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Peer reviewedAgosti, Maristella; Spilotro, Franco – Information Services and Use, 1986
Presents an operational definition of personal information retrieval systems and describes design principles of current applications and existing systems, current trends, and research guidelines for general design principles. (4 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval, Information Technology, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedHonhart, Frederick L. – Library Trends, 1988
Considers the effects of the new MARC AMC (Archival and Manuscripts Control) format when applied to a microcomputer-based local system for archival operations. Development of the MicroMARC:amc system at Michigan State University is described, and the implications of technological changes on such systems are discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Automation, Bibliographic Utilities
Paisley, William; Butler, Matilda – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
Predictions for the future of optical disk technology are based on three phases of development: feasibility testing; use as a replacement technology for older technologies; and the introduction of new applications not possible in older technologies. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Boon, J. A.; Pienaar, H. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1989
Identifies the optimal goal of knowledge workstations as the harmony of technology and human decision-making behaviors. Two types of decision-making processes are described and the application of each type to experimental and/or operational situations is discussed. Suggestions for technical solutions to machine-user interfaces are then offered.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Information Scientists, Information Technology
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
Various kinds of electronic information media can now be integrated to plan educational programs, through use of computer videodiscs, hypercards, and hypertexts. Discussed are the components of integrative technology, including audio technology, video technology, and electronic text and graphics, and possibilities for interfacing the various…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Electronic Equipment
Download full textCAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1988
Seven papers from the 1987 CAUSE conference's Track II, Innovative Management, are presented. They include: "Is This Creative, or What!" (Kenneth C. Blythe); "Joint Application Design: Can a User Committee Design a System in Four Days?" (Diane Kent, David Smithers); "Making It Happen without Appropriation" (Robert E.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Committees, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedVan Houweling, Douglas E. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Summarizes the historical trend of distributing computer power within universities, and describes a model for an information technology environment for higher education. Based on a broad distribution of information and computing power, this model allows users to share information using micro- and minicomputers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Decentralization, Higher Education
