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PDF pending restorationSanders, Jean E. – 1978
This practicum report describes the development and implementation of an SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) system for administrators. The purpose of the SDI system was to provide current and economical retrieval and dissemination of the published educational literature in order to encourage educational improvements. Practicum procedures…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administrators, Check Lists, Computer Oriented Programs
DOWNIE, CURRIE S.; HOSHOVSKY, ALEXANDER G. – 1967
AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION (SDI) IS PRESENTED. AN ATTEMPT HAS ALSO BEEN MADE TO IDENTIFY THE TRENDS WHICH MAY SHAPE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION PROCEDURES. THE REPORT IS BASED IN PART ON THE EXISTING SDI…
Descriptors: Automation, Costs, Diffusion, Documentation
Download full textNoel, Robert; Waugh, Timothy – 2002
This paper explores some of the similarities and differences between publicizing information services within the academic and corporate environments, comparing the marketing experiences of Abbot Laboratories (Illinois) and Indiana University. It shows some innovative online marketing tools, including an animated gif model of a large, integrated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Corporate Libraries
Peer reviewedCalcari, Susan – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Describes the Internet Scout Project which provides Internet users, particularly those in higher education, with current, selective, and well-annotated pointers to information about resources, network tools, and Internet news items. Offered through regular e-mail updates, titles include The Scout Report, The Scout Report Signpost, Net-Happenings,…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKaufer, David S.; Carley, Kathleen M. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Discusses the effect of print on sociocultural-historical change. A simulation model based on constructural theory is employed to generate plausible hypotheses about print. (28 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, Intellectual Development, Models
Bing, Michelle – Database, 1997
Describes push technology, which supplies automatic newsfeeds to users from a select group of Internet and intranet news, information, and software resources. Highlights include similarities to selective dissemination of information, intranet management, and addresses of some push technology sites on the World Wide Web. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedMondschein, Lawrence G. – Special Libraries, 1990
Use of selective dissemination of information (SDI) by 156 research scientists at 6 corporate research and development facilities was surveyed to assess its relationship to research productivity as measured by the number of papers authored. Findings showed that 70 percent of the scientists use SDI, and regular users are more productive than either…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, National Surveys, Productivity, Questionnaires
Koga, James S. – 1986
This program plan for online reference service--the individualized assistance provided to a library patron using an online system--at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, covers the areas of funding, eligibility for online services, search request eligibility, database eligibility, management of online services, reference faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Eligibility, Fees, Financial Support
Meredith, Joseph C. – 1975
A selective dissemination service (SRIM) of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) features semimonthly dissemination of microfiche copies of documents newly added to the NTIS collection, on the basis of interest profiles. The service was used to test a university subsystem wherein a number of individual profiles were combined and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Faculty, College Libraries, Databases
Davis, Charles H. – 1974
Intended for teaching applications programing for libraries and information centers, this volume is a graded workbook or text supplement containing typical practice problems, suggested solutions, and brief analyses which emphasize programing efficiency. The computer language used is Programing Language/One (PL/1) because it adapts readily to…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Tell, B. – 1973
The information service performed by the Royal Institute of Technology handles requests from both university users and from industry. Fourteen data bases are currently used for SDI purposes. The system is of a general nature which permits inclusion of various data bases of completely different tape formats. Any combination of elements of a…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Databases, Industry, Information Services
Dolan, F. T., Ed. – 1970
The two-day conference included the following: (1) a tutorial on Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) services including those of the National Science Library, COMPENDEX, and the retrospective and current-awareness searches of "Chemical Titles;" (2) a workshop on profiling and search editing, for the aforementioned services; (3)…
Descriptors: Automation, Conference Reports, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Feldman, Susan E. – Searcher, 1996
An article and four sidebars examine tools that help information professionals perform efficient Internet searches. Topics include search engine features, integrated software applications, document management and creation utilities, the speed of online communications, intelligent agents for filtering information, cross-platform networking…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software Evaluation, Information Management
Peer reviewedDouglas, Marilyn E. – Special Libraries, 1989
Describes the services offered by a special unit of the New York State Library which serves as a focal point for providing services to state agency staff and for relating the needs of state agency librarians to the State Library. The discussion covers the development of interagency networking and resource sharing. (nine references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services, Online Systems
Peer reviewedTennant, Roy – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Considers the need for staff training in virtual libraries. Highlights include instruction and training, including in-house training, vendor contracts, and self-paced instruction; documentation; current awareness via professional literature, electronic discussions, bibliographies, and conferences; information filtering through selective…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Networks, Conferences, Consciousness Raising
