Purpose: A mobile student information system (MSIS) based on mobile computing and context-aware application concepts can provide more user-centric information services to students. The purpose of this paper is to describe a system for providing relevant information to students on a mobile platform. Design/methodology/approach: The research…

The Ames Laboratory SDI system requires a minimum of human intervention. The adaptability of the system provides two major contributions to information dissemination. (1) The user benefits proportionately from the amount of effort he expends in setting up his profile and the diligence in sending back responses. (2) The document input has only to…

The Ames Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) System is an attempt to efficiently place rapidly increasing amounts of information into the hands of scientists and engineers who can exploit it. It is a computerized current awareness system designed to increase researchers' literature searching capabilities by bringing to their attention…

These alerting services are citations of current published articles on various selected subjects. Abstracts, annotations, index terms or commentary are provided, depending on the requirements of the service. (Author/NH)

Activity in the United Kingdom in the field of Selective Dissemination of Information is discussed and the approach of one industrial library to the problem is described. (1 reference) (Author)

An evaluation of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information - Computer System based on 40 production runs from February 1965 through February 1966 was made by 31 scientist users. Users' comments about the system were correlated with results of a statistical study for the period. It was shown that users were more satisfied with the…

The SDI system now operational at the Institute for Atomic Research, Iowa State University, is implemented with the concept of feedback. The profile user is notified of a document which may be of interest to him and indicates his response to this document on the response card accompanying the notification. The profile words carry individual…

A resume of the Ames Laboratory Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Computer System is presented. The results of three types of evaluation studies made of the Ames Laboratory SDI systems are discussed which include: evaluation of model studies utilizing restricted document and user sample sizes; statistical evaluation of production runs…

The Current Awareness Bulletin" is discussed and the details of the mechanics of its preparation are described. (Author)

An operating SDI service which utilizes weekly MARC II tapes is described. (AB)

NASA interviewed users of its scientific and technical information system in order to assess the usefulness of the present system and to find ways to make it more effective. Emphasis was on announcement and current awareness services, the publication program, and the interactive retrieval system. (Author/LS)

An environment is described in which interdisciplinary scholars at a university are able to utilize for various purposes machine-readable bibliographic and other descriptive text files. The information files include abstracts of social science and computer and information science journal literature, descriptions of research activities in…

The impetus for the nation-wide study of SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) came from the desire to learn more about the options available for the application of the SDI concept prior to decisions about its possible use in Air Force research and development activities. For this purpose, data on user populations, literature coverage,…

This document contains the results of a survey of 94 U. S. organizations, and 36 organizations in other countries that were thought to prepare machine-readable data bases. Of those surveyed, 55 organizations (40 in U. S., 15 in other countries) provided completed camera-ready forms describing 81 commercially available, machine-readable data bases…

This guide describes the components of a selective dissemination of information (SDI) service which is designed to give developing countries access to international sources of bibliographic information and provides guidelines for the establishment and evaluation of this type of service. It defines the main features of a computerized documentation…