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Rorison, Jamey; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2015
Students, policymakers and institutions all need to have high quality data about how today's students access and pay for higher education--and what contributes to their success. But the data that are available now are woefully inadequate. We need to improve the national postsecondary data infrastructure The report thoroughly explores seven options…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Data, Database Management Systems, Information Management
Cundiff, Jacob; McCallum, Taylor; Rich, Andrew; Truax, Michael; Ward, Tamara; Havelka, Douglas – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The launch of HealthCare.gov, the website of the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), was a major public relations disaster for the Obama administration. This case examines some of the factors that contributed to the failure of the launch and then details how Optum, an information technology service provider, considered the opportunity provided by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Online Vendors
Wismer, Don – 1977
Interlibrary loan (ILL) transactions are a major library problem because the increased volume places a burden on systems developed with no general plan. This report lists nine difficulties identified by the 1974 National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Automated networking is imperative for ILL's future. The Ohio College Library…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation

East, H. – Journal of Documentation, 1978
Reviews a selection of international collaborative efforts in the production of information services and attempts to characterize modes of cooperation. Methods and rationale for international information transfer and future program prospects are discussed. (JVP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems
Jussilainen, Maija – 2001
In this paper, knowledge management is seen as an element of strategic management for which the highest level of the organization is responsible. Knowledge management is discussed in the framework of the current reform of the central government in Finland. The main goals of the reform are to strengthen the cooperation in the central government, to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government (Administrative Body), Information Management, Information Networks
Peters, Carol; Sheridan, Paraic – 2001
With the rapid growth of the global information society, the concept of library has evolved to embrace all kinds of information collections, on all kinds of storage media, and using many different access methods. The users of today's information networks and digital libraries, no longer restricted by geographic or spatial boundaries, want to be…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Hare, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Implementation of information systems has lagged in many areas of clinical healthcare for a variety of reasons. Economics, data complexity and resistance are among the often quoted roadblocks. Research suggests that physicians play a major part in the adoption, use and diffusion of information technology (IT) in clinical settings. There are also…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Physicians, Information Systems, Information Technology
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1981
This publication specifies a set of general and technical requirements that must be met by the proposed Name Authority File Service in order to create an integrated, consistent name authority file for a nationwide library and information services network. Contributions from selected institutions operating online to a single computer-based system…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Systems, Library Networks
Whittenburg, John A.; Schumacher, Anne W. – 1969
Objectives of the study (summarized in Chapter I) were (1) to propose a task-oriented viewpoint in which the scientist actively participates as an integral part of the system in performing research tasks, (2) to identify major system planning decisions and criterion concepts for use in evaluation of proposed information systems, and (3) to…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Decision Making, Guidelines
Schamber, Linda – 1988
This ERIC Digest examines some of the trends and issues in academic information systems design and describes the policies of several universities that are taking creative advantage of these systems as educational tools. The current emphasis on microcomputers in campus information networks instead of terminals connected to a mainframe computer is…
Descriptors: Campuses, Colleges, Computer Software, Computer System Design

Molholt, Pat – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
Examines a multiplicity of issues that must be considered as features are taken from two existing systems--libraries and computing centers--and used in moving toward the integrated information support system of the future. Discussion covers indexing, conversion, access, security, costs, changes in the workplace, and challenges of transition. (EJS)
Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Pisciotta, Henry; Halm, Michael J.; Dooris, Michael J. – Planning for Higher Education, 2006
This article draws on two projects funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation concerning the ways colleges and universities can support the legitimate sharing of digital learning resources for scholarly use. The 2001-03 Visual Image User Study (VIUS) assessed the scholarly needs of digital image users-faculty, staff, and students. That study led to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Libraries, Computer Networks, Information Networks
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This report documents a meeting of experts in educational documentation and information from both developed and developing countries, who met to examine issues involved in the implementation of a proposed network for the better use of information resources in educational development. Included are summaries of the business meeting and discussions…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Mahon, F. V. – 1985
The International Bureau of Education (IBE) and Unesco, together with their member states, are faced with the task of implementing a proposed network--the International Network for Educational Information (INED)--for the better use of information resources for educational development. This review of issues that need to be considered in the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Networks

Kwasny, S.; Niehoff, R. T. – Online Review, 1979
Discusses forces at work within today's on-line data base environment which could lead to the emergence of a distributed information network; identifies several important modules in such a network, including an automated subject switching module; and reports research investigations, critical issues, and preliminary findings with regard to…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Science, Databases, Dictionaries