An overview is presented of the planning information needs of an institution of higher learning, and an approach to the collection of appropriate activity and facility information. Emphasis is given to space management and activities data with regard to facilities planning effectiveness. A computer program for evaluation of alternate building…

Provides guidelines for designing television screen displays, including format (material on one screen - no scrolling, screen readable, variety in layout, eye movement considered) and visual imagery (organization consistent with message, pictures added to enhance image, movement/animation used with discretion, and others). Also provides rationale…

In order to aid colleges and universities in establishing computing centers or in expanding existing ones, the following recommendations are made--(1) great care should be taken in the selection of a director, (2) the budget of the center must be given a high priority, (3) equipment should be carefully selected, (4) some key staff members should…

Examines ten factors that people selecting and using computers in the classroom should consider if the system is to be most effectively utilized as a teaching tool. Topics include personnel, materials, services, and equipment. (DC)

Presents a general introduction to microprocessors and microcomputers. Guidelines for purchasing software and hardware are intended to familiarize potential buyers with the current equipment on the market and the terminology in use. (SA)

Many institutional researchers will find that the microcomputer leads to greater efficiency in everything that they do, especially in the two most critical elements of their jobs: thinking and communicating. (Author/MLW)

Noting advantages of providing Individual Computerized Benefits Statements (ICBS) to communicate benefits programs to employees (a technique used extensively in industry), the author outlines procedural considerations to be taken into account before undertaking the project. (Editor/JT)

THIS STUDY UPDATES THE 1963 TEN-YEAR PROJECTION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION. SPACE NEEDS OF THE STATE SYSTEM WERE DETERMINED BY A COMPARISON OF FACILITY INVENTORIES FOR CURRENT SPACE NEEDS AND PROJECTED SPACE NEEDS. THE SPACE NEEDS WERE TABULATED FOR CLASSROOMS, FACULTY OFFICES,…

Computers are being used with increasing frequency to plan campus design and evaluate the effectiveness of existing facilities. This review surveys documents, previously announced in RIE, that are concerned with the development, application, and evaluation of computer programs and simulation models designed to relate space and enrollment needs to…

The planning for, design, and implementation of information management systems in colleges and universities is approaching a state of adolescence as a science. Because rules cannot be devised with sufficient scope and depth to cover all institutional and systems contingencies, the necessary activities remain somewhere between magic and art. At…

Suggests guidelines to help libraries formalize their electronic reference services. Covers the following issues: administration/management (library division/department, library administration, campus administration, academic departments); services; primary clientele; personnel; infrastructure/facilities; finances; and evaluation. (AEF)