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The Writing Center Journal

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In Their Own "Write": A Portrait Of The Peer Tutor As A Young Professional, Cynthia Onore

The Writing Center Journal

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The Writing Center Journal

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Heuristics: Out Of The Pulpit And Into The Writing Center, Gary A. Olson, John Alton

The Writing Center Journal

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Senior Citizens And Junior Writers: A Center For Exchange, Susan Kleimann, G. Douglas Meyers

The Writing Center Journal

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The Writing Center Journal

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Just Getting The Words Down On Paper: Results From The Five-Minute Writing Practice, M. E. Lamb

The Writing Center Journal

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Book Review: Tutoring Writing, Thomas Nash

The Writing Center Journal

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Book Review: One To One, Jim Dunn

The Writing Center Journal

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Book Review: Improving Writing Skills, Stephen M. North

The Writing Center Journal

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The Writing Center Journal

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Writing Laboratory "Image" Or How Not To Write To Your Dean, Irvin Hashimoto

The Writing Center Journal

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From Thought To Word: Learning To Trust Images, Sally Sullivan

The Writing Center Journal

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Practical Techniques For Training Tutors To Overcome Defensive Blocks, Loretta Cobb

The Writing Center Journal

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The Writing Center Journal

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The Purdue Multimachine Pipeline: A High Bandwidth Machine Network And Programming Environment For Research In Large Scale Computation, Douglas E. Comer, Peter J. Denning, John R. Rice, Lawrence Snyder

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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The Flat File Database Generator Ffg, Douglas E. Comer

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Problems With Cobol--Some Empirical Evidence, D. M. Volpano, Herbert E. Dunsmore

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Initial And Final Programming Effort Estimates, Andrew S. Wang

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Systems Versus Users: An Analysis Of The Art And/Or Science Of Search Negotiations, Kathleen T. Bivins

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper discusses the nature of information retrieval, its particular problems, and information retrieval systems in general. Traditional efforts in search analysis and question negotiation are presented, along with a sample of the numerous techniques of automated search manipulation. The newer methods involving the cognitive approach are discussed, and conclusions are drawn regarding the status of the situation and the possible future.

Dilemmas Of Document Communication, Axel Andersen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The information explosion of the last century has had profound effects upon the entire society: The number of publications has increased enormously, and important consequences have been the development of bibliographic tools, of libraries and an improved cooperation between libraries. Computer technology has made a storage of bibliographic information in big, international data bases possible, and complex networks are now being established. As bibliographies and catalogues in their paper-ver si ons thus are disappearing, other sorts of literature are going to be replaced by on-line accessible data bases, and telephone directories, sales catalogues etc. are soon to disappear in their …

Ifla's Role In Aiding Communication Between Libraries, Else Granheim

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

A major distinction must be made between communication/cooperation on the national or regional level and that on the international level. There are ot her barriers to be confronted and they are mainly of a technical, economie/poli tieal and cultural character.

The paper is restricted to IFLA's role in aiding international library communication.

IFLA's UBC programme must be said to constitute an important factor to remove technical barriers and four major thrusts can be mentioned: ISBD's standardization of forms of headings, the standardization of machine-readable bibliographie records and the improvement of national bibliographies.

Standardized communication formates have increased the awareness of …

User Studies In Connection With The Development Of A Decentralized Library Network, Nancy Fjallbrant, Olof Friberg

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper examines the development of university departmental libraries in Scandinavia, and traces the influence of the German seminar libraries. This has led to the establishment of a number of library networks. Financial restraints have resulted in a number of studies of departmental library networks, with a view to possible rationalization. This paper describes studies of the attitudes of library users, at Chalmers University, towards computerization of literature resources and cooperation between the main library and the departmental libraries. It was shown that users were apprehensive of centralization and negative to any increase in administrative processes. At the same time …

The Technological University Library's Communication With Its Public, A. C. Bubb

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

University libraries are channels of communication which must themselves communicate with their publics, of which the most important are members of the institution and people outside it who draw upon its resources.

Dislike of the commercial overtones of the promotion of services need not inhibit communication between the library and its public.

The technological university library is favourably placed to develop communication in the broadest sense.

Communication should go beyond the accepted techniques of instruction and user education to inculcate more generally applicable attitudes, needed as the bulk of information renders the preservation of human values more important.

Information Services - An Overlooked Component In The Third World Decision Making Process - Experiences From Unesco Missions, Björn V. Tell

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The growth of the so called knowledge industries in the industrialized countries is a trend that has no visible traits in the Third World. The insight about the role of knowledge and information as important components in policy making has not come to surface. Also other components for the decision making process, such as skilled manpower , equipment, energy and dynamism may be lacking. However, together these components form a complex that can help to improve the quality of the decision making process.

Few of the less developed countries - the LDCs - realize that knowledge and information could transpire …

Communicating Scientific Information Through A University Library Network, Dennis Shaw

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Besides the widely accepted connotation of primary and secondary sources of scientific information it is postulated that a tertiary source may be identified. These three categories are defined and their role is related to (i) the pursuit of fundamental research at the frontier of knowiedge, (ii) the assimilation of the established discoveries into the traditional body of scientific literature and (iii) archiving for posterity.

It is no longer possible completely to separate these categories nor to identify distinct media responsible for information transfer and storage. However, we can identify a hierarchy of media and each element within the hierarchy can …

Communication With The Third World Countries, J. S. Musisi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Communication is the means by which information is transmitted and shared between 'two people' in order to enable them increase their knowledge. Within the framework of Unesco's new economic order, therefore, communication of information aims at providing facilities by which information should be shared universally through exchange of knowledge and experiences. The ultimate purpose of this economic order is to bring about human understanding, cooperation, and betterment of the quality of life.

Communication of information would not be a reality, however, if knowledge were not recorded, acquired, organized and disseminated for use. High premium in this respect therefore is placed …

Third Wave Of Library And Information Work, Betty K. Oldroyd

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Three main periods of library and information work are identified. The first is the custodial or conservation period when the librarian saw his responsibilities mainly as a collector. The second has been a period of a more active and dynamic concept of service which has developed over the last thirty-five years both stimulating and being stimulated by the advances of electronic systems. Lastly a future period is outlined where, in view of the technological growth in this area, the library will become an information source. Probable new information sources are outlined. Will the library adopt the role of exploiter of …

Some Problems And Proposals For Communication In Mechanical Engineering, V. Jarc

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

HAEFFNERS MODEL, RESEARCH POLICY, INFORMATION FLOW, COMMUNICATIONS ABILITY, COMMUNICATION MEDIA MIX, INFORMATION MINDEDNESS DATABASES, INSPEC, ISMEC, MECHEN, DOMA, COMPENDEX, SAIDC-ST

Haeffners model of information flow and communication between research policy and implementation activities was transferred on integrated information flow between research, education, consuiting and informatics on one side, and the end-user on the other side.

For information flow neither the availability of documents, computers and communications, nor the information mindedness are sufficient, but the human activity is dominant.

Databases are in different fields of application differently aggregated and representative (Comparison between CHEMABS, INSPEC, ISMEC, COMPENDEX).

The information field in mechanical …

Poster Sessions As A New Viewpoint Of Scientific Communication - General Problems And Library Aspects, Dieter Schmidmaier

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In the true sense the word POSTER designates a free, mostly decorative artistic form using displaying means of expression and being published in large editions.

POSTERS are already found in feudalism. Today they represent a popular branch of art and are frequently used for different decorating purposes, e.g. in rooms.

POSTER SESSIONS have made their way into scientific communication.

Scientific events, as conferences, congresses, symposia, colloquies, round tables etc. may be, are special ways of communieation. The advantages of such events {called conferences for short) are

• the actuality of the information given
• the possibility of an immediate exchange of ideas. …