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Landau, Ruth N.; Wanger, Judith – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Presents an overview of nonbibliographic computerized databases in business and economics, science and technology, and the social sciences, and discusses some major issues in the field. (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Services, Information Systems, Online Systems
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Campbell, H. C. – International Library Review, 1980
Discusses a method of evaluating public library systems development in metropolitan areas with regard to four aspects: financial systems, interlibrary cooperation, new uses and services, and technical developments. The method was first proposed by the Urban Library Study Project of the Toronto Public Libraries. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Pope, Nolan F. – Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, 1980
Explores design considerations of links between acquisitions and circulation systems, either manual or automated. Areas of concern include record formats, linking of data fields, and future demands of maintaining the interface. The benefits to these links are in transferring rather than recreating data, and in providing collection development…
Descriptors: Coordination, Databases, Design Requirements, Information Systems
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Stevens, Norman D. – Journal of Library Automation, 1980
Suggests that catalogs of the future, as facilitated by computer technology, should take on multiple formats. Three levels of varying form and size are envisioned for the needs and uses of the librarian, the general user, and the individual user. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science, Design Requirements, Library Automation
Andreyewsky, Alexander – Meta, 1981
Examines electronic aids to translation both as ways to automate it and as an approach to solve problems resulting from shortage of qualified translators. Describes the limitations of robotic MT (Machine Translation) systems, viewing MAT (Machine-Aided Translation) as the only practical solution and the best vehicle for further automation. (MES)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Interaction, Interpreters, Machine Translation
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Dobrov, Gennady M. – International Social Science Journal, 1979
Discusses the process of converting scientific knowledge into productive social forces. Information is presented on system-structured technology, technical processes, labor and plant productivity, and the life cycle of technological systems. (DB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Information Science, Information Systems
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Otte, Richard B. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1978
Discusses some of the problems faced by educators and systems developers in developing and implementing effective technological systems for the instruction, administration, and management of education on a broad scale. (Author/JEG)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Essays, Instructional Development
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Zmud, Robert W. – Journal of Management, 1979
Demonstrates that perceptual differences can be observed for specific cognitive styles and between subjects possessing contrasting educational backgrounds, no apparent relationship exists between cognitive style perceptions and cognitive behaviors, and consistent differences were shown in the manner in which subjects perceived the analytic and…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, College Students
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Kump, Sonja – Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, 1997
Describes the Slovenian system of higher education and the country's new effort to establish an improved system. A draft plan for introducing a system of quality assurance into the relatively small existing system has been developed based on foreign experience, with attention to Slovenian national needs. Evaluation will be an integral part of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Reigeluth, Charles M., Ed. – Educational Technology, 1996
Examines changes in the "supersystem" of instructional systems design (ISD) that indicate the need for a paradigm of training and education based on learning instead of sorting students. Emphasizes the necessity of developing initiative, teamwork, thinking skills, and diversity, as well as new learning-focused instructional theories and…
Descriptors: Change, Diversity (Institutional), Instructional Design, Instructional Development
Farnum, Chris – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Describes how an electronic greeting card Web site, Egreetings, redesigned the site to improve the number of greetings sent by users. Goals included reorganizing the card collection, including taxonomy and controlled vocabulary; improving navigation and searching; placing ads and promotions; developing a music greeting collection; and improving…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Content Analysis, Improvement
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Shi, Yunhua; Larson, Ray – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
Discusses the distinctive differences between the English and Chinese languages from the system designer's point of view and explores the potential problems for Chinese information retrieval systems, focusing on character entry and retrieval. The advantages and disadvantages of current approaches are discussed, and a regular expression search…
Descriptors: Chinese, Ideography, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
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Pittman, Robert B.; Slate, John R. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1989
Psychometric considerations that must be addressed in planning a faculty evaluation system for higher education are discussed. Constructing a framework for evaluation is reviewed through the example of evaluation of instructional competence, research productivity, and professional service. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
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Bates, Marcia J. – Online Review, 1989
Presents a new model of searching in online and other information systems, and reviews the literature of manual information seeking behavior for suggestions of capabilities users might like in online systems. Based on the model--called "berrypicking"--and research, suggestions are made for how new search capabilities could be implemented…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Seeking, Man Machine Systems, Models
Starratt, Joseph; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1990
Discusses the need for management information and decision support systems in libraries, and identifies inertia and confusion as the main contributors to the lack of successful implementations. An attempt to initiate a decision support system at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is described, and both problems encountered and benefits gained are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, Library Administration, Library Personnel
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