An introduction to the computer's use in higher education. [[in The emerging technology, 1972, (Part I, Chapters 1-5). ]
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JOURNAL:
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Computing Reviews,
16(9),
372 -
374.
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YEAR:
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1975
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Book Review
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Computer education; higher education
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Computer Science
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English
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103-427-086
(Last edited on
2006/05/29 15:57:17 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
The three subject sections in this volume have been individually reviewed; each is cross-referenced to this main entry to provide complete source and citation data.
[See: 28,761; 28,762; 28,763].
This Part is a very general introduction and describes research uses of computers. administrative and library uses, instructional uses, and computer services on campus.
In the Appendix, one finds 10 pages of very general information entitled, "An Introduction to Computers."
Some attention is given the history of computing in the I US. Notable among the errors is a statement (p. 15) that "the Dartmouth system. . . formed the basis for General
Electric's commercially available service." According to
the best available information, Dartmouth used a GE 235
computer and a GE Datanet-30 which formed the hardware and basic software for a system. [This appears in"The impact of time-sharing on data processing management," John W. Weil, DPMA Quarterly. 2, 2 (Jan. 1966), 2-16; CR 8, 2 (March-April 1967), Rev. 11,495.] While it is true Dartmouth developed the BASIC language, one ought not to conclude, as the study states, that the Dartmouth? system formed the basis for GE time-sharing. One might say, in reality, that the General Electric 265 Time-Sharing Harware/Software, formed the basis for development of the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System and the BASIC language! Likewise, the statement (p. 15) that the "Berkeley system. . . formed the basis for the time-sharing computer system of Xerox Data Systems. . . " is equally incorrect. A number of loosely worded statements appear throughout the volume.
Levien and Mosmann devote a chapter to the AdministratIve and LIbrary Uses of Computers. Despite the fact that the study was published in 1972, in the section marked"For Further Information," the most recent reference text s dated 1969, and many of the recommended readings are dated 1965 and 1968. One would think that Hayes and Becker's monumental work, "Handbook of Data Processing for Libraries," sponsored by the highly influential Council on Library Resources, and published in 1970 would appear among those readings. For someone who is interested in library applications, the Hayes and Becker text is far more valuable.
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Levien and Mosmann also discuss the "Instructional,
Uses of Computers" in a chapter with that title. They
differentiate instruction about computers and instruction. ~ with computers, but the section is dull and uninspired. This " is followed by a chapter on "Computer Services on Campus." One of the most prominent uses of computers in higher education is in course enrollment. Many institutions
set up student programs through computer processing. yet,
this is virtually ignored. In a 1O-page appendix, "An Introduction to Computers," F. W. Blackwell manages to computing without the use of a single illustration!
In summary, Part I represents a collection of historical
tidbits, and extremely general and unillustrated informa- tion which is typically characteristic of academic reports, but cannot be classified as a "study" by any stretch of
one's imagination.
L. C. Silvern, Los Angeles, Calif.
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