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Denver Regional Council of Governments, CO. – 1970
This report describes the conceptual design of a regional information system, developed in support of the Denver Regional Council of Government's established comprehensive planning work program. It includes a discussion of system objectives, available data sources, recommended system content, software and system maintenance requirements,…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Information Systems, Maps
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Edmonds, Ernest – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Describes significant attributes of expert systems, contrasts them to conventional computer systems, and provides an overview of the R1 expert system used by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) to put together operational systems that meet customers' requirements. Document handling, particularly pictures and images in documents, is also briefly…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computers, Documentation, Expert Systems
Burgess, Thomas – ALA Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Programs, Computers, Information Systems
Redstone Scientific Information Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL. – 1967
THE REPORT PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST GENERATION OF THE AUTOMATED LITERATURE PROCESSING, HANDLING AND ANALYSIS (ALPHA-1) SYSTEM. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OF ALPHA-1 AND THE USE OF THIS AUTOMATED LIBRARY TECHNIQUE ARE PRESENTED. EACH OF THE SUBSYSTEMS AND MODULES NOW IN OPERATION ARE…
Descriptors: Automation, Classification, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
Hodges, Bob S., III – J Educ Data Process, 1969
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computers, Educational Technology
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Rush, James E. – Online Review, 1980
Reviews the development of a fault tolerant database processor system which replaced OCLC's conventional file system. A general introduction to database management systems and the operating environment is followed by a description of the hardware selection, software processes, and system characteristics. (SW)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computers, Databases, Information Systems
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Mann, Richard L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1979
Problems of the college or university that center around the people who use the institution's computers are examined. It is suggested that effective use of computers in higher education depends on how well the users and providers understand the constraints and problems of each information system. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computers, Data Processing, Higher Education
Fussler, Herman; Payne, Charles T. – 1967
Part I is a discussion of the following project tasks: A) development of an on-line, real-time bibliographic data processing system; B) implementation in library operations; C) character sets; D) Project MARC; E) circulation; and F) processing operation studies. Part II is a brief discussion of efforts to work out cooperative library systems…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computers, Data Processing
SAWIN, LEWIS; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE INTEGRATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PILOT STUDY EXPLORED PROBLEMS INHERENT IN CREATION OF AN INFORMATION SERVICE USING A SINGLE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COMPILATION CONTAINING EVERY ITEM WHICH HAS EVER BEEN LISTED IN A MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH STUDIES. PROVISION WAS MADE ALSO FOR CONTINUOUS ADDITION OF NEW ITEMS. A COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Programs, Computers, English
White, Stephen R. – 1975
This document describes the computerized procedures developed and utilized by Montgomery College (Maryland) to maintain records related to student academic progress. The new system was fully operable by fall 1972. Systems development included: (1) the conversion of past student records to a permanent grade history file; (2) the development of a…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Computers, Data Collection, Data Processing
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. – 1969
After three years of preparation, the Project Intrex research team has begun to subject parts of its augmented catalog system to interactions with users who were interested in the substance of the stored information and uncontaminated by prior association with the Intrex research effort. The experiences with users to date, as well as progress made…
Descriptors: Computers, Display Systems, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
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Wise, Fred H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1979
Administrative computing in higher education and its implications for the management of colleges and universities are explored. The evolution of administrative computing is traced from the use of minicomputers to the implementation of a management information system. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computers, Data Processing
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. – 1968
This report describes the current status of Project INTREX experiments and provides a detailed technical record. Activities concentrating on the bibliographic access problem involve: (1) the investigation of a digitally-encoded, machine-manipulated augmented catalog, for which the task of preparing entries for 10,000 documents is about half…
Descriptors: Computers, Display Systems, Indexing, Information Processing
Lilly, Judy L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1985
Virginia Tech reorganized its computing and communications activities under a Vice President for Computing and Information Systems. Changes include integration of all voice and data communications activities. The mission, rationale, and goals for the Communications Network Services organization are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Computers, Facility Planning
Langley, Ronald – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1981
For nearly a decade and a half, the California State University and Colleges has operated a distributed processing computing network with interconnected computer installations on all campuses. A new technologically advanced network that will deliver top-quality computing to students, faculty members, and administrators is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computers, Data Processing, Higher Education
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