, Toni – 1978
A major state-coordinated program in Texas is helping education decision makers and the general public who need information about inputs, activities and cost, and also about the results and impacts of educational programs. Educators have encountered two major problems in obtaining information for effective planning and management: the lack of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Ohlman, Herbert, Ed. – 1969
If computers are to be used creatively in education, they should be made available to administrators, teachers, and students. Educational Data Processing (EDP) is a means to this end. Small and poor systems can join in cooperative county, state or regional computer systems efforts such as the New England Educational Data Systems (NEEDS) in whose…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Levine, Paula Naomi – 1969
This thesis describes the requirements for a buffer storage device, with respect to other system components and its own limitations, which is designed to aid in the economic transmission of processed data from a central computer to distant terminals. Proceeding from the fact that tariff rates on wide band educational television channels are…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices
Summers, J. K.; Sullivan, J. E. – 1970
This document explains recent developments in computer science and information systems of interest to the educational manager. A brief history of computers is included, together with an examination of modern computers' capabilities. Various features of card, tape, and disk information storage systems are presented. The importance of time-sharing…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
Current Issues in Higher Education, 1983
The implications for higher education of the U.S. transformation from an industrial to an information society are discussed in six papers. Russell Edgerton provides an overview in "Entering the Information Society: An Introduction." In "The Computer: An Enabling Instrument," Louis Robinson considers the current era of the personalization of the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Libraries, College Role, Computer Assisted Instruction
