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National Forum on Education Statistics, 2021
The "Forum Guide to Metadata" presents and examines the ways in which metadata can be used by education agencies to improve data quality and promote a better understanding of education data. Supported by metadata-related case studies from state and local education agencies, the guide highlights the uses of metadata from a technical point…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Management, Data Collection, Data Use
Adding Bite to the Bark: Using LibGuides2 Migration as Impetus to Introduce Strong Content Standards
Fritch, Melia; Pitts, Joelle E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
The authors discuss the long-term accumulation of unstandardized and inaccessible content within the Libguides system and the decision-making process to create and implement a set of standards using the migration to the LibGuides2 platform as a vehicle for change. Included in the discussion are strategies for the creation of standards and…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Information Policy, Compliance (Legal), Change Strategies
ICF International (NJ1), 2012
Early education leaders--inside and outside of government--are looking for new ways to improve quality, accountability, and efficiency across many different programs serving young children and their families, and they see investment in data systems as a pivotal part of that effort. However, it can be challenging to develop and implement effective…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Systems Development, Management Information Systems, Data
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2009
The purpose of this guide is to empower people to more effectively use data as information. To accomplish this, the publication explains what metadata are; why metadata are critical to the development of sound education data systems; what components comprise a metadata system; what value metadata bring to data management and use; and how to…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Utilization, Empowerment, Word Lists
Bunson, Stanley – Media Management Journal, 1987
This description of ways in which database management systems can be helpful in instructional media centers explains the basic terminology involved and how to plan, create, modify, maintain, and use databases. Examples provided include an equipment distributions form and the structure for a film/video rental database. (LRW)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
Desmedt, John; Yelon, Stephen – Performance and Instruction, 1989
Describes an approach to the creation and use of a database for generating training or instructional materials. Eight steps in creating a database are presented, database management programs are discussed, and use of the database to create lesson plans, tests, study guides, and other products is explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Database Design, Database Management Systems, Databases, Instructional Materials
School Business Affairs, 1986
The University of Pittsburgh has a 2-year agreement designating the Xerox Corporation as the primary supplier of word processing and related office automation equipment in order to increase productivity and more efficient use of campus resources. (MLF)
Descriptors: Automation, Database Management Systems, Higher Education, Office Practice
Watters, Ron – 1996
The process of maintaining mailing lists and other informational files on outdoor program participants is, plainly and simply, a pain in the neck. Mailing list maintenance is particularly difficult for programs that deal with university students, due to their frequent moves. This paper describes a new software program, the Outdoor Program Data…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases, Outdoor Education
Wallace, Walter R. – School Business Affairs, 1988
Describes the implementation of a FOCUS, a fourth-generation language (4GL) database management system for the St. Louis (Missouri) Public Schools, that allows for the analysis of individual department or school files and the districtwide file. (MLF)
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Office Automation, Programing Languages
Maynard, Michael M. – School Business Affairs, 1986
Developed by the Sperry Corporation, MAPPER is an interactive report processing system that uses simple English-language commands. The system is used by departments at the State University of New York at Albany to access institutional data. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Database Management Systems, Higher Education
Johnson, Donald R. – School Business Affairs, 1996
Describes the applications of "Quicken," a software package developed by Intuit, for use by school-business officials. The program can be used for activity-fund and student-activity accounting and for printing checks. Five figures that illustrate screen activities are included. (LMI)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Mahoney, Dan – Database, 1991
Presents a dBASE III searching/micro tip that will reveal whether any journals listed within a capture log file are in local holdings. An example gives the commands needed to use the ISSN field in the citations to search a local holdings database. (DB)
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval, Library Collections, Online Searching
Nash, James – ADE Bulletin, 1998
Gives detailed information needed to begin using a common database program such as "Access" or "Paradox" for scheduling college English courses. (PA)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems, English Departments, Higher Education
Yao, S. Bing; Hevner, Alan R. – 1984
Benchmarking is one of several alternate methods of performance evaluation, which is a key aspect in the selection of database systems. The purpose of this report is to provide a performance evaluation methodology, or benchmarking framework, to assist in the design and implementation of a wide variety of benchmark experiments. The methodology,…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Database Management Systems, Databases, Evaluation Criteria
Stuck, M. F. – 1989
This guide provides an introduction to the use of microcomputers with qualitative data. It is deliberately non-specific and rudimentary in order to be of maximum benefit to the widest possible audience of beginning microcomputer users who wish to analyze their data using software that is not specifically designed for qualitative data analysis. The…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Analysis, Database Management Systems, Ethnography