The technology of communications and data processing that has had a profound impact on American Society generally in recent decades promises to have powerful influences on higher education as well. What these influences may be and what steps should be taken to assure that the benefits of instructional technology will be realized in an orderly and…

The only paper printed in full in this digest is the Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture given by Dr. Burton W. Adkinson entitled: "After Organization X - What Next?" Dr. Adkinson reviews a national plan for abstracting and indexing services proposed by Robert Heller and Associates in the early sixties, in the light of the current requirements…

This first volume of a proposed twelve volume series of surveys on library automation is based on - besides information gathered by the survey - the results of a literature search to locate any recently published information concerning the reported activities. These are cited below their respective entries to provide additional information about…

The purpose of this legislation is to establish the authority and provide the operational machinery needed for the effective and efficient management of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment. Following the statement of the purposes of the bill, this report contains: a summary, discussion, the committee amendments, a section by section…

The purpose of the hearing reported is to obtain testimony from key officials of the executive branch and from representatives of the voluntary computer standards effort, as to the progress that has been made in the implementation of Public Law 89-306. (For the committee report see LI 003 853.) Interest of the hearing is particularly oriented to…

Reports on an assessment of 13 business data processing textbooks for their readability as indicated by the Flesch Reading Ease Score. (IRT)

Offers several reasons, including the security of the administrative file, for the separation of instructional and administrative computing on campus. (IRT)

Outlines the essential details of a computer network protocol at the application level for interchanging information between host computers in the community of libraries, book publishers, and bibliographic service centers. Control header structure is detailed, and a skeleton outline is given for 20 header field types and 15 control message types.…

Analyzes a large sample of spelling errors taken from free writing to assess how great a challenge such errors present for automatic checking and correction. Analysis of results reveals a high proportion of errors that match dictionary works, necessitating the use of the word in context to detect errors. (Author/LRW)

The maximum incorporation of computer coding into an instrument is recommended to reduce errors in coding information from questionnaires. Specific suggestions for guiding the precoding process for response options, numeric identifiers, and assignment of card columns are proposed for mainframe computer data entry. (BS)

Describes the Electronic Office Project that aimed to determine how technology can improve office productivity and how schools can best teach this technology. (JOW).

The administrative data processing department at Michigan State provides support to all colleges and departments, and designs, programs, tests, and implements university management systems. A steering committee determines priorities for development projects and provides a sounding board for long-range plans of information systems. (MLW)

Enumerates principal management objectives of database management systems (data independence, quality, security, multiuser access, central control) and criteria for comparison (response time, size, flexibility, other features). Conventional database management systems, relational databases, and database machines used for backend processing are…

Two types of certification available to data processing educators, and the expected future of licensing of data processing personnel are discussed. (SH)

The Secretary amends regulations governing the process for submitting discretionary grant applications by removing current provisions requiring specific application formats, thereby permitting electronic submission of applications. The revisions also clarify that only applicants submitting paper applications are required to submit one original and…