Describes how many colleges plan for information retrieval after a disaster, but that for some small ones the cost is prohibitive--and not all professors keep copies of their work. (EV)

Reviews requirements for a data archive system and describes storage media alternatives that are currently available. Topics discussed include data storage; data distribution; hierarchical storage architecture, including inline storage, online storage, nearline storage, and offline storage; magnetic disks; optical disks; conventional magnetic…

Describes computer storage devices and suggests implications for electronic publishing. Highlights include magnetic storage media, including digital audio tape (DAT); high-capacity magnetic drives; optical storage technologies, including CD-ROM and WORM; magneto-optical drives; and a sidebar that discusses other storage technologies. (21…

One of today's major problems in the field of e-learning is that the creation of high-quality content is still rather time consuming and expensive. In the past, many efforts have been made to produce educational content on the fly, but the results were mainly static blocks of recorded lecture lacking sophisticated navigation facilities. Facing…

Simplifying and securing an IT infrastructure is not easy. It frequently requires rethinking years of hardware and software investments, and a gradual migration to modern systems. Even so, writes the author, universities can take six practical steps to success: (1) Audit software infrastructure; (2) Evaluate current applications; (3) Centralize…

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF FILE ORGANIZATIONS FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED. THE QUESTION OF INVERTED FILE AND SERIAL FILE SEARCHING ON MAGNETIC TAPE IS REVIEWED. BASED ON FORMULAS CONCERNING INDEX TERM USAGE, IT IS SHOWN FOR A SPECIFIC COLLECTION THAT SEARCHING THE SERIAL FILE IS MORE EFFICIENT THAN…

To help the PLATO computer-based instruction system user achieve the most efficient storage and manipulation of data, this manual begins with a review of the structure of decimal, binary, and octal number systems, and methods for converting from one system to another. The text describes the four basic operations that PLATO employs to manipulate…

The work reported here was performed between 1 June 1967 and 31 May 1968 under Task I of the contract between Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The objective of this contract was to achieve an operational, integrated, man-machine system for manipulating information about chemical substances. The contract…

The paper descibes a compact and highly efficient disk file management system responsible for the management and allocation of space on moving head disk drives in a medium-scale time-sharing system. The disk file management system is a major component of the Experimental Time-Sharing System (ETSS) developed at the Learning Research and Development…

This paper describes the efforts of the Program on Teacher Effectiveness of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching to survey and catalog available teacher training products. It is stated that the project developed from the program's own need to identify potential products which could be incorporated into the program's…

An existing computer program for computing multiple regression analyses is made interactive in order to alleviate core storage requirements. Also, some improvements in the graphics aspects of the program are included. (JKS)

Discusses the electronic data processing system used by the San Lorenzo Unified School District, California, and explains how it has saved the district money. (Author/MLF)

Describes the components and the capabilities of nine minicomputers and how they are capable of serving as a terminal with remote IBM 360 or 370 computers. (MLF)

Acquaints information professionals with Digital Equipment Corporation's compact optical disk read-only-memory (CDROM) search and retrieval software and growing library of CDROM database publications (COMPENDEX, Chemical Abstracts Services). Highlights include MicroBASIS, boolean operators, range operators, word and phrase searching, proximity…

Discusses basic features and functions of spreadsheet programs and describes additional capabilities (editing, windowing, graphics, and word processing) of two second-generation spreadsheet programs: Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony. (MBR)