ERIC Number: ED018238
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1967-Jun-13
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SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI). VOLUME II, IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL. FINAL REPORT. ARMY TECHNICAL LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT STUDIES (ATLIS), REPORT NO. 16.
BIVONA, WILLIAM A.
A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING A REPLICA OF A PROTOTYPE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI) SYSTEM TESTED AT U.S. ARMY NATICK LABORATORIES, AND REPORTED IN LI 000 273, IS GIVEN IN THIS MANUAL. INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED WHICH IS USEFUL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR SELECTING AN INITIAL SET OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE SDI PROGRAM IS DISCUSSED, AND GUIDELINES ARE GIVEN FOR ANALYZING DOCUMENT INPUT, INDEXING VOCABULARY, AND MACHINE-READABLE RECORDS THAT MIGHT BE USED. TWO SECTIONS OF THE MANUAL GIVE SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS TO LIBRARY AND DATA PROCESSING PERSONNEL WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING RECORDS TO BE KEPT AND OPERATION OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS. THE THREE PROGRAMS USED IN THE SYSTEM ARE INCLUDED AS APPENDICES. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS AD-654-996 FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA 22151, $3.00 FOR HARD COPY, $0.65 FOR MICROFICHE, 124 PAGES. (AUTHOR/CM)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Documentation, Evaluation, Feedback, Guides, Indexing, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Services, Records (Forms), Search Strategies, Selective Dissemination of Information, Thesauri
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Authoring Institution: Information Dynamics Corp., Reading, MA.
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