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Effects of word processing on text revision
Revising is an evaluating and editing process that is an essential part of text production. Is text revising facilitated by the use of word processors? After examining the related research, it is difficult to conclude with certainty that the use of word processors is always effective in improving writers' revising skills, or that their use necessarily leads to the production of higher quality texts. Their effectiveness depends on a large number of parameters (computer equipment, writing skills, task execution conditions) which psychologists are now starting to measure
The New Technology and Competencies for "The Most Typical of the Activities of Libraries": Technical Services
At a library conference in 1940, William M. Randall called technical
services the "most typical of the activities of libraries" "they are..." he
said, "the things which librarians do that no one else does the secrets of
the craft."
1 In those intervening forty-three years much has been written
and uttered in defense and derision of these "secrets of the craft." These
most typical of library activities have changed the name Randall used,
technical processes, to technical services. They have moved from being
sneeringly derided as "backroom," "basement" or other dreary location
activities to being enthusiastically hailed today as "where the action is."
They are, fortunately, no longer the "secrets" that they were in Randall's
day. They have been moved into, moved around within and even moved
out of the organizational charts. Regardless of all these attitudes and
activities, the functions of acquiring, organizing and preserving library
materials persist and the competencies necessary to carry out these three
functions will be the focus of this paper. In the paper, reference will
frequently be made to the "technical services librarian" meaning any
librarian who works in that aspect of librarianship. The emphasis is on no
particular type of library. The term library will be used as meaning also
information center.published or submitted for publicatio
The future of management and computer technology
The impact of computers in organizational management has been the subject of much literature. As such, one can note distinct variations as to impact on different levels of today\u27s management. A linear relation between the future of organizational management and advanced computer technology has been detailed. Parameters such as the human factor, integrated systems or networking, future computer aided manufacturing, and fifth generation com.puters were the key issues on revolutionizing this same management. It is predicted that human like robots and thinking machines slowly will eliminate management, wherein organizational structures will be redesigned to suit this revolution
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