Student Charge accounts, immediate inventory control and instant feedback on turnover are among the benefits from transforming Lehigh's book store to electronic data processing (EDP). (Editor/PG)

Northwestern University's Remote Information Query System (RIQS), an information storage and retrieval system characterized by a mixture of data structures for the internal record organization, is discussed. On-line and batch mode search capabilities handle both textual and quantitative information. Other system characteristics, capabilities and…

The Multiterm system is shown to be a unique concept for producing a multilingual index via computer processing. The new concept has significance for international cooperative programs. (6 references) (Author/NH)

Four operational systems for searching and retrieving information from the ERIC data base are described. (NH)

Computer programs have been written which enable substructure searches to be carried out on a file of compounds ciphered using a modified version of the IUPAC (Dyson) notation. The search system outlined is to be linked with one which uses input from the chemical structure typewriter. (3 references) (Author)

A listing of the program is available from the author at Northwestern University. (MB)

Recommends that a special course in educational data processing be offered by university departments of education. A course description for this teacher training program, suggested textbooks, and class projects are included. (MK)

Some of the alternatives available to colleges and universities for computing facilities. (RA)

Described and illustrated is the use of the computer program GRADER which returns a letter grade and rank for students. (MB)

Administrative Terminal Systems (ATS) operations are detailed, the use of ATS for text processing is evaluated in comparison with the IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter (MTST), and the importance of the interaction of ATS with computer peripherals is described. (8 references) (Author/NH)

Describes a data bank system designed to assist in job placement of business administration graduates and provide for more efficient and effective school district personnel recruitment. (DE)