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Information Processing In Social Services: A Review Of Project Iniss, Roger A. Lohmann Jul 1983

Information Processing In Social Services: A Review Of Project Iniss, Roger A. Lohmann

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Project INISS is a research project seeking to establish the information processing practices of social workers in Great Britain. This article summarizes its most important findings for U.S. social workers and social administrators. Originally published in 1983, this article offers a snapshot of information practices in human services organizations a decade before the widespread adoption of the internet and just prior to the early beginnings of ubiquitous – nearly universal – use of computers for record keeping and information processing by social workers.


Love, Death And The Hexadecimal, Roger A. Lohmann Dec 1980

Love, Death And The Hexadecimal, Roger A. Lohmann

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This paper analyzes the role of information in social casework practice. Three models of computer-based information processing are discussed: Cybernetic, Management Information Systems and Natural Language Processing. The latter is most consistent with social casework information needs because of its potential to focus on the problems of the meaning of social action.