A generalized file-conversion program suite for the EUDISED (European Documentation and Information System for Education) information network, suitable for running on a wide range of mainframe computers, is suggested and described. Time and expenditures required to implement the system are assessed. Two other possible methods of handling the data…

Libraries and information centers are rapidly becoming an integral part of American Indian life. Individuals, organizations, and tribes have come to the decision that libraries and the information services which they offer are necessary to meet Indian goals. Although these goals may vary widely from improved access to education, cultural…

The Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) is an educational information retrieval system. ERIC represents a decentralized, nationwide network of information Clearinghouses. Each Clearinghouse has its own area of subject specialization and retrieval responsibility, and is committed to acquiring, abstracting, indexing, storing, retrieving,…

This publication contains Part I of the report by a study group dealing with the information requirements of the scientist, technologist and technician in Canada. These include such things as economic, statistical, and engineering data, medical and pharmaceutical information. In examining the many facets of the creation, handling, and use of…

The universities' need for knowledge is expanding with the knowledge being created, but the need is for knowledge to be readily available, not for it to be permanently stored on each campus. To accomplish this entails dedicating existing libraries to the service of all universities through interlibrary loans, extending interlibrary cooperation to…

International organizations concerned with information handling are working toward the adoption of compatible procedures and the eventual development of information networks capable of identifying and retrieving any published information from any country. Canada depends heavily on foreign information and technology, and uses various foreign…

A number of large information systems operating in countries other than Canada were investigated. Some of these systems or combinations of them can be used as models for pilot applications in Canada. Some research and considerable development are required, however, to enable them to meet specific Canadian requirements. To create regional and…

In this report the various economic indicators of the extent and value of scientific and technical information transfer in Canada in government, industry, and education are described and expressed in quantitative terms derived from available statistical figures. The main thesis of the report is that the transfer of scientific and technical…

The purpose of this conference was to: (1) improve reference and research library resources and services within its area by identifying, sharing and developing such resources and services and (2) further inter-library cooperation, communication and transportation of materials within the area of the Council. Aware that many information needs exist…

The challenge of networking is now being extended to cooperative library and information center systems. There are new demands for improved techniques for image storage and transmission, specifically including automated storage and retrieval of microforms and ultra-microforms and new developments in graphic and facsimile transmission. In this…

This cost study analyzes the operating costs of the Bibliographical Center so that the Center can adopt the best possible combination of procedures with which to achieve its service objectives at the lowest possible cost to its members. This study provides data, upon which a fee schedule can be based, that is derived from the form of the input and…

This is the report of a survey conducted to determine what journal literature resources were available in 178 institutions of higher learning offering graduate training programs in reading. A survey questionnaire was developed which listed 47 journals, tabbed in an earlier study as highly productive reading research journals. The questionnaires…

An examination of the nature of memory reveals that the representation of knowledge cannot be separated from the uses of knowledge. The answering of questions is not a simple retrieval and response of stored information; rather the process is embedded in a general structural framework containing knowledge of the questioner, the question, and the…

Informal communication is an integral part of a university. It is therefore necessary to understand its future role in any restructuring of the university caused by attempts to improve its information systems. Two approaches are proposed to facilitate a clarification of this future role. The first consists of a series of queries designed to define…

This document reports on a project undertaken to determine the feasibility of a periodic national survey of a sample of U.S. school districts to obtain information on the performance of the existing dissemination and utilization network for educational innovations. The first section of volume 1 describes the content and consequences of innovation,…