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Mercun, Tanja; Švab, Katarina; Harej, Viktor; Žumer, Maja – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction: To provide valuable services in the future, libraries will need to create better information systems and set up an infrastructure more in line with the current technologies. The "Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records" conceptual model provides a basis for this transformation, but there are still a number of…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Development, Library Services, Bibliographic Databases
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Simmons, Robert F. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Describes a prototype natural language text knowledge system (TKS) that was used to organize 50 pages of a handbook on artificial intelligence as an inferential knowledge base with natural language query and command capabilities. Representation of text, database navigation, query systems, discourse structuring, and future research needs are…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Databases, Discourse Analysis, Expert Systems
Sankar, Chetan S. – Information Management Review, 1990
Argues that organizations need to integrate information systems, database management systems, and telecommunications in order to effectively manage and move information. Well-established frameworks in each of these areas are described and a new integrated framework is presented. A descriptive example is used to illustrate the power of the…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Decision Making, Information Management, Information Systems
Kellogg, Edward B. – Information Technology Quarterly, 1987
Discusses databases and database management systems and explains how they can be used to organize and provide access to information. Highlights include relational models, database design considerations (particularly normalization), query languages used in programming, screen displays, data integrity and security, and effects of the organizational…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Databases, Display Systems
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Jackowski, Edward M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Discusses the role that information resource management (IRM) plays in educational program-oriented budgeting (POB), and presents a theoretical IRM model. Highlights include design considerations for integrated data systems; database management systems (DBMS); and how POB data can be integrated to enhance its value and use within an educational…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Educational Finance
Fong, Elizabeth N.; And Others – 1985
This report discusses an iterative methodology for logical database design (LDD). The methodology includes four phases: local information-flow modeling, global information-flow modeling, conceptual schema design, and external schema modeling. These phases are intended to make maximum use of available information and user expertise, including the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Database Management Systems, Databases, Dictionaries
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Morrissey, J. M.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
Proposes a "Model of Querying" for users of office filing facilities and discusses its motivation, aspects, attributes, and advantages. A review of current information systems and attempts to combine information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and database management techniques leads to conclusion that no resultant system is adequate…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Comparative Analysis, Database Management Systems, Databases
Hogeboom, Richard L. – 1990
The information-based technologies and the accompanying managerial sciences have come to symbolize the ideology of progress and operate as a material instrumentality in social governance systems. Developing countries have incorporated the technologies, but have lacked a developed knowledge or service sector; the linkage of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, Computer Software, Database Management Systems